Dear fellow LACMA Lover,

Thank you for joining more than 1720 concerned citizens who have signed the petition urging the Los Angeles County Supervisors to reconsider their approval of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for LACMA's redevelopment plan.

On Wednesday, we went to Los Angeles City Hall to make public comment before the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee, opposing the city’s granting of air rights over Wilshire Boulevard. This is necessary if the new museum building is to bridge the street.

The museum’s director Michael Govan was on hand to make his case, but that was as much a formality as the vote to approve. Major civic land use decisions like this one are made long before public votes are cast, in the back room corridors of power. Usually, the public doesn’t notice or care, because the decisions are reasonable. But in the case of LACMA’s new undersized and overpriced building, the decisions being made are clearly reckless and destructive.

We shot two minutes of video of Save LACMA board members Rob Hollman and Richard Schave speaking truth to power, and reminding the City Council that their vote matters and should not be cast lightly. (Facebook video link, YouTube video link)

And you can hear audio of the entire public comment session here, starting at 51 minutes in.

The air rights were granted, but the fight goes on.

Please keep sharing the petition link with your friends who love LACMA and want it to remain at the heart of our city's culture and community. And stay tuned for updates as we have them.

Yours for Los Angeles,
Kim Cooper & Richard Schave
The LACMA Lovers League