Los Angeles’ 2017-2018 bud-get could provide some relief forissues such as homelessness, citystreet repairs and traffic deathsthat have plagued neighbor-hoods.

Mayor Eric Garcetti releasedhis proposed $9.2 billion budgetfor next fiscal year, beginning inJuly, on April 20.

After receiving approximately$3 million in this year’s budget,next year’s proposed budgetwould allocate approximately$16.7 million for Vision Zero, aprogram city officials said theyhope will eliminate traffic deathsby 2025. Members of the city’sTransportation Committee earlierthis month pointed to the relativelack of funding compared toother cities with Vision Zero pro-grams as a reason for the slight

uptick in traffic deaths during2016, the program’s first full yearin Los Angeles.

The proposed budget alsoincludes funds from an approvedballot measure in the Novemberelection that address the city’shomeless crisis. PropositionHHH will provide $76 millionfor new permanent supportivehousing projects, according to themayor’s office. Another $12 mil-lion will fund six new facilitiesthis year that will include servicecenters designed to pair homelessresidents with assistance pro-grams.

Homeless encampments haveencroached on an increasingnumber of streets throughout thecity. A recently formed encamp-ment near the intersection ofSanta Monica and Cahuengaboulevards, along a fence border-ing a park outside the HollywoodRecreation Center, contributes tothe homeless population withinCouncil District 13.

“One thing I’m optimistic

In April, 1992, Los AngelesPolice Department Det. WarrenPorche was a patrol officerassigned to the Wilshire Divisionwith two years on the job.

The 24-year-old officer wasscheduled to work the eveningshift on April 29, 1992, andarrived at the police station onVenice Boulevard near La BreaAvenue not knowing what toexpect after a jury earlier that dayacquitted four LAPD officers ofusing excessive force againstmotorist Rodney King. Porchewent on patrol with his partnerlike any other day, but quicklylearned that April 29, 1992 wouldbe unlike any day he had experi-enced on the job, or ever since.

“We knew it was going to be abusy, busy night and we werewarned to be prepared. Nothingbig had started happening at thattime, but the watch commandersaid to get something to eatbefore we went out because we

probably wouldn’t have time toeat later,” Porche said. “Prettymuch immediately, things startedhappening. There was a FootLocker store at Rodeo and LaBrea and we got a call that therewere looters. While we werethere, a carload of gang memberspulled up and rolled down the

windows and were staring usdown. You could just feel the ten-sion.”

Porche said shortly thereafter,LAPD command staff orderedofficers to return to the station, ascivil unrest began to sweepthrough South Los Angeles,extending north into the Wilshire

Division.“During that time, we learned

that the things at Florence andNormandie were going down,”Porche said. “We got the call forall Wilshire units to respond backto the station. On our way back,

See Los Angeles Riots page 21

See budget page 21

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The annual march in LosAngeles for recognition of the1915 Armenian Genocide is aboutawareness and appreciation forthe 1.5 million lives that weretaken by the Ottoman TurkishEmpire. But as a growing tradition– consisting heavily of familymembers getting together toensure their origins are not forgot-ten – it also is a yearly symbol thatan attempt to exterminate theirrace and culture failed.

Thousands marched on Mondayto honor their ancestors and con-tinue the effort for widespreadrecognition of the genocide. Withmembers of every generation rep-resented, the annual demonstra-tion in Los Angeles is the nation’slargest Armenian march for jus-tice.

Throughout the day on Monday– at Hollywood Boulevard in themorning, and in Pan Pacific Parkin the afternoon – parentsexplained to their children the

meaning and history behind theevent. Toddlers, students, adultsand seniors – many of whom arein America because of the 1915genocide – wore black shirts insolidarity for those who werekilled, and waved red, blue andyellow Armenian flags with pride.

Los Angeles resident ReynoldKhachatourian walked with hischildren among the sea of demon-strators in the march to the

Turkish Consulate on WilshireBoulevard.

“We’re 102 years removed fromthe systematic attempt to destroyArmenians, Greeks and Syriansfrom the Ottoman TurkishEmpire. And the further you getaway from a genocidal event themore important it is to pass thattribal knowledge on down to other

The Beverly Hills City Councilcontinued divising its rent controlprogram last week with the estab-lishment of an Ad Hoc Committeeand approval of $250,000 to initiatedevelopment of a rental registrysystem.

The Ad Hoc Committee will helpselect a consultant to facilitate ten-ant-landlord dialogue sessions thatwill be used to develop the finalrent control ordinance.

Earlier this year, the city councilapproved an urgency ordinance toreduce the maximum allowed rentincrease from 10 percent to 3 per-cent, as well as established reloca-tion fee requirements for no-causeevictions, and committed to devel-oping the city’s first rental registry

Volume 27 No. 17 Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park, Beverly Hills and Wilshire Communities April 27, 2017

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■ Schiff, Garcetti, O’Farrellcall for recognition ofArmenian Genocide

photo by Gregory Cornfield With the Armenian flag draped around him, a man crouches down andobserves the scene at Pan Pacific Park on Monday.

■ City to hire facilitator fortenant-landlord meetings

■ Veteran officerreflects on L.A. Riotsas anniversary nears

photo by Josh BarashThis photo – published May 7, 1992, in the Park Labrea News and Beverly Press – shows local childreninteracting with the National Guard on Santa Monica Boulevard near Western Avenue.

