Public Testimony From Emails and Online Forms Final.xlsx

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1	Timestamp	In order to access your comments in the future, we need to attach a name to your testimony. What name what you like to use?	What Neighborhood/Neighborhoods are you referring to in your testimony?	What are your thoughts on Map K2.5? How can we improve the map? Do you have feedback on the above issues?
2	10/1/2021 23:21:51	Joyce Perkins		Please keep Leimert Park in Council District 10 to preserve our historic black community.
3	10/2/2021 10:15:32	Kathy Van Ness		I would like to comment on the plan to move part of CD11 east of the 405 to CD8. I am a long time resident of Westchester, and the area planned to be moved is definitely considered part of Westchester. Like the rest of Westchester, it is heavily impacted by LAX traffic and perhaps more so because it is bisected by La Tijera, a major approach to LAX. In the proposed map, this small area would be connected to CD8 by a small thread of land only, not by community interests. In my graduate education in urban planning (MUP from University of Washington and PhD from UCLA), I studied community composition. Based on that work, I can say that the current part of CD11 that may be moved to CD8 has much more in common with CD11 than with CD8. I request that the Commission reconsider this proposed change.
4	10/2/2021 20:56:59	Lydia Rodriguez		I am not sure why Canoga Park was changed from its group as before. I am personally not happy about it. I love border chatsworth and my parents live border west hills.
5	10/4/2021 17:14:42	Richard Klug	Hollywood Hills	I like the map and think you should approve it.
6	10/4/2021 18:30:22	Lottie Cleveland	Watts	I would like to support the mapping drawn by Mr. Timothy Watkins of WLCAC. The redistricting line will be included in the Council District 9 oppose to remaining in Council District 15
7	10/4/2021 18:52:07	Ilyanne Morden Kichaven	Sherman Oaks	I whole heartedly support the redistributing map, in particular district 3 that includes Sherman Oaks. These new boundaries will be able to afford ( for the first time) residents a council person who can focus on the needs of Valley residents in these neighborhoods. We need to align with South Valley neighborhoods build a unified community and consistent resources. I urge the planning commission, city council and Mayor to approve and implement this plan.
8	10/4/2021 18:58:37	Cindy Bloom	Shadow hills	Need to keep lake view terrace, la tuna canyon and shadow Hills together because they are all horse keeping properties and high fire hazard severity zones. Sent a detailed email to commissioners today 10/4
9	10/4/2021 19:02:31	Bob Abrahams	Melrose	I don't like the split between CD 5 and CD 13 along Melrose Ave. I still feel that CD 5 should extend up to the City of West Hollywood boundary. This is also the northern boundary for LAPD Wilshire Division. Just move the boundary between 5 and 13 between La Brea Ave and Western Ave. south as needed to compensate for the population change in making the change I've requested above. (Buy the way, I sent an email yesterday on the same matter.)
10	10/4/2021 19:05:49	Mike Connolly	Hancock Park	I fully support the implementation of the proposed redistricting plan set forth in Map K2.5. The change to align Hancock Park with similar communities of interest to the west is exactly what the redistricting is intended to do and I applaud the committee’s efforts to date. Please don’t give in to council members who seem only concerned with their reelection prospects instead of the well being of the citizens of Los Angeles.
11	10/4/2021 19:15:24	Bruce Shetler	Melrose	Please do not split Melrose. We are struggling as a community to clean up the neighborhood and this split will take an already complicated and challenging process and make it much more difficult.
12	10/4/2021 19:17:41	Linda Gase	East: Los Feliz & Griffith Park	While I approve of most of Map K2.5, I think Los Feliz and Griffith Park should be in the same district. The park is truly Los Feliz's backyard (two blocks from my home and much more accessible to me and my neighbors than Hollywood Hills residents) and our community should have say in its preservation and care. In doing so, I would also include the Rowena Reservoir tract which is also very much a part of the Los Feliz/Silverlake area. Thank you.
13	10/4/2021 19:24:39	Josh Small	Franklin Canyon	Please move District 5 east so the border is Coldwater Canyon Dr on the East and Mullholland Dr on the North. Our area is largely contiguous with Beverly Crest area, and we share the same wildfire and crime risks. We do not share those risks with the Hollywood Hills or Ventura Blvd areas included in “2 or 4”
14	10/4/2021 20:18:39	Judith Wilkins	Los Feliz, Griffith Park, East Hollywood, Silver Lake, Atwater CD-4	I believe the Commission should include the Hollywood Hills east of the Hollywood Freeway and the adjacent Griffith Park to the Los Feliz, Silverlake, Atwater, Elysian Park, and Echo Park Districts within CD-4 on the Map K2.5. Adding Griffith Park lands to CD-4 is vitally important and would not impact the demographics of the overall redistricting plan since there is no residential population in Griffith Park. Our Los Feliz district has a more than 220 year association with the environs of Griffith Park. The areas of Griffith Park and the Los Feliz district originally comprised the Rancho Los Feliz. The preservation, care, and welfare of the park has been the responsibility of the neighborhood since the Los Feliz land-grant was awarded to Jose Antonio Feliz in 1800 and recognized by the City of Los Angeles since 1910. I have lived in Los Feliz for over 47 years and within 2 blocks of the Commonwealth entrance to Griffith Park for the last 24 years. It is not only the central focus of our neighborhood association, but we consider it our responsibility to safeguard its' future for the benefit of every Angeleno and visitors from all over the world as we have for the past 220 years. There is no reason to sever this relationship and we will strongly oppose any effort to do so. Any resolutions made through the Council Office concerning Griffith Park would directly impact the Los Feliz residents so their well-being demands a role in these decisions. I also believe it only makes sense to designate the Hollywood Freeway (101) as the eastern boundary of CD-4 in order for the Hollywood Hills area immediately adjacent to Griffith Park remain within CD-4. Not only is it geographically reasonable, but this area has been a part of CD-4 for many years and was largely responsible for the election of our current Council representative.
