Dear fellow LACMA Lover,
Thank you for joining more than 1830 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.
Something unusual is happening around the LACMA building project, and we are hopeful that there is still a chance to stop this slow motion train wreck.
Full Los Angeles City Council is taking public comment about the project on December 3, which is almost unheard of after an item receives unanimous approval in committee, as this matter did on November 6. (See video of our public comment here)
LACMA’s director Michael Govan is asking supporters of the Zumthor project to return to City Hall and again make public comment. We the people can also speak out against the shrinking of LACMA and demand that our elected representatives listen to the community and not just to the powerful Board of Supervisors, their movie stars pals and the 16 billionaires who sit on LACMA’s board. The air over Wilshire belongs to Los Angeles. Why give it away for something that so many critics, museum members and concerned citizens are convinced will make our city worse?
FACEBOOK EVENT LINK TO SHARE: https://www.facebook.com/events/458112801512873/
FOR THOSE GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT: If you plan to attend the December 3 hearing, please email us at tours@esotouric.com, and we can give you more info and let you know what to expect.
When: Tuesday 12/3/2019, 10 AM
Where: Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N Spring Street, Ferraro Chamber, Room 340
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEND AN EMAIL:
A sample email is below: Click this link to send an email to City Hall with your opinion about Los Angeles giving away the air rights over Wilshire to LACMA, and why you want them to vote against this street vacation.
Dear Los Angeles City Council,
I oppose the street vacation granting the air rights over Wilshire Boulevard for LACMA’s new building project. The proposed building is too small, too expensive, and as Christopher Knight recently reported in the Los Angeles Times, fundraising has stalled as projected costs balloon.
I urge you to vote against this giveaway of public space for a project that the vast majority of Angelenos and critics oppose. Please be the voice of reason and help protect the precious public resources that are LACMA and the beautiful Miracle Mile.
sincerely, (your name, your address, your email)
PLEASE NOTE: Uniquely personal remarks, even just a line or two, really make a difference. Please consider adding this sentence and filling in the blank: LACMA is important to me because ____________.
The Save LACMA nonprofit continues to advocate for a different solution to the museum’s future needs, through public and private work. Find out more at http://www.ourlacma.org
Please keep sharing the petition link (http://chng.it/PBQw6hhzdX) 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