April 29: ‘We knew it was going to be a busy, busy night’

Thousands march for justice

Rental registry created inBeverly Hills

■ Garcetti wants toincrease spending for pedestrian safety

See Beverly Hills page 21

Budget proposal targetshomelessness, road repair

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See Answers page 21

Demonstrators protested outside the Turkish Consulate onWilshire Boulevard on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day inthis photograph in the April 26, 2007 issue of the Park Labrea Newsand Beverly Press. Thousands of members of the Armenian-American community and their supporters waved flags and chantedslogans calling for the Turkish government to officially acknowl-edge the Armenian Genocide of 1915. On Monday, thousands ofdemonstrators gathered in Hollywood, Pan Pacific Park and again infront of the Turkish Consulate to raise awareness about a lack ofacknowledgement of the genocide. For information, see page 1.

The 12th annual South EastEuropean Film Festival (SEEfest)selected “The Constitution” to openthe 2017 Festival with a gala eventon April 27 at 7 p.m. at the WritersGuild Theater in Beverly Hills.!

The film was directed byCroatian director Rajko Grlić.

“Such an excellent and timelyfilm as ‘The Constitution’ does notcome by every year,” said VeraMijojlić, founder and director ofSEEfest. “It is an example of agreat director-writer pairingbetween Grlić and author AnteTomić, whose humorous politicalcolumns delight and entertain read-ers throughout the Balkans. Withthree amazing actors from Serbiaand Croatia this very funny andpoignant ‘love story about hate’ issure to delight Angeleno audiencesas well.”

Other program highlights includethe world premiere of “Roza of

Smyrna,” a Greek love story span-ning turbulent Greek-Turkish histo-ry of the 20th century; AdrianSitaru’s “The Fixer,” a Romaniandrama about journalistic con-science in the ultra-competitivemedia world; music documentary“Balkan Roots” by Australian pairChris Rabbitt and AnthonyFletcher; “Anishoara” by Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu; and “Glory” byKristina Grozeva and PetarValchanov, the duo behind lastyear’s international winner, “TheLesson.”

The Writers Guild Theater islocated at 135 S. Doheny Drive.

For information, visitseefilmla.org.

photo courtesy of SEEfest“The Constitution,” a film by Croatian director Rajko Grlic, will bescreened on the festival’s opening night.

Beverly Hills to host 12th annual SEEfest

Crossword Puzzle by Myles Mellor

“Paul Simon: Words & Music,”a traveling exhibition curated bythe Rock and Roll Hall of Fameand Museum will make its onlyWest Coast stop at the SkirballCultural Center from April 27 toSept. 10.

The exhibit will be organizedchronologically, with speciallythemed sections that coverSimon’s early years, his Simon &Garfunkel period, his acclaimedsolo work since 1971 and hissongwriting process.

Developed based on exclusiveinterviews with the artist, theshow will walk visitors throughSimon’s life and music, and illu-minate his creative process. Onview will be instruments, records,sheet music, handwritten lyrics,photography, costumes and stagemaquettes, as well as listening sta-tions and performance footagespanning Simon’s six-decadecareer.

Exclusively for the Los Angelespresentation, the exhibit willinclude additional artifacts fromSimon’s private archive and anewly created music lab devel-

oped by the Skirball in coopera-tion with Roland Corporation.

The Skirball Cultural Center islocated at 2701 N. SepulvedaBlvd. For information, visit skir-ball.org. !

photo by Nick Elgar / courtesy of Paul SimonArchive

Skirball center opens Paul Simon exhibit on April 27

The Petersen AutomotiveMuseum will celebrate the anniver-sary of one of the world’s mosticonic cars with “Seeing Red: 70Years of Ferrari,” opening to thepublic on April 29.

The Petersen will also host anopening reception for the exhibit onApril 27. The event will includecocktails, appetizers and a presen-tation, with a special tribute to leg-endary racer Phil Hill.

A collection of!Ferrari cars will

be on display, telling the story ofthis! legendary brand’s legacy! andadvancements in automobile pro-duction, as well as the story ofFerrari’s current advancements inproducing high-end automobiles.

Tickets to the museum start at$15 for adults.

The Petersen AutomotiveMuseum is located at 6060 WilshireBlvd.

For tickets and information, visitpetersen.org.

Fitzgerald

Petersen celebrates ‘70 Years of Ferrari’ starting April 29

The Grammy Museum willcelebrate the life, music and char-itable legacy of 13-time GrammyAward-winning jazz singer EllaFitzgerald through an exhibitentitled “Ella at 100: Celebratingthe Artistry of Ella Fitzgerald,”on display through Sept. 10.

The exhibit opened on April25, what would have been the latejazz icon’s 100th birthday. It willcelebrate 100 years ofFitzgerald’s lasting legacythrough rare recordings, photosand one-of-a-kind stage cos-tumes.

Items on display will includeFitzgerald’s Grammy Awards,wardrobe pieces, photographsand performance footage fromvarious stages of her career, andrare sheet music and records.

The Grammy Museum islocated at 800 W. Olympic Blvd.For information, visit grammy-museum.org.

GrammyMuseum celebrates Ella Fitzgerald