Larry's Plan for West Hollywood
Public Safety
Keeping West Hollywood safe is Larry's number one priority. Larry's plan includes spending 25% of our budget surplus on additional public safety resources, such as foot patrols during peak hours in our nightlife areas.
Larry is supported by the Chairman of the West Hollywood Public Safety Commission Adam Eramian, as well as Vice Chairman Bill Harrison, and former West Hollywood Sheriff Captain Ed Ramirez.
Filling Vacant Storefronts
Larry is a commercial renter and owner of BlockParty WeHo. He knows how to navigate the streets and has aggressive plans to fill our vacant storefronts, with new proposals to help mitigate the risk for both the new tenants and landlords.
Seniors & Disabled People
Larry is also a senior. His goal is to create more senior housing and assisted living facilities in West Hollywood. We need to dedicate as many resources to our 10,000 seniors as we do for other marginalized groups. Our budget priorities need to reflect the many seniors and people with disabilities living in WeHo.
Shake Up City Hall
Housing & Development
City hall is broken. Inside dealing has been exposed in multiple whistleblower claims against city hall management. It’s time for new leadership. It’s time to hold them accountable. Larry has a long history of activism in West Hollywood: fighting for diversity, pedestrian safety, seniors, those with disabilities, and small businesses. Larry is fighting for WeHo.
Renters' Rights
Housing & Development
Housing & Development
Larry’s proposal to the Rent Stabilization Commission in 2014 would allow a senior or person with disabilities to move from an upper floor to a first floor unit. AB 1620 was signed into law this year by Gavin Newsom. From a pipe dream to a law, Larry's ideas will improve the lives of seniors and disabled persons forever.
Housing & Development
Housing & Development
Housing & Development
In 2021, the city council failed to pass an on-time housing element to the state of California. The penalty is the builder’s remedy and the loss of our local zoning codes for over a year. West Hollywood is now petitioning against the builder’s remedy that will create large highrise buildings in the middle of single family home neighborhoods. City council dropped the ball. The city manager failed to do his job. The result of this mismanagement can have lasting implications on our residential neighborhoods.
Emergency Preparedness
NO! To One Lane Fountain Ave
NO! To One Lane Fountain Ave
When Covid hit, Larry secured tens of thousands of masks for West Hollywood residents, our senior programs, and advocated for protections for those living in multi-family apartment dwellings. While city hall waited for instruction from the county, Larry took action. You can count on Larry to be proactive when it comes to protecting the residents of West Hollywood.
NO! To One Lane Fountain Ave
NO! To One Lane Fountain Ave
NO! To One Lane Fountain Ave
Larry supports creating a walkable Fountain Avenue, but he does not support the removal of parking. His approach is safe streets and sidewalks for all and he favors the use of bike lanes on wider arterial routes.
About Larry
Larry was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Five Towns of Long Island. He graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a major in business policy and a minor in advertising. After moving to West Hollywood in 1985, he opened his first shop on Santa Monica Blvd called Oscar’s Wilde. 35 years later he’s still a local business owner of the BlockParty retail store and WEHOonline. He also founded YMLA Inc., which was twice selected to the INC. 500 list of fastest growing companies in America. Larry is a senior, partially sighted, living with his disability and working for West Hollywood. He has served as chairman of the Disability Advisory Board, as well as chairman of the Public Facilities Commission and also served on multiple boards and organizations. Larry founded Cross Safe WeHo, which led to the reconstruction of Santa Monica Blvd, after the death of Clint Bounds. He continues to advocate for pedestrian safety. He also founded the term limits initiative, measure C, which was overwhelmingly voted into law in 2013. The new City of West Hollywood flag was developed from Larry’s proposal to embed the flag with rainbow colors. While serving as chairman of the Disability Advisory Board, Larry secured a budget and, along with his fellow board members, created the first Disability Health Fair, which brings free services such as flu shots and mammograms to city residents. While serving as chairman of the Public Facilities and Infrastructure commission, Larry initiated the Green City Awards Program. You might see him driving his environmentally-friendly vehicle, a blue Bintelli cart, around town. He is running for city council to put his experience to work for all the residents of West Hollywood, especially those that have been marginalized, and to bring a business voice, a senior voice, a disabled voice, and a people's voice to the dais.