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April 18th, 2008 — Public Meeting, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights, Your Safety
Dear Community,
The Police Permit Review Board hearing has now been set for Wednesday April 30th at 2:30pm.
If you follow the news, you’ll know that Roger Jon Diamond is fresh off his defeat in the “Black Widows” murder trial. Now that the jury has spoken, we anticipate no further delays to the Strip Club hearing.
The Police Permit Review Board wants to hear YOUR VOICE. Despite the difficult date, time and location, we’re asking you to attend. We’ve been told that the panel places GREAT WEIGHT on the voices of the residents and community members.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Time: 2:30pm
Location:
Parker Center Auditorium
150 N. Los Angeles Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
To help make it easier, we’ve organized the following:
FREE BUS TRANSPORTATION:
LAUSD has offered us one bus, and the SORO Neighborhood Council has authorized funding for a second bus if we need it. Community leaders want you to attend.
If you are interested in taking the free bus, please email action@NoRobertsonStripClub.com with an indication of how many people in your party. In order to be able to accommodate everyone, we will need a clear headcount. We will post more information about how to get the bus in the coming days, so please check back. The bus will leave from the Hamilton High area.
FREE PARKING DOWNTOWN:
Councilmember Herb Wesson’s office is helping organize free parking at City Hall (across the street from Parker Center). If you’re interested in a parking spot, please email the following information to victor.durazo@lacity.org no later than Tuesday 4/29 at Noon.
Subject: Strip Club Hearing
Name of driver
Type of car
Year and color of car
License plate #
As you can imagine, trying to organize this is a logistical challenge, so we appreciate your help in committing to attend, and letting us know as soon as possible so we can make adequate provisions for everybody.
Bus seats and parking spots will be on a first-come-first-serve basis and we cannot guarantee that there will be a spot for you if you are not prompt or do not rsvp.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T ATTEND:
Please write a passionate letter (even if you’ve written before) and let the Permit Review Panel that your absence from this hearing does not mean that you don’t care. Paint a picture for them of what the neighborhood means to you and your family, and why you object to the club. Help them feel what you feel. Let them know that even though you’re not there, your voice still counts.
You can fax your letters directly to us at 310-837-3325 and we will present them to the panel, or you can mail them directly to:
Police Permit Review Panel
Commission Investigations
150 N. Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
* We’re still experiencing some email problems, so we encourage you to bookmark this site and check back regularly. Our email updates may not be getting through to everyone.
March 5th, 2008 — Press/Media, Public Meeting, Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights
We’ve just heard that the date has been set for the 7-member Police Permit Panel to rule on the operating permit for SKIN.
The hearing will take place on Wednesday 19th March at 2:30pm.
The hearing will be held downtown at Parker Center. Although it is during the work week, we strongly urge everyone to attend. It is vitally important that we’re there in force to continue to represent our position. Based on the turnout and extent of community opposition at the last hearing, the Police Commission have cleared the schedule of all other items that day, and moved the hearing to the Auditorium to accommodate 200-300 people. We expect a lot of media coverage and we need to turn out a crowd. We will have the opportunity to comment directly to the panel before they make their decision. Let’s not forget what impact we had the last time our community turned out.
The Hearing Examiner has made his report and recommended restrictions, but we can count on the fact that Roger Diamond will be fighting each one. At the January 28th Hearing, we all heard Diamond state that he expects the permit to be granted to his clients with no restrictions at all. We need to be there to show the panel that our community is not giving in.
We’ll be posting more information in the coming weeks. We’re working on arranging parking for the community downtown, setting up carpooling from the neighborhood and disseminating information about what the Hearing Examiner has recommended. As soon as we know more we’ll be posting it here.
In the meantime, please make note of the following information and share it widely with your friends and neighbors.
Police Permit Hearing
Wednesday 19 March, 2:30pm
Parker Center Auditorium
150 N. Los Angeles Street, 90012
And if you haven’t yet signed up for updates, please do that now. With the clock ticking on this fight, it’s important that we are able to reach you all as quickly as possible whenever there is news.
January 28th, 2008 — Public Meeting, Your Children, Your Rights, Your Safety, Your over-worked police dept.
Monday, January 28, 2008 - - Tonight was a proud night for this community. You turned out in unprecedented numbers to voice your concerns about SKIN to the LAPD Hearing Examiner. In the three short months since our first community meeting in October, we’ve all done a tremendous amount of work. Last night was our payoff.
From every corner of our extended neighborhood, people poured into the auditorium at Hamilton High. South Robertson residents, Palms residents, Pico area residents, Beverlywood residents, La Cienega Heights residents and many more. The long line outside was a indicator of the true scale of turnout. By the time the hearing got going, it was standing room only inside. Residents, business owners, religious leaders, community leaders, parents, educators, children and elderly citizens all came together to fill the entire Hamilton High Auditorium (which seats about 600) and to make their voices heard on this issue. The hearing went on for over 3.5 hours.
