The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood
Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 70, No. 49 - December 9, 2021
A Special Community Member Visits
the Inglewood Police Department
What a lovely surprise when Diego came by to visit the station. Everyone was definitely touched by Diego’s kindness and we thank him for stopping by. The City of Inglewood is making a difference by placing community first. Photo courtesy Inglewood Police Department.
Film Review from page 2
just a doe-eyed boy. CITY OF INGLEWOOD’S NEW
But Alana is also lost and wandering in
her own life. Through the continued interest
that the earnest Gary shows, she starts to see
that beyond his charismatic childishness lies
another young person of pure-hearted intention
Housing Protection Department
WHAT IS HOUSING PROTECTION?
Housing Protection is a department that was created by the Inglewood City Council pursuant
to Assembly Bill 1482 that was established by the State of California in 2019. The department
was enacted to specifically address the concerns of the City of Inglewood’s rental constituency
by monitoring the regulations for rent increases and just cause eviction protections outlined in
Ordinance No. 21-09 (Housing Protection Ordinance).
WHAT IS REGISTRATION?
The Housing Protection Department will implement an online Inglewood Residential Registry
System that will require all Property Owners and Landlords to register their residential
property regardless if it is used as a rental or not.
WHY MUST I REGISTER MY HOME IF IT IS NOT BEING USED AS A RENTAL?
All property owners and landlords are required to register their residential properties to enable
the City to capture and maintain current data on the city’s housing stock.
WHO HAS TO REGISTER?
ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES must be registered through the online Inglewood Residential
Registry System, regardless if it is used as a rental or not. There are a number of property types
that are exempt from paying registration fees; however, the exemption is contingent upon
timely registration. The exempt property types are as follows:
1. Single Family Homes and Condominiums owned by a natural person regardless if it is the
owner’s primary residence or it is being used as a rental property.
2. Owner-occupied duplexes (2 residential units on one parcel) as long as the owner has
established the residency prior to the tenant occupying the other unit, and the residency of
the owner is continuous.
3. Housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within 15 years from the current date.
4. Properties/Units whose rents are less than 70% of Fair Market Value.
5. Affordable Housing developments with restricted deeds.
WHEN AM I REQUIRED TO REGISTER MY PROPERTY?
The Program Fiscal Year is from October 1st through September 30th. For the initial year (October
1, 2021), the City Council delayed the registration date to January 7, 2022. The online Inglewood
Residential Registry System will be open to property owners and landlords beginning January 7,
2022 through March 31, 2022. Please note: Registration fees for ALL properties registered from
January 7, 2022 through March 31, 2022, will be waived.
WHY MUST I PAY REGISTRATION FEES?
The fees are imposed on residential properties that are governed by the Housing Protection
Ordinance, which are intended to recover the City’s reasonable costs associated with enforcing
its housing protection regulations as outlined in Chapter 8 (Articles 9 and 10) of the Inglewood
Municipal Code, and related inspection programs. Fees will be waived for all residential
properties successfully registered between January 7, 2022 and March 31, 2022.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT US AT:
PHONE: (310) 412-4330
WEBPAGE: WWW.CITYOFINGLEWOOD.ORG
EMAIL: HOUSINGPROTECTION@CITYOFINGLEWOOD.ORG
and entrepreneurial ambition, which leads
the pair to embark on adventures of all kinds
throughout the San Fernando Valley.
Paul Thomas Anderson has shown his talent
for directing some of the biggest movie stars
in the world, including Daniel Day-Lewis,
Joaquin Phoenix, and Adam Sandler. In
Licorice Pizza, he casts two young talents
who have never acted in a movie of any kind
before. It’s a bold and unorthodox move for
anyone making a movie, let alone for one
with a sizable budget and Oscars chatter. But
being a master of modern cinema, Anderson’s
intuitions are exactly on the money with his
lead casting choices.
Playing Gary is Cooper Hoffman, son of
the late Academy Award-winning actor Philip
Seymour Hoffman (also one of Anderson’s
regular actors). The young Hoffman channels
his late father’s cherubic charisma and
brings an irresistable charm to Gary, who
starts out as a childhood actor and ends as
having been both a waterbed salesman and
pinball store manager.
But stealing the show is first-time actor
Alana Haim, whose center Licorice Pizza
orbits around over the course of its 2 hours
13 minutes runtime. Rock fans will recognize
her as the youngest of the all-sisters rock
band Haim, but here she makes her feature
film acting debut, to impressive acclaim.
Her performance is one that holds her own
against some of the other real movie stars in
the film, including against Bradley Cooper,
Tom Waits and Sean Penn.
Hoffman and Haim’s effortless performances
give the film a laidback and lighthearted vibe,
making the watch so heartfelt and hilarious.
himself has said that American Graffiti and
Fast Times at Ridgmont High were among
Licorice Pizza’s main influences, and their
adolescent adventure natures can be seen here.
It also has the artistic ambitions of channeling
a time that the director knows and wishes
to re-create so well, much like Tarantino’s
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood did for
the end of Los Angeles’s sixties era.
Beyond its all-around enjoyability, Licorice
Pizza further advances Paul Thomas
Anderson’s filmmaking style and voice as
a director, which is entirely exciting to see
at this stage of his career. And, the film is
quite simply one of the best looking films
of the year as well (Anderson again hops
behind the camera as cinematographer).
I saw the film projected on 70mm film
at Westwood’s The Regent theater, and if
you’re able to see the film that way too, I’d
recommend trying to do so. Seeing such a
beautifully shot, hilarious, and heartfelt film
will make you remember why we fall in love
with movies.
2 hours 13 minutes. ‘Licorice Pizza’ is
rated R for language, sexual material, and
some drug use. Now playing in select theaters
and opens everywhere on December 25th. •
The Boogie Nights director Anderson Ryan Rojas