MEMO TO:
City Council, City of Los Angeles (CD 1: Gil Cedillo, CD 2: Paul Krekorian, CD 3: Bob Blumenfield, CD 4: Nithya Raman, CD 5: Paul Koretz, CD 6: Nury Martinez, CD 7: Monica Rodriguez, CD 8: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, CD 9: Curren D. Price Jr., CD 10: Mark Ridley-Thomas, CD 11: Mike Bonin, CD 12: John Lee, CD 13: Mitch O’Farrell, CD 14: Kevin de León, CD 15: Joe Buscaino)
Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
Heidi Marston, Executive Director, LAHSA
FROM: The undersigned faculty, UCLA, USC, UCI, Occidental College
We write to express our grave and urgent concerns about the recent displacement of the homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake. Many of you have either been actively involved in such displacement or supported it through your silent acquiescence. Especially troubling is the Mayor’s statement, suggesting that such displacement serves as a useful precedent and template. As reported by the LA Times on March 27, 2021 “Mayor Eric Garcetti framed the effort a
It’ll be 33-year-old Tyler Stuart leading the charge from Barr Trail next Monday, Dec. 30, as per tradition for new members of the AdAmAn Club en route to setting off New Year’s Eve fireworks atop Pikes Peak.
It might seem the honor had something to do with Dan Stuart, his father and club president. But the elder Stuart insists: “He earned it all himself.”
Tyler previously climbed eight times as a guest of the historic fraternity, which for 97 years has put on the midnight display from 14,000 feet. Tyler watched as a kid in Manitou Springs, graduating from the town’s high school in 2005.