With no rules, I have one hour Youtube meeting about Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association February 2023 Community Meeting with LA County. Please I want the following:

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SOHA meeting

02/15/2023

Elias Al Hamrashdi

Welcome:

· President of SOHA Matt and VP Bob Anderson introduce themselves and other members on the board.

Reports:

· Senior Lead Officers give their reports.

· Break ins and burglaries on Ventura Blvd. west of Van Nuys toward Sepulveda

· Crime rates in the area increased by 30%, while Property crime increased up by 4%

· Concerns of burglary and long wait times on phone calls to the police station.

· Neighborhood Prosecutor for the City Attorney

· Ventura and Stern concerns: Working with local government and law enforcement to prevent negative attention.

· Working with CD4 and LAPD: Collaborating with local police and Council District 4.

· Making more progress: Taking steps to improve the situation.

· Trying to prevent the negative attention that the city has been getting by stopping negative publicity.

· Communicating and collaborating with businesses on Ventura

· Field Deputy for Council Member

· Women’s wellness workshop: Free self-defense class offered October 22nd or 23rd.

· Event on October 29th at the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park at 5:30

· Department of Transportation speed hump application open for public use.

· Homeless count numbers CD4 saw unsheltered homeless go down 4%

· Committee report

· State housing bills: Legislation proposed to change state housing regulations.

· Local concerns about rezoning: Areas in the neighborhood are being considered for rezoning.

· Overlays: 5-7 story apartment buildings in single family housing neighborhoods: Proposals to construct taller buildings in single-family housing areas.

· Want housing placed in commercial areas: Suggestions to build housing in commercial districts.

· Want to move the overlays: Attempts to relocate the proposed overlay changes.

· Metro Sepulveda Corridor Project Updates

· Issues with metro communicating with the public: Metro has not been communicating their plans effectively with the public.

· Don’t consider affordability: Metro has not taken affordability into account.

· Every metro project has been grossly over budget.

· Misses’ poorer communities in LA: Poorer communities in LA have not been given consideration.

· Avoiding affordable railways: Affordable railway options have been overlooked.

· Denying the wishes of neighborhoods and businesses: Neighborhoods and businesses have not had their wishes taken into account.

· Chair of SOHA Homelessness Committee

· Members of the committee working on fostering cooperation of law enforcement to enforce maximum permissible enforcement by law against homelessness encroachments

· Cultivate relatio