15	10/4/2021 20:36:07	Rachel Teller	Hancock Park	I think it great! It finally and accurately puts communities of interest in the same district. Hancock Park should be in District 5 as per the update map K2.5 as it will then be with similar communities of interest and other Los Angeles Jewish Communities.
16	10/4/2021 20:36:32	Robert Holmes	Sherman Oaks	Great!!! Sherman Oaks is finally in a Valley district.
17	10/4/2021 20:42:30	sara daleiden	Downtown Los Angeles	Please make Downtown Los Angeles connected to the neighborhoods around it to the north, such as Chinatown, and to the west, such as MacArthur Park and Pico Union, so this is one council district. This is more important that connecting it to the East with Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, etc. Having CD 1 and CD 14 be the long stretches they are makes organizing difficult with neighbors. Better to make council districts that are more contiguous and centralized. Thank you!
18	10/4/2021 21:18:36	Judith Wilkins	Los Feliz, Silverlake, Atwater Village, Elysian Park, Echo Park, Griffith Park and Hollywood Hills east of Fwy 101	Following is a revision of a previous submittal with the Council district corrected. I believe the Commission should include the Hollywood Hills east of the Hollywood Freeway and the adjacent Griffith Park to the Los Feliz, Silverlake, Atwater, Elysian Park, and Echo Park Districts within CD-13 on the Map K2.5. Adding Griffith Park lands to CD-13 is vitally important and would not impact the demographics of the overall redistricting plan since there is no residential population in Griffith Park. Our Los Feliz district has a more than 220 year association with the environs of Griffith Park as the Park area and the Los Feliz district originally comprised the Rancho Los Feliz. The preservation, care and welfare of the park has been the responsibility of the neighborhood since the Los Feliz land-grant was awarded to Jose Antonio in 1800 and Los Feliz was incorporated into the City of Los Angeles in 1910. I have lived in Los Feliz for over 47 years and within 2 blocks of the Commonwealth entrance to Griffith Park for the last 24 years. It is not only the central focus of our neighborhood association, but we consider it our responsibility to safeguard its' future for the benefit of every Angeleno and visitors from all over the world as we have for the past 220 years. There is no reason to sever this relationship and we will strongly oppose any effort to do so. Any resolutions made through the Council Office concerning Griffith Park would directly impact the Los Feliz residents so our well-being demands a role in these decisions. I also believe it only makes sense to designate the Hollywood Freeway (101) as the eastern boundary of CD-13 in order for the Hollywood Hills area immediately adjacent to Griffith Park remain part of the district currently identified as CD-4. Furthermore, the Hollywood Hills east of the freeway was largely responsible for the election of our current Council representative and shares a socio-economic bond with the other districts comprising the proposed CD-13. Thank you for your consideration.
19	10/4/2021 21:20:40	Roy Lyons	Sherman Oaks	Thank you for moving Sherman Oaks to District 3! You have made a great number of residents very, very happy!
20	10/4/2021 22:25:54	Courtney Vaudreuil	Van Nuys	You still have not addressed the problem of the redrawn Van Nuys map. Our community, Greenwood Square (125 single family homes) is at the northwest corner of Sherman Way and Hazeltine Ave. K2.5 takes us out of District 2 and puts us with Panorama City and Sun Valley. We do not share a community interest with that part of the Valley. Our neighborhood has been redeveloped and is closer aligned to Valley Glen and North Hollywood. By placing us in a district plagued with blight and neglected by council member Martinez, you will be hurting our residents and property values. Our community has a cooperative relationship with Councilmember Krekorian and there is no valid reason to change our district.
21	10/4/2021 23:01:58	David corey	Highland park	I want all of highland park to remain in CD 14, under the new plan HPWould be split between cd1 and 14, the map through there looks bizarre, why not incorporate whole neighborhoods into individual districts?
22	10/4/2021 23:13:10	Reseda Jeanette	Reseda	I like the diversity of the current West Valley Council District 3 — all economic levels and a good economic base. The sum of the parts is great for tackling problems and uplifting the district as a whole. Reseda, which is in the West Valley, would not thrive being lumped in with neighborhoods with similar problems in a new district. And a new District 3 does not need to be a collection of wealthy and ultra wealthy neighborhoods in and around the hills. "No man is an island." Instead I would suggest adding areas at the west and east ends of the proposed District 3 to contiguous districts to help fulfill the census mandate for redistricting and keep District 3 as we are. Perhaps the East Valley's Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys could be part of District 2.
23	10/5/2021 2:04:58	Charly Kemp	Highland Park	Fir Cd1 ok with boundaries
24	10/5/2021 7:55:53	Chris Widin	Sherman Oaks	Sherman Oaks elected Nithya Raman as our councilmember. To remove our neighborhood from CD4 blatantly disregards voters and the democratic process. I want to remain in CD4, as does every one of my surrounding neighbors. Councilmembers who vote to move Sherman Oaks to a new district are actively working against democracy, and they should be ashamed.
