The West Hollywood City Council voted to extend the “urgency” zoning ordinance, passed in June, 2007, that effectively halted most residential redevelopment in the city’s R3 and R4 zones.

Brought in hopes of stopping “the demolition of 10 affordable workforce [rental] units and replacing them with 12 [luxury] condominiums,” as Council member John Heilman put it, the ordinance gave the city’s staff time to develop new standards for multi-family structures in R-3 and R-4 zoning districts as part of updates to the land use and housing policies of the General Plan... [full story]

The City of West Hollywood has many events planned for the month of May.

We have a complete list here…... [full story]

The City of West Hollywood will host a series of events throughout May for the City of West Hollywood's Annual Senior Month celebration.

The City has celebrated Senior Month for more than 20 years in honor of its vibrant Senior community ... [full story]

A few years back, yet another t-dance revival revolved around largely “straight” venues here in West Hollywood that acted as mini-circuit parties, dance-floor based and, sadly, probably meth-fueled.

I remember walking into the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip and into a sea of shirtless men, packed to the rafters, moving in unison to dance music Godfather DJ Manny Lehman spinning the spellbinding “Spin Spin Sugar” ... [full story]

Some people are willing to acknowledge physical or cognitive limitations that result from aging, illness or injury. Others refuse to admit or accept the fact that they may be struggling to cope with everyday life.

So the question becomes at what point is care a choice or a necessity, and when might a person’s inability to cope be viewed as self-neglect?... [full story]

West Hollywood, California (Thursday, May 8, 2008) - Seeing Valentino Court (1342-46 Hayworth) get wrung through the process of "historic review" for the past few years has been like watching Titanic play on an endless loop.

Both stories end the same; no lifeboats for the poor, and priceless jewels get tossed overboard ... [full story]

From you, our readers:

WeHoNews prints every letter it receives, except from Anonymous or Name Withheld Upon Request, printing them all unedited except for brevity (cutting out repetition or ad hominem attacks we’ve already got in the archive, thanks), grammar & spelling... [full story]

Anything you do on the Internet is marketing and should be considered as part of the marketing spending within your budget.

If you are disciplined enough, you should have a separate marketing budget with several line items... [full story]