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Planning Commission Approves Ponte Vista

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Planning Commission Approves Ponte Vista

Los Angeles — The Los Angeles Planning Commission unanimously approved the 676 to 700 Ponte Vista development plan.

Developer, iStar Financial Inc., scaled down the number of homes they plan to build on the 61.5-acre former Navy parcel at 26900 S. Western Ave., in San Pedro. The latest proposal includes a 2.42-acre park with walking trails, a playground and a dog park.

The development has been a point of contention for the community since developer Bob Bisno proposed 2,300 homes in 2005. Since is iStar Financial took the reigns of the project in 2010, plans were downsized to 830 homes. Now, iStar has reduced the number of homes to 676 with a cap of 700.

The developer would be obliged to annually monitor traffic mitigation effort and report to the Department of Transportation. The project must now be approved by the Los Angeles City Council.

Container Volumes Slip

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Container Volumes Slip

San Pedro — The Port of Los Angeles announced that cargo volumes dropped 4.76 in a released statement Nov. 15.

October overall volumes totaled 684,207 Twenty-Foot Equivalent, TEU, containers, compared to October 2012.

Imports declined by 5.14 percent, from 364,881 TEUs in October 2012 to 346,137 TEUs this October. Exports decreased 5.7 percent, from 179,810 TEUs in October 2012 to 169,568 TEUs in October 2013.

Combined, total loaded imports and exports for October decreased 5.32 percent, from 544,692 TEUs this past October to 515,705 TEUs in October 2013. Factoring in empties, which decreased 3 percent year after year, overall October 2013 volumes (684,207 TEUs) declined 4.76 percent compared to October 2012 (718,406 TEUs).

New Arts Council President Adds an Edge to the Long Beach Establishment, Says Changes Are Coming

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New Arts Council President Adds an Edge to the Long Beach Establishment, Says Changes Are Coming

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By Greggory Moore

It didn’t take long for Marco Schindelmann to become immersed in the Long Beach arts scene. In 2005, one year after stumbling across the first iteration of SoundWalk, Schindelmann was a participant in the annual event, filling the Grand Salon of the Cooper Arms with a five-hour sound installation that took over a dozen people to bring to life its thematic play on false senses of security and the aleatory. SoundWalk curators FLOOD were so impressed that by 2006 Schindelmann was a full-fledged member of the team.

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Shakeh, Songs of My Soul CD Release Concert

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Shakeh, Songs of My Soul CD Release Concert

By B. Noel Barr, Music Writer Dude

Singer and songwriter Shakeh brought life to Grand Annex Nov. 3 with her latest CD release, “Songs of My Soul” with her partners, electric bassist and cellist Brian Asher and percussionist Dwain Roque. Applause for the trio’s performance resounded beyond the wall of the Annex that night through a two set evening.

Kicking off with, “When You’ve Got Hunger,” which is the opening and closing tracks of Songs of My Soul, I found myself immediately immersed in the music and captivated by the positively charged lyrics. Shakeh’s stage-presence is friendly and genuine and she’s a great storyteller too, allowing her to segue seamlessly from one song to the next.

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Obamacare–Left, Right and Center

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Another fine mess you’ve got us in

By James Preston Allen, Publisher

Contrary to the Tea Party right wingers’ hyperbole these days, the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare is hardly socialized medicine!

It is, however, one of those unholy compromises that nobody really likes but is the only thing that would secure a majority of votes. Let me back up a bit and explain this.

This current health care act is based on the model created by the right-wing Heritage Foundation and was first implemented in Massachusetts under the governorship of Mitt Romney. If you recall, he was President Obama’s Republican opponent in the last election. This model is not a single-payer system like most of the other modern social democracies in the world.

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One Man’s Misadventures with California’s Obamacare Website

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One Man’s Misadventures with California’s Obamacare Website

By Greggory Moore

When the Los Angeles Times recently spoke with Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state’s registration hub for the Affordable Care Act (or “Obamacare,” as it’s commonly known), apparently he told them that CoveredCA.com is a working Website.

But you can’t believe everything you read, right?

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Cyclone Restoration Project

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Cyclone Restoration Project

Community members are invited to learn about the effort to bring back the Cyclone Racer, from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 13, at the Long Beach Ground Water Treatment Plant.

The presentation includes original footage of the Long Beach landmark that once stood at the old Pike. The conversation will also go into how private investors might be able to bring back the ride.

Details: Click here
Venue: Long Beach Ground Water Treatment Plant
Location: 2950 Redondo Ave., Long Beach

Garcetti Names Permanent Deputy Mayor

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Garcetti Names Permanent Deputy Mayor

LOS ANGELES — On Nov. 7, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the appointment of Kelli Bernard as his permanent deputy mayor for economic development:

Bernard has been working with Garcetti as interim deputy mayor, focussing on international trade, housing and planning, education and workforce development, business opportunity, the Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports.

 

Senate Votes on ENDA

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Senate Votes on ENDA

Washington, D.C. — On Nov. 7, the U.S. Senate voted 64-32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

The bill offers protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the workplace. It would prohibit public and private employers, employment agencies and labor unions from using sexual orientation or gender identity as the basis for decisions about employment, promotion or compensation.

Those protections already exist on a federal level based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. Sexual orientation is protected in 21 states and District of Columbia, but only 17 of those states have similar protections for transgender people.

POLA Rewards Container Carriers

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POLA Rewards Container Carriers

San Pedro —On Nov. 7, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved an incentive program to reward shipping lines that bring new container business to the Port of Los Angeles in 2014.

The Ocean Common Carrier Incentive Program adds to the advantages of moving cargo through the port.

The board also established a two-member ad hoc committee on port industrial and economic development dedicated to identifying and advancing economic practices. Vice President David Arian and Commissioner Patricia Castellanos will serve on the ad hoc committee.

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