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Will ‘LA Partyworks’ Continue to Run Monrovia’s Friday Night Street Fair?
COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 19, NO. 31
BY TERRY MILLER AND SUSAN MOTANDER Last week the city of Monrovia issued a warning to Los Angeles Partyworks demanding that the company comply with the terms of their contract to run the Friday evening Monrovia Street Fair. This action came just days after Kurt Anderson, who has long been affiliated with the prior manager of the Friday event, presented the city council with a long list of what he called violations of the agreement with the city. At that time Monrovia City Manager Oliver Chi stated that the oversight committee in charge of the Friday night event had already scheduled a meeting for the next day. By the end of last week rumors were pandemic. Chi acknowledged that a notice of termination had
been sent to the company. He explained that this was the manner prescribed by the contract to notify that company when it was not in compliance with the contract. Chi said that while the new managers “have been effective in expanding the event and making layout changes,” he also said there “have been a couple of significant concerns.” Chi acknowledged that there had been “good feedback” regarding the music and other aspects of the Friday Street fair. However, he also noted that he and the oversight committee had real concerns about the set up and take-down of the event as well as about the general SEE PG. 7
The changeover from Family Festival to LA PartyWorks has caused some serious problems for some merchants and the city alike. – Photo by Terry Miller
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El Monte City Council Approves Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization Ordinance
BY TERRY MILLER
BY STAFF WRITER
On the morning of Saturday, April 25, Sheriff’s Homicide detectives, members of the Arson/Explosives detail and deputies from the Temple Sheriff’s Station responded to an arson fire which occurred at the Cheque Tires auto business at 1252 Santa Anita Ave. in the city of South El Monte. Three people were killed in the early morning fire as a result of what they believe was a Molotov cocktail.
Destiny Aguirre, 18, Rodrigo Gonzalez, 17, and
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Responding to community concerns, El Monte City Council Members recently approved a comprehensive ordinance that further stabilizes rent charged at mobile home parks in the City. The ordinance modifies the City’s existing Mobilehome Park Rent Stabilization system, which is designed to protect residents from excessive and unreasonable increases in mobile home park space rents, enable mobile home owners
to preserve equity in their homes and maintain space rent affordability within the City. “I have been a long-time advocate for these modifications to our policies because mobile home parks provide affordable housing options for many low-income households and senior citizens living in the City of El Monte,” Councilwoman Norma Macias said. “The approval of this ordinance prevents onerous rent increases and
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safeguards residents from being forced out of their homes.” The ordinance, initially proposed in March 2015, has been refined over the last few months to reflect community input and feedback. Since March, El Monte’s Economic Development department held community meetings with park residents, park managers and park owners, conducted surveys and held one-on-
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