We thank each and every one of you who attended the hearing, particularly those who publicly spoke to the issue in front of the examiner. It was truly inspiring to hear the passion and commitment we all feel for our community. We thank each of you who has taken the time to walk flyers through the neighborhood, put up yard signs, write letters or donate money. According to the LAPD Community Advocate, the turnout was larger than he had ever seen at any other similar hearing. Add to that all the letters you’ve written — over 650 letters with 900 individual signatures — and it’s clear that our community has spoken with a loud and unified voice.
In the coming days, we’ll post more about next steps. We had a great night and gave the Hearing Examiner our recommendations, but the fight isn’t over. In the meantime, we encourage you all to sign up for updates from the site. It’s our absolute best tool for informing everyone as things move forward. You’ll only hear from us when we have something new to say, and we won’t share your email with anyone, ever. Help us keep you informed.
And thanks again, from the bottom of our hearts.
December 11th, 2007 — Public Meeting, Take Action Now!, Your Rights
The Police Permit Review Panel has set January 28 to take public comment before making a decision on the strip club’s final operating permit. The club is now operating on a temporary permit.
It is critical that the community turn out in force for this meeting. The panel examiner needs to see and hear firsthand how many people in the community are outraged that the club is opening. The hearing is our best chance to argue for operating restrictions, infraction penalties–or denial of the permit altogether. Talk to your neighbors, community groups, faith organizations and schools to spread the word.
Police Permit Review Panel Hearing
January 28, 2007
7:00pm
Hamilton High School
We will post full details on the meeting in the coming days, so make sure you are signed up to receive email updates.
December 6th, 2007 — Public Meeting, Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights, Your Safety
WHEN: Tuesday, December 11th, 7pm
WHERE: Palms Westminster Fellowship Hall, 2908 Robertson Place, 90034
The No Robertson Strip Club Steering Committee is holding a Public Town Hall meeting next week to discuss our community’s effort against the Strip Club. We’ll be covering the core issues, the work we’ve done to date, and what we need to do moving forward.
Representatives from the Mayor’s office and the offices of Councilmen Wesson and Weiss will be there.
If you are concerned about the idea of having an all-nude (18+) club in your neighborhood–one located near Hamilton High School, in a place guaranteed to make a bad traffic situation worse, run by people we believe to have a history of prostitution arrests at their other clubs–then you need to come to this meeting. We understand the club is scheduled to open before the holidays.
The LAPD has now scheduled the special hearing for January 28th 2008 to let us voice our concerns before they issue a final permit to the club operators. It is unlikely that we can stop the club on zoning arguments. The strongest tool we have is our unified, collective voice. This issue is not going to be resolved in any other way, nor can it be done by proxy. If you have concerns about the Strip Club, then you need to participate. We are relying on your help to get the word out about this as widely as possible. Come to collect facts and materials that will help us spread the word.
If you can’t attend the meeting, please make a donation online. If you can attend the meeting, please bring your checkbook. The opposition is well organized, well represented and well funded. We need to be able to take them on. The Steering Committee has been working hard to gather official support, and lay infrastructure for our fight. Now it’s time for you to get involved and take part in your community.
Come learn more about what is happening on your doorstep.
December 2nd, 2007 — Public Meeting, Take Action Now!, Your Rights, Your Safety
The Public Safety committee of the South Robertson Neighborhood Council (SORONC) is meeting Monday, December 3 at 6:00pm in the Hamilton High cafeteria. In case you’re not familiar with the group, SORONC is our local neighborhood council, officially chartered by the city of LA.
Although the strip club isn’t officially on the agenda, representatives of Los Angeles Department of Transportation, the Office of the Mayor, Council District # 5 and Council District # 10 will be there to discuss the traffic changes on Pico and Olympic. Since the first thing they do at these meetings is open the floor to general comments from the public, this is a great chance to bring up our issues, too.
We urge you to come out and speak. If you do plan to speak, note that you’ll be limited to 2-3 minutes and that they take comments right after roll call. If you’re late, you may not be able to speak.
November 16th, 2007 — Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights, Your Safety
We have designed 18″x24″ lawn signs to help get the word out about the strip club. They are weatherproof, and come with a wire frame so they can easily be displayed in front of your house.
Update: The signs are available now—look for them throughout the neighborhood. We will be giving a sign to all who make a donation to the cause. Please note in the donation comments field if you’d like a sign.
November 6th, 2007 — Crime, Drugs, Take Action Now!, Your Children, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights
Parents and concerned citizens, a reminder to please WRITE to the Police Permit Review Panel Commissioners today! We’ve created three sample letters to get you started. Feel free to edit and personalize it to fit your situation.
November 3rd, 2007 — Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights, Your Safety
We need YOU to send a letter to the Police Commissioner ASAP!
The purpose of the letter is to ask the L.A. Police Permit Review Panel to not issue the strip club a Cafe and Show Entertainment Permit.
This is a time sensitive issue. Act today! We need the L.A. Police Permit Review Panel to get your letters and/or petitions before the upcoming public hearing. They do not accept fax. It must be mailed or hand-delivered. IF YOU SEND A LETTER, the Police Commission will mail you a hearing notification when the date has been set.
Feel free to modify the sample letter to reflect your particular concerns—and be sure to urge your neighbors to do so, too!