25	10/5/2021 8:15:39	Tracy Coleman	Shadow Hills	The map
26	10/5/2021 9:45:34	Karen Garibaldi	Shadow Hills/La Tuna Canyon/Sun Valley	1. Shadow Hills should be kept together in one district: CD7. The border lines for the Shadow Hills community, which need to be kept together, are as follows: —The 210 Freeway on the EAST —The ridgeline between Sunland Blvd. and La Tuna Canyon Road on the SOUTH —The Big Tujunga Wash on the NORTH and NORTHWEST. Currently Map K2.5 has severed the following streets from the rest of Shadow Hills: The west side of Stonehurst from Art Street to Clyborne Ave., both sides of Stonehurst north of Clyborne Ave., Wealtha, Allegheny, Dronfield, Fenway, Bromont, Hershey, Stonehurst Place, the north side of the west end of Art St. west of Stonehurst, both sides of McBroom from the tunnel to Sheldon, the north side of McBroom from 10875 Wheatland (house on the corner of Wheatland and Wentworth) back along McBroom going west to the tunnel, including the streets off Wheatland north of McBroom: Mahoney off of Wheatland, North Horse Creek Avenue, Lost Trail, N. Lost Trail Ave., W. Meadow Ridge St., W. Oak Mountain Place, Coal Canyon Road, and W. Shadow Hills Ave. These streets have remained in District 7, while the rest of Shadow Hills has been stripped away and placed in “District 2-or-4”. —The Landfills along Glenoaks and Sheldon on the WEST. Currently, Map K2.5 has severed the following streets: the west side of Stonehurst Ave. south of Clybourne and the residential streets of Peoria, Elinda, Hershey, and the south side of the west ends of Art St., and N. Clybourne). The K2.5 map has irrationally placed these few streets in District 6. Residents of these streets will no longer be stakeholders in their own community. 2. The entire Shadow Hills Community needs to stay with the rest of the Foothill Communities of Lake View Terrace, La Tuna Canyon, and Sylmar as they currently are in CD7. All the streets in the above boundaries of Shadow Hills as well as Lake View Terrace and La Tuna Canyon share common interests, history, an equestrian heritage, agrarian lifestyles, and share the common concerns of living in high fire zones, equestrian and equine safety, evacuation plans, and traffic issues. We would all like to remain in CD-7. 3. If most of Shadow hills is moved out of CD-7, the Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council (FTDNC) will be split up and irrelevant. The people living on these streets that are in other districts would no longer be stakeholders in their own community. We would like to remain in CD-7 so we can continue represented by our own neighborhood council. 4. By returning Shadow Hills and LaTuna Canyon back to CD7, this would add approximately 7400 people to CD7, which would not exceed the maximum population allowed per district. 5. PLEASE RECONSIDER THE K2.5 MAP AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF SHADOW HILLS AND LA TUNA CANYON BACK INTO CD-7.
27	10/5/2021 10:07:07	Bill Eick	Shadow Hills and La Tuna Canyon	Shadow Hills and La Tuna Canyon should remain in CD 7. It shares the same neighborhood council as Lake View Terrace; it shares that both communities have equestrian properties; both are in a mountain fire district; and they share Hansen Dam as a regional and local recreation area. Adding the 7500 people back into CD 7 still keeps CD 7 within the 260,000 person area with a 5% variation allowed by the commission. I do not see any reason why the commission would severe these areas from CD 7
28	10/5/2021 10:07:16	Michael Schneider	Mid City West	You must end CD13 at La Brea and have CD5 continue north of Melrose and west of La Brea to the West Hollywood border. Otherwise, you have a tiny sliver of Mid City West NC in CD13, adding yet another CD to the neighborhood council.
29	10/5/2021 10:31:37	Melissa Algaze	Mid City West	While I support Map K2.5, I do not support CD13 going west of La Brea. If CD13 goes west of La Brea, it bisects the Jewish community in the area which lives both north and south of Melrose, and adds yet another council district to Mid City West Neighborhood Council’s borders. Please have CD5 continue north of Melrose and west of La Brea to the West Hollywood Border, so the entire NC is unified as is the Jewish community. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the fairness of the redistricting process.
30	10/5/2021 10:45:39	Victoria Sabonjohn	Foothill Trails/Shadow Hills/Sun Valley (La Tuna Canyon)	I have serious concerns about how the new district lines separate half of Shadow hills and La Tuna from the rest of the equestrian minded foothill district. I understand the use of census data to make the numbers more even but our rural concerns will be lost when dealing with Hollywood hills or Toluca Lake residents. I just moved to La Tuna Canyon from Burbank to pursue the kind of lifestyle that this equestrian foothill community provides. 1. I believe Shadow Hills should stay in ONE Council District, not divided up. Our historically rural community has unique interests that must be protected. 2. The three (3) foothill communities (abutting the Verdugo Mountains, the Angeles National Forest and the Big Tujunga Wash) of Lake View Terrace, Shadow Hills and La Tuna Canyon must remain in one district, as they currently are in CD7. This allows our communities to advocate for our common interests as one united voice. All three rural communities have an equestrian heritage and agrarian lifestyles. All 3 communities are located in Mountain Fire districts and high fire zones. Over the years, these three communities have developed fire protection and evacuation plans which have helped save human and animal lives and properties during our various wildfires (ie. La Tuna Canyon and Creek fires). During major floods of the Big Tujunga Wash Lake View Terrace and Shadow Hills have worked together to provide shelter to flood victims and protect neighborhoods from flooding. There is a historical cooperation between these three communities due to their common interests and goals. If they were to be separated into different communities, their unified voice and actions would be muted. Thank you in advance for listening to my concerns and considering our needs as the redistricting moves forward.
31	10/5/2021 10:49:47	Steven Sabonjohn	Foothill Trails/Sun Valley (La Tuna Canyon)/Shadow Hills	I have serious concerns about how the new district lines separate half of Shadow hills and La Tuna from the rest of the equestrian minded foothill district. I understand the use of census data to make the numbers more even but our rural concerns will be lost when dealing with Hollywood hills or Toluca Lake residents. I just moved to La Tuna Canyon from Burbank to pursue the kind of lifestyle that this equestrian foothill community provides. 1. I believe Shadow Hills should stay in ONE Council District, not divided up. Our historically rural community has unique interests that must be protected. 2. The three (3) foothill communities (abutting the Verdugo Mountains, the Angeles National Forest and the Big Tujunga Wash) of Lake View Terrace, Shadow Hills and La Tuna Canyon must remain in one district, as they currently are in CD7. This allows our communities to advocate for our common interests as one united voice. All three rural communities have an equestrian heritage and agrarian lifestyles. All 3 communities are located in Mountain Fire districts and high fire zones. Over the years, these three communities have developed fire protection and evacuation plans which have helped save human and animal lives and properties during our various wildfires (ie. La Tuna Canyon and Creek fires). During major floods of the Big Tujunga Wash Lake View Terrace and Shadow Hills have worked together to provide shelter to flood victims and protect neighborhoods from flooding. There is a historical cooperation between these three communities due to their common interests and goals. If they were to be separated into different communities, their unified voice and actions would be muted. Thank you in advance for listening to my concerns and considering our needs as the redistricting moves forward.
