12/9/2020 Fwd: Fw: Email/Letter in Opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee 1 message City of Los Angeles Mail - Fwd: Fw: Email/Letter in Opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Plannin... Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]>, Clerk-PLUM-Committee <[email protected]> Cc: Leyla Campos <[email protected]>, Rita Moreno <[email protected]> Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 1:32 PM ---------- Forwarded message---------- From: Bob Blue <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 1:35 PM Subject: Fw: Email/Letter in Opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee To: [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: Ziggy Kruse <[email protected]> From: Bob Blue Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 1:24 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; Patrice Lattimore <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; Councilmember Harris-Dawson <[email protected]>; Councilmember Blumenfield <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; Councilmember_Paul Koretz <[email protected]> Cc: Ziggy Kruse <[email protected]> Subject: Email/Letter in Opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee We are writing in opposition to Agenda Item 5 of the December 8, 2020 Special Meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee. An example of how this proposal will be abused is the Barry Building, a 2- story historical cultural monument (No. 887) that was allowed to deteriorate and whose owners included Billionaire investor Charlie Munger. [Berkshire vice chair's family moves to demolish landmark building, Real Deal", November 7, 2019] ] https://therealdeal.com/la/2019/11/07/berkshire-vice-chairs-family-moves-to-demolish-landmark- building/ \\ The The owners of the Barry Building are now claiming a financial hardship to comply with Building codes to pay for seismic retrofitting for soft story structures. At the same time many building owners, including small apartment owners of modest financial means throughout the City of Los Angeles have been able to comply with the law. As of December 1, 2020, 5,271 soft story buildings have completed seismic retrofitting. [Soft Story Compliance Report, December 1, 2020, filename https://mail.google.com/mail/b/ALGkd0z5L_8xLxoUTvB1aPs1TQmvLTX5Be6q4Ku8yV6MvZofL1DL/u/0?ik=5c67953004&view=pt&search=all&permthi ... 1/2