Dear Neighbors,

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As we move together into 2026, the South Carthay Neighborhood Association (SCNA) wants to share our ongoing work to preserve South Carthay’s beauty, safety, and historic character. Your board never stops working for, and advocating for our community. We are in regular contact with city agencies and elected officials, including our City Council Representative, City Attorney, Mayor, and our state representatives

Below is a summary of our recent wins and upcoming priorities.

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Major Victory: Restoration of S. Orlando Vacant Property

We are thrilled to report a significant breakthrough regarding the long-neglected four-unit apartment building on S. Orlando at the alley (behind the United States Post Office). For nearly a decade, this property was a major nuisance, plagued by break-ins, drug activity, and sporadic fires that threatened both our safety, drove residents to move away and reduced property values.

Thanks to relentless pressure from the SCNA and our friends in CD5, the City finally compelled the property owner to hire a general contractor to restore and refurbish the building. The SCNA will continue to be vigilant and monitor the progress until the building is fully occupied and secure.

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2025 Year in Review: Our Big Accomplishments

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 * Safety & Security Drive: Our community-funded drive successfully maintained security for another year, helping to protect the neighborhood from encampments, debris, and crime. The SCNA offers a special thanks to our Safety and Security representative, Stacy Branden, who works hard to keep us safe.

* Packard and Alfred: After multiple meetings with the Jewish School, their neighbors and CD-5, the Jewish School has made significant efforts to reduce the late-night noise as well as student drop-off /pick-up parking and traffic impacts on the community.

 * Traffic Calming: We successfully installed speed humps along Whitworth between Alfred and Alvira. This was the final main street in our area not covered by speed humps, and it has already helped reduce dangerous speeds.

 * Road Maintenance: Slurry seal pavement was applied to Alfred, Packard, and Orlando streets. We are already working to identify other areas for the 2026 schedule.

 * Street Light Monitoring: We have been aggressively reporting outages caused by copper theft and general wear. Our efforts have successfully pushed the City to replace burned-out and damaged lights as well as stolen copper wire across the neighborhood on expedited basis, while other parts of the City are still waiting. We have partnered with our Post Master, Derrick Harris, on Post Office beautification and maintaining the lighting surrounding the post office on Alfred, the alley between Alfred and La Jolla and along Pico. maintaining the lighting surrounding the post office on Alfred, the alley between Alfred and La Jolla and along Pico.

*  Illegal Short-Term Rentals: With help from CD-5 and Carthay Square Neighbor Association, we triggered a City investigation of an illegal short-term rental on Alvira, whose noise was disturbing resident of 1100 block of Crescent Hts. Blvd. The property manager is enforcing strict noise regulations for now.

* Clean-up of Graffiti and Illegal Dumping: With the help the City, several incidents of graffiti and illegal dumping were cleaned up within South Carthay.

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2026 Priorities

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Protecting Our Historic Community: While SB 79 will impact the northwest corner of South Carthay, we are working City and State elected officials to delay implementation, so the worst effects on our community can be mitigated. We also always watching where Metro plans future transit that may impact our community.

Pushing Back Against Hate Speech: On January 14, 2026, the SCNA and other community groups are meeting with CD-