32	10/5/2021 11:08:46	Joseph Hancock	Central Hollywood NC in the 13th District	It makes no sense. Angelinos are people not commodities. The map should reflect reality.
33	10/5/2021 12:03:32	Studio CIty resident	Studio CIty	The "2 or 4" thing is sus. Most of the maps produced reveal a blatant effort to eliminate or reduce CM Raman's constituency. Map L wasn't terrible. Map K2.5 might not be the end of the world if it were made clear that CD 4 were one depicted in grey. But it is clear that's not what you have in mind. While I can't imagine you'd move Krekorian to an entirely new geography, I can absolutely imagine you doing that to Raman. What I've watched of the process has been stomach churning. The process may not be transparent, but y'all are.
34	10/5/2021 12:33:54	Alysoun Higgins	Greater Wilshire	I love and am thankful that this map includes all of Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council together. I'd like to make sure it follows the Neighborhood Council's boundaries and includes both sides of Manhattan Place. There is an alley that runs just west of Western Blvd that could be used as a dividing line to keep both sides of Manhattan Place in CD5 and both sides of Western in CD10.
35	10/5/2021 12:36:36	Sara Brum	District 4	Nithya Raman won the most votes in the history of LA City Council on a platform of helping renters. We voted for her because we want diversity and equity and to protect tenants in LA. This draft map is clearly a racist and classist plot to disenfranchise her district and remove a woman of color from office and it’s infuriating.
36	10/5/2021 12:38:45	Rita Tateel	Melrose-Fairfax	It is a grand mistake to move the streets north of Melrose, between La Brea and La Cienega, into a new district. I have lived here 65 years and while there have been many changes in our area the one constant has been how the activities on Melrose greatly impact those of us who live within the first two blocks north and first two block south of the street. Melrose binds us together as small business owners and residents support each other in safety and quality of life concerns. Splitting up our area in this proposed way will erode what we have built together, adding additional layers of bureaucratic obstacles towards making improvements to our beloved neighborhood which includes both North and South of Melrose. To remove the streets North of Melrose from it's current district would be like tearing siblings apart! PLEASE DO NOT DISTROY WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE SPENT YEARS IN BUILDING!
37	10/5/2021 13:25:14	Youssef Helmy	Greenwood square	Stay the same district
38	10/5/2021 13:25:48	Roger Nelson	Greenwood square	Our community of 125+ single family homes is located on the northwest corner of Sherman Way and Hazeltine Ave. We are currently in District 2. The proposed redistricting takes us out of that district and places us with Panorama City, Sun Valley, and Arleta. We are a part of an area that has been redeveloped and our interests are more closely aligned with Valley Glen and North Hollywood. We have a relationship with Councilmember Krekorian's office and do not feel our needs would be met in the proposed K2 or K2.5 districts. We request the map be redrawn to keep us in our current district.
39	10/5/2021 13:28:14	Andre Bahbah	Greenwood Square	Our community of 125+ single family homes is located on the northwest corner of Sherman Way and Hazeltine Ave. We are currently in District 2. The proposed redistricting takes us out of that district and places us with Panorama City, Sun Valley, and Arleta. We are a part of an area that has been redeveloped and our interests are more closely aligned with Valley Glen and North Hollywood. We have a relationship with Councilmember Krekorian's office and do not feel our needs would be met in the proposed K2 or K2.5 districts. We request the map be redrawn to keep us in our current district.
40	10/5/2021 13:29:15	Lina Huang	Greenwood Square	Our community of 125+ single family homes is located on the northwest corner of Sherman Way and Hazeltine Ave. We are currently in District 2. The proposed redistricting takes us out of that district and places us with Panorama City, Sun Valley, and Arleta. We are a part of an area that has been redeveloped and our interests are more closely aligned with Valley Glen and North Hollywood. We have a relationship with Councilmember Krekorian's office and do not feel our needs would be met in the proposed K2 or K2.5 districts. We request the map be redrawn to keep us in our current district.
41	10/5/2021 13:29:49	Go Fuck Yourselves	Los Feliz	Do not break up my district. I voted for Nithya and so did a lot of other people and shame on you for trying to silence us
42	10/5/2021 13:44:00	Tal Levy	Koreatown and Highland Park	I am glad that Koreatown is finally unified in a single council district. However, Koreatown should be included in the same district as historic filipinotown and thai town, in CD4 or CD13, rather than being merged into a district that is primarily below the 10. I have lived in Koreatown for several years in the current CD10, and there's basically no attention paid to Koreatown from CD10. The current redrawing of CD4 is absolutely reprehensible. Additionally, Highland Park should be unified in a single district.
43	10/5/2021 13:47:38	Will	Valley	Van Nuys should not be redistrict into another district. This will cause irreparable harm to the community an surrounding area. Being on the edge of this new district our voices would be silenced. We should stay as is. Thank you.
44	10/5/2021 13:50:39	Ryan Gladieux	Valley Glen	Our community of 125+ single family homes is located on the northwest corner of Sherman Way and Hazeltine Ave. We are currently in District 2. The proposed redistricting takes us out of that district and places us with Panorama City, Sun Valley, and Arleta. We are a part of an area that has been redeveloped and our interests are more closely aligned with Valley Glen and North Hollywood. We have a relationship with Councilmember Krekorian's office and do not feel our needs would be met in the proposed K2 or K2.5 districts. We request the map be redrawn to keep us in our current district.
