Dear Friend of Pershing Square,

You have one more chance to call in, on Wednesday, April 14, to speak out for restoring Pershing Square, and against squandering $24 Million on a half-baked scheme to chip away at elements of the existing park design, including significant public art honoring L.A. writers.

To get up to speed on what’s been happening, we invite you to visit our blog, updated with notes on the hearing on 2/10/21. In short: the Commissioners were not impressed with the work they were asked to approve, and had serious reservations about signing off on it. Even though Mayor Eric Garcetti is pushing for this project, the Commissioners are the decision makers, and they could refuse to allocate the money.

We again encourage interested citizens to call in to the hearing at 1:30pm on Wednesday April 14, and make public comment on Item VI. C, PERSHING SQUARE MODERNIZATION.

Please call in (instructions below) and tell the Commissioners to vote no on Item VI. C, PERSHING SQUARE MODERNIZATION. Here is a suggestion of what you might say, and feel free to personalize this message.

"Commissioners, my name is [my name] and I am a resident of [my neighborhood]. I'm asking that you please not approve Item VI. C, Pershing Square Modernization. The non-transparent design competition that resulted in this item was spearheaded by Councilman Jose Huizar, ignoring more than 2500 Angelenos who signed the petition asking that John Parkinson's 1910 design be restored. Huizar has since been indicted under Federal racketeering charges and removed from office. Don't squander millions on an incomplete Pershing Square redesign that the public doesn't want, and that would destroy Barbara McCarren's "HeyDay" public art installation that honors Los Angeles writers John Fante and Carey McWilliams. Please do the right thing and vote no. Pershing Square deserves better."

WHEN: Wednesday, April 14, in the hearing that starts at 1:30pm

Please call 1 (669) 900-6833 and enter Meeting ID 939-6621-5269 for listening to the meeting and making public comments

TO SEE THE AGENDA: Click the PDF link.

TO WATCH THE LIVESTREAM: Visit YouTube.

TO SEE THE DESIGN PROPOSAL: Click here.

For more information about the historic park, the restoration campaign and what comes next, please visit: https://restorepershingsquare.blogspot.com

yours for Los Angeles,
Kim Cooper & Richard Schave
The Pershing Square Restoration Society