City Editor, Los Angeles Downtown News
City Editor at the Los Angeles Downtown News
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Richard Guzman
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FROM Richard Guzman
Which Way, L.A.?
Downtown Braces for Tense Art Walk The heat is on all over Southern California, but that won’t stop the monthly Art Walk in downtown LA—or the prospect of protest by occupiers ready to chalk up walls and sidewalks. Businesses are hoping last month’s vandalism and confrontations with the police won’t be repeated…
Which Way, L.A.?
From Olvera Street to Grand Avenue Olvera Street in downtown LA is part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles historical monument, designed to preserve the city’s earliest lifestyle and culture. But 40 Olvera Street merchants are refusing to pay their full rent , and that could lead to evictions. The controversy involves a total of $72,000. Another matter of municipal public policy involves a dollar a year, what billionaire philanthropist and art collector Eli Broad might be paying for 82,000 square feet of city property across the street from Disney Hall.
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