45	10/5/2021 13:59:12	Janet/Jim	Sherman Oaks	Thank you for initially including Sherman Oaks in an all-Valley District 3. Please finalize DRAFT MAP K2 placing Sherman Oaks in District 3. In addition, Studio City should be part of the same district as Sherman Oaks.
46	10/5/2021 14:08:35	Brian Linse	Laurel Canyon	I support map K2.5, as it keeps Laurel Canyon (my community) and other COIs under a single CD better than any other proposed map. Laurel Canyon Boulevard has become a major public safety concern for residents of Laurel Canyon who seek to maintain wildfire evacuation egress, and improve traffic and density problems that may negatively impact the safety of our residents. To split the community down the middle of the Boulevard would require us to contend with 2 CDs on these issues, and weaken our influence as a community of interest. We believe the unique geographic and logistical issues of the Boulevard elevate our status as a COI because of these important public safety issues. Additionally, the proposed CD4 in K2.5 would unite a significant portion of the hillside communities and bridge us with similar communities in the Verdugo Hills of the San Fernando Valley, benefiting multiple similar COIs. Thanj you for your consideration. Brian Linse
47	10/5/2021 14:11:23	Joanna	Greenwood Square	Our community of 125+ single family homes is located on the northwest corner of Sherman Way and Hazeltine Ave. We are currently in District 2. The proposed redistricting takes us out of that district and places us with Panorama City, Sun Valley, and Arleta. We are a part of an area that has been redeveloped and our interests are more closely aligned with Valley Glen and North Hollywood. We have a relationship with Councilmember Krekorian's office and do not feel our needs would be met in the proposed K2 or K2.5 districts. We request the map be redrawn to keep us in our current district.
48	10/5/2021 14:11:49	Raymond McNelly	Van Nuys	I disagree with the proposed new zoning and would like to keep my current Council Member, Krekorian as my representative.
49	10/5/2021 14:20:36	Lynne T. Jewell	Waverly Drive & Rowena Reservoir: East Los Feliz	As a longtime resident of Los Feliz, I want my neighborhood (Waverly Drive & the Rowena Reservoir) to continue to be part of the Los Feliz district. This aligns with the Commission’s mission of keeping communities/neighborhoods of interest together. Also, it doesn’t make sense that my Los Feliz NC would report to a different council person than mine. So I ask you to please not carve out a small piece of the neighborhood and separate us from the entire Los Feliz community. Many thanks for the opportunity to voice my concerns. And, I do appreciate the commission’s hard work.
50	10/5/2021 15:01:53	Susan K. Sanford	Carthay Square	You have taken part of an HPOZ and applied NHR neighborhood and moved it from CD 10 to CD 5. Can you explain the rationale for drawing district maps with etchasketches? I get your goal, to even out numbers of constituents, but these maps do very little for the stakeholders. Please leave Carthay Square intact so we can be governed effectively.
51	10/5/2021 15:11:42	YArizmendi	Melrose Village	I would personally like to see the district include all the way to Santa Monica Blvd between La Brea and Fairfax. And I would please please please ask you don’t split Melrose into North and South. We need unity to face the chaos that has now ensued in our neighborhood.
52	10/5/2021 15:12:39	Jesus David Orozco	CD9/CD8	I agree with the commission's assessment of CD8 & CD9. It's great that Crenshaw Mall will be unified with CD8 and CD 10 will unify Koreatown. I also think it's great that CD9 keeps it's economic assets. If the Commission is pressured by Community Coalition to provide USC and Expo Park to CD 8, then CD 9 should get a large portion of DTLA to offset this loss. I think it is wrong to remove USC and Expo Park from CD9. CD 9 is the poorest District in the City and removing USC and Expo Park will remove any economic benefit from these areas from the District. There is a push by Community Coalition to move USC & Expo Park to CD8 so that the economic benefits remain with a Councilmember that is African American. CD8 already has the Crenshaw Corridor and wealthier neighborhoods than CD9. CD 8 has also disproportionately approved HHH developments into Latino neighborhoods in the District by the 110 Fwy. The Latino neighborhoods in CD 8 are poorer and easier to impose changes, and the HHH developments have removed many of them from their affordable units. I am also disappointed that HHH proposals in wealthier African American neighborhoods in CD 8 have been shot down by the Councilmember. It has been disheartening, especially since I voted for the Councilmember and agree with many of Community Coalition's initiatives and call for equity. I vehemently oppose Community Coalition's call to action to move USC and Expo Park to CD 8. It's not equitable. It is clearly and attempt to remove power from one minority group and attempting and give it to another. I thought Community Coalition was about equity and solidarity. I support many of their initiatives. But not this one.
53	10/5/2021 15:23:26	Navid Dayzad, Esq.	Melrose Village	It is imperative that the current CD5 Melrose Village is not split in half. There are critical civic issues that we have been addressing together as a community with CD5. Splitting up the north and south side of Melrose Avenue cuts our ability to speak to our government as a community. Navid, Block Captain in Melrose Village for 10 years.
54	10/5/2021 15:25:53	Liz Bronstein	CD 5 & CD 13	Please do NOT split Melrose Village into two separate districts. We are tight knit community working hard to make our neighborhood safer. As residents, we are working hard to support the Melrose businesses and make the Melrose shopping area safer and more vibrant. Splitting us up will destroy that. We are working hard to combat the recent crime wave on Melrose. As home owners we are raising money for LPR cameras to help the police. We are meeting with city officials and working hand in hand with the LAPD. We are what every neighborhood should strive to be: united, active, involved. And now you want to literally tear that community in half (correct use of the word 'literally'). This split will not help stop the crime and violence and general downturn in our beloved neighborhood. It feels like the city is working against our best interests and the best interest of the neighborhood. I'm exhausted from fighting to pull our village back from the crime and violence. Can you please fight with us and not against us?
55	10/5/2021 15:34:37	Alexander Barber	CD15 WATTS	How are you in good conscience STILL failing to place Watts in a district where it is not COMETELY GERRYMANDERED OUT OF POWER!?? WATTS SHOULD BE PART OF CD9 BECAUSE IF BUSCIANO'S CORRUPT WHITE ASS IS NOT DEMONSTRATIVE PROOF THAT CD15 IS COMPLETELY UNREPRESENTATIVE OF ITS NORTHERN PORTION I DO NOT KNOW WHAT MORE PROOF YOU MIGHT NEED THAT BLACKS ARE NOT GIVEN A FAIR SHARE OF POWER AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. FFS BUSCAINO IS THE ONLY COUNCILMAN WHO STILL HASNT MADE ALL SIDEWALKS ADA COMPLIANT .CD15 IS AN UNLAWFUL GERRYMANDERED DISTRICT CREATED TO DISEMPOWER LA' CITYS MOST FAMOUS AND UNIIED COMMUNITY,WHICH I MAY ADD WAS ACTUALLY AN INDEPENDENT CITY AT ONE POINT. WATTS IN CD9 OR MERGE CITY AND COUNTY AND DECLARE STATEHOOD IF YOU REALLY CARE.
56	10/5/2021 15:48:15	Duane Muller	UCLA and Westwood	Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on the Draft Map Plan K2.5. We commend the LA City Council Redistricting Commission for their tireless work; we are pleased to see that UCLA and Westwood remain together, located in one Council district (CD-5). The UCLA campus is an economic engine, and an intellectual and cultural partner in this district. Our boundaries, like those of Westwood, are compact and contiguous. For years, our campus has worked to build relationships with our surrounding neighborhoods, including Westwood and Westwood Village. Fostering these relationships remains a top priority for us. In addition, we work closely with our two neighborhood councils (the Westwood Neighborhood Council and the North Westwood Neighborhood Council) as well as the Westwood Village Improvement Association. Together, we share strong historical communities of interest. We take great pride in working jointly to address community and regional concerns, and we want to continue being represented by one Council district. Equally as important is fostering a relationship with one Council district representative that can meet the needs of the university as well as the needs of our neighbors. Since the university’s move to Westwood in 1929, we have grown together with our neighborhood and look forward to continuing to foster this special working relationship within one Council district. Thank you for keeping UCLA and Westwood together in CD-5 as outlined in the Draft Map Plan K2.5.
57	10/5/2021 16:26:47	David Kaufman	Melrose Village	I am TOTALLY AGAINST Melrose Village north of Melrose, south of West Hollywood, being SPLIT away from the rest of Melrose Village and put into CD4! This makes NO SENSE to split a community in half like this. I am stunned and shocked that anyone even CONSIDERED this!
58	10/5/2021 16:34:45	Ira Klein	Carthay Square HPOZ	Specific to the new District 10 / 5. The map is fracturing the Carthay Square HPOZ (2017) and has moved the 1200 blocks of Hayworth, Hi Point , Point View and Stearns out of District 5 which has the balance of the HPOZ. Additionally, the Carthay Square Neighborhood Association, in partnership with South Carthay and Carthay Circle HPOZ's has applied to be designated on the National Registry of Historic Places. This initiative began last year. By disenfranchising these 4 historicity significant blocks from the rest of the HPOZ will be an undue burden for both the HPOZ as well as the Council Persons responsibility.
59	10/5/2021 16:36:48	Micah Gordon	Los Feliz	The map is absolutely horrible. It either completely erases my district (4) or completely reorganizes it. I don't even know because 2 and 4 are unassigned. Absolute garbage. Give us back our district!
60	10/5/2021 16:38:12	Jen McCartney	Los Feliz, Silverlake	It is terrible that you are redistricting Nithya Raman out of her district. She just won a historic election and deserves to retain more than 29% of her constituents. You must restore some proportion of the CD4 constituency that elected Nithya Raman!
61	10/5/2021 16:39:38	Ryan McCabe	Toluca Lake	Yes, you a disenfranchising a district that had record turnouts and taking away what they voted for. District 4 did not be reduced or removed from the citizens that voted for their representation least year.
62	10/5/2021 16:43:23	Greg Hess	Hollywood	I do not support the redistricting as it severely affects the voters of Nithya Ramen's district.
63	10/5/2021 16:43:24	Lorin L	Hollywood	Thank you to the commission for listening to our feedback and keeping Hollywood’s commercial and historic core intact, and in CD13. Please consider using Franklin Ave. as the northern boundary, west of Western Ave., as this is a natural dividing line and is the current northern boundary for CD13 in this area.
64	10/5/2021 16:43:36	Frank	Los Feliz	Don't erase Nithya Raman's district just because you're mad she got rid of sex pest David Ryu in a fair election, you goddamn weirdos.
65	10/5/2021 16:44:11	Jon Peltz	CD4	Hi, I voted for Nithya Raman to represent me, and while I don't agree with her on everything - these maps are absolutely undemocratic and I'm certain the result of some sort of corruption with the goal of removing her from her own district. Not only should the maps be opposed, but Fred Ali should resign.
66	10/5/2021 16:46:28	Matthew Young	Los Feliz / Silverlake	We need to restore CD 4, This completely changes the way our neighborhood is governed. Griffith park is basically our back yard and this redistrict map completely ignores that and everyone that is part of the neighborhood.
67	10/5/2021 16:48:30	Jonathan larr	CD 4	Awful. I voted for Nithya. Eliminating her district is insane.
68	10/5/2021 16:49:02	Andrew	CD4	The map is terrible and reflects back room deals. Restore CD4 to its current form
69	10/5/2021 16:49:10	Jason J Cohn	Los Feliz and Silverlake	It is absolutely unthinkable to take away Nithya Raman's district away from her. The residents of Los Feliz, Silverlake and Koreatown in particular came together to knock doors and participate in our democracy like never before - Nithya won the most votes in City Council history! To then completely remove us from her as our representative less than a year later is a scandal of incredible proportions. This is what Republicans do to gerrymander their way into power in red states. What message does this send our community - that your unprecedented community action means absolutely nothing? This cannot stand. If our city government means anything, Nithya must keep at least most of the district she won less than a year ago - particularly the parts where she won a huge majority of the vote. The people know her, and they voted for her.
70	10/5/2021 16:50:15	Shane King	The valley	Re-districting in order to deprive people of representation is unacceptable. Gerrymandering is wrong.
71	10/5/2021 16:50:26	Michael	District 4	It is ludicrous to redraw CD4 in a way that erases the voices of its residence, based on the whims of unelected commissioners.
72	10/5/2021 16:52:40	Samuel Dunnewold	CD4	I currently live in CD4, and I have no idea why my district is being completely redrawn. It's certainly for no reason I can think of that would be helpful to my neighborhood. Restore CD4. Let me keep my district.
73	10/5/2021 16:53:27	Hanna Bahedry	2/4	This new map is a travesty. Why are you destroying districts 2 & 4? This is horrific and not based in any fact or reason. Stop gerrymandering our districts and let us have a voice. Draw normal, reasonable districts that allow everyone a vote and voice. There is clear racial and class bias motivation to this redrawing. I’m mortified that this is being done in my name in my city.
74	10/5/2021 16:55:09	Uri Niv	Valley Village/North Hollywood	The map is grossly inadequate as it fails to identify the district of which I will be a part of and greatly reduces the voting power that just recently elected the newest member of the council by overwhelming majority. It is hard to view the adoption of this map as anything but a cynical attempt to disenfranchise the many new voters who participated in the process for the first time in the last election.
75	10/5/2021 16:57:04	Sho	Current districts 2 and 4 (Glendale)	Why are current districts 2 and 4 so drastically changed? It makes no sense to separate the majority of us from our representative when there are more sensible alternatives that don't break up our voice.
76	10/5/2021 16:57:05	Michael MacDonald	Los Feliz, Mid-Wilshire, Koreatown, Hollywood Hills	This map is unworkable for the redrawing of districts 2 and 4. Current residents of Council District 4 just elected a representative, and this map would see that either 71% or 100% of current CD4 residents would be lose established community relationships and their recently elected representative. These residents deserve the same consideration of maintaining current elected representation that has been afforded to Downtown, San Pedro, Elysian Valley, Echo Park, West LA, Pacific Palisades, San Pedro, and elsewhere. The Commission MUST correct this wrong and remove the appearance of politically-motivated gerrymandering.
77	10/5/2021 16:58:07	Roghan	District 4	This map should be rejected, and district left as-is to the extent possible given the minor demographic changes. This map's erasure the existing district 4 is a blatantly political attack on the democratic choice of the voters who elected Nithya Raman. This map is an attempt at disenfranchising these voters - predominantly younger, PoC, and renting voters - and us unacceptable. Restore District 4.
78	10/5/2021 16:59:54	Abigail McBride	Silverlake	This map erases the voices of the people who voted for our CD4 representative! This should NOT be allowed to happen.
79	10/5/2021 17:01:38	Samantha Hollows	All of what is currently considered CD4	I am incredibly concerned about the borderline erasure of CD4 in the current map. There haven't been great enough population shifts to justify such a stark adjustment, and having lived in CD4 for multiple years, this map only further isolates neighboring communities, such as the Greater Wilshire Neighborhoods, that were already struggling with their local councils and committees to find ways to connect. In this map you also cut off Loz Feliz from Griffith, a monumental piece of land and recreation area that is not only vital to that neighborhood, but is incredibly impactful to it's residents. In placing it in a different district, you remove the ability of those constituents to have a say in how that piece of their community is managed. Restore CD4 to it's current district lines, or use the alternate map suggested by many local advocacy groups that not only maintains current residents but further unites other communities such as Koreatown (WITHOUT completely annihilation someone else's district, mind you). CD4's boundaries need to be greatly improved.
80	10/5/2021 17:03:25	Elle Lipson	Valley / North Hollywood	I'm mystified by this re-districting that puts residents into districts with representation they did not elect and does not speak for them. The choices feel arbitrary and not at all motivated by the needs and wants of the residents/voters. Frankly, I'm wondering what the motivations for these changes truly are, because they don't seem to make any logical or even geographic sense. As a resident of the current CD2, I feel that my vote and the votes of my fellow citizens are being nullified by this action. I've more recently woken up to the importance of local government and being actively involved on a local level, and I do not want that right and ability taken away from me in this manner. I am strongly opposed to this redrawn map and urge you to reconsider.
81	10/5/2021 17:03:32	Philip Fowler	CD4	Please do not redraw CD4. As a voter in this district it is important that it continues to represent the people who lived there in 2020.
82	10/5/2021 17:04:16	Paul Scheer	CD4	This is atrocious. You are derailing the democratic process. We voted for our rep and you are bending to a few idiots who are threatened by progressive leadership. I’m disgusted. This isn’t democracy. This is a back door dealing. This is recall disguised as an action that has no support from the district who you are dismantling. You should be ashamed.
83	10/5/2021 17:05:44	Dylan Visvikis	CD-4 and Koreatown.	This map is grotesquely corrupt and clearly designed to divide neighborhoods to reduce their rightful control over their own communities. Map L was acceptable, and should be considered. Koreatown must be made whole, and the current makeup of District 4 must remain largely intact. It is outrageous that District 4 is so clearly being gerrymandered to disadvantage the city councilor who received the most votes in the history of Los Angeles City Council elections and every single one of the voters who elected her to that position. This map is unconscionably undemocratic and that must not be the case moving forward. Again, Map L was an acceptable option and something similar to that should be considered.
84	10/5/2021 17:06:02	Anthony Roy	CD 2 and CD 4	Do not radically shift the current populations of CD 2 and CD 4.
85	10/5/2021 17:06:13	Sanaz Alesfar	CD4	Restore CD4. As a constitutent that lives in Beachwood Canyon, I would Nithya Raman to remain my elected official. I do not agree with the new measure that would erase our representation and cut the district to fit into other council districts.
86	10/5/2021 17:06:45	Anthony Pierce	Los Feliz	Nithya won. Get over it. You have no good reason to change the map. This is disgusting. If you want to take away her power, get more people to vote for someone else. Gerrymandering is destroying this country. Stop doing it to LA. Leave everything alone.
87	10/5/2021 17:07:06	Gabrielle Carroll	The Current CD4	This map is not appropriate at all. The current CD4 is a strong community that cares about diversity and we are strongly bonded over tenant rights. The K2.5 map basically wipes out the majority of current CD4 when there haven’t been major or significant demographic changes in the district. It doesn’t make any sense and as a resident of CD4, I don’t agree with it. I want the map to stay the same as it is now.
88	10/5/2021 17:07:47	Brian	CD4	The people of CD4 voted in droves for Nithya Raman as a representative. It’s antidemocratic to chop up CD4 like this. There was a much fairer proposed map. I can’t see how k2.5 is anything other than an attempt to strip the residents of cd4 of their representation.
89	10/5/2021 17:09:47	Francis Weiss Rabkin	Current District 4	The redistricting of district 2 and 4 should not be a decision left to unelected commissioners. Councilpersons Raman and Krekorian should remain in the districts of the constituents who voted for them. Further, I think making a district map based on the highly irregular and under representative 2020 US Census compounds the problems facing the people of these districts. I think all decisions should have public input and my feedback is to not alter the maps.
90	10/5/2021 17:13:20	Daniel Chun	CD4	The fact that you are willing to erase the votes of tens of thousands of Angelenos - especially young, lower income, and of color - less than one year after a historic election is undemocratic and shameful. If this were happening in any other city you would rightly decry it. We elected Nithya Raman and we will not stand for the disenfranchisement proposed in this map. The electorate is far better informed and aware than they might have been in years past, and we will be watching this process closely. Preserve CD4 and respect the will of the voters. Thank you.
91	10/5/2021 17:14:02	Daniel Fierman	Los Feliz	This map is a absolutely outrageous abuse of power, designed to undercut the new voices who have joined our civic discussion and undercut the city council member who garnered more votes than any other than history. This is the stuff of Tammany Hall, not a functioning Democracy, and the commission should be deeply ashamed of itself. We see you.
92	10/5/2021 17:14:15	Anastasia Pahules	Los Feliz and the East Side in general	Restore CD4 and CD2. Map K2.5 was born out of corruption and is an attempt to silence the will of the people of Los Angeles. Voters in CD4 spoke loud and clear about who they wanted to represent them and you are attempting to take that away, therefore disenfranchising the people of Los Angeles. It is a clear attempt to separate the young voters and voters of color who came out in historic numbers to vote for Nithya Raman. If you are going to take the time to change the map, we need more districts, and more city council members. There are cities that have half our population with double our number of city council members. With our population, we should have 50 city council members. It is clear that the people on the commission should be relieved of their duty and others should replace them, since the goal of Map K2.5 was so obviously to remove the power of specific city council members. What back door deals were done and whose will was behind it? Please do not forget that these districts are supposed to represent the people within them and their differing needs, not the desires of politicians. We see you. We see what's happening. And we do not want power hungry corrupt politicians representing us.
93	10/5/2021 17:15:28	Clayton	All	I've yet to hear a convincing argument for why a new map is being proposed. There hasn't been a meaningful change in the population. So there is no legitimate reason to change the map we currently have.
94	10/5/2021 17:16:59	Hazel C	South /koreatown	I support unify koreatown into one district
95	10/5/2021 17:18:02	Josh Crampsey	Los Feliz	The attempt to cut out 70% of the current District 4 is completely unacceptable and genuinely infuriating. How dare you?! Many of us tenants in the current CD4 map worked incredibly hard to elect Nithya Raman, a progressive candidate fighting for our values and this offensive, secretive way of dividing the district is downright shameful. Please work off of Map L in developing an equitable set of districts for the entire city. We want a map like this one produced by the community. Keep Los Feliz in CD4!!!
96	10/5/2021 17:18:10	Jerod Walburn	CD4	Restore CD4.
97	10/5/2021 17:23:10	Steve Balash	CD7 Shadow Hills	Why are you splitting up Shadow Hills. Why not use Wentworth as the boundary not McBroom. Better yet why not pair ALL of the horse keeping communities together, Shadow Hills La Tuna Canyon, Lake View Terrace. We have been acting together thru all of the Emergencies etc.We unite together to keep our life styles and are pro-active in providing assistance and help that the city can't or won't provide... Or is there a more sinister agenda here, like letting the developers overbuild and over populate this area?
98	10/5/2021 17:23:15	Justin Kremer	CD2/CD4	This map is absolute garbage. It is wildly unfair to its constituents and seems to be specifically designed to undermine our elected leaders. We need huge reform immediately.
99	10/5/2021 17:23:50	Patrick Maher	Sherman Oaks	I believe Sherman Oaks should be part of a Valley district like CD-03 in the proposal. Attaching Sherman Oaks to Koreatown and Silver Lake in CD-04 made no sense geographically. I hope to see a final map like Map K2.5 despite the objections of Council Member Raman, who directed me to this form.
100	10/5/2021 17:24:54	Katherine Stiegemeyer	Los Feliz, Silverlake, East Hollywood	The map is not acceptable. CD4 residents are having the rug pulled out from under them. As a Los Feliz resident, why is Griffith Park being separated from the main neighborhoods that it interacts with, that being Los Feliz and portions of East Hollywood? The maps should be unifying communities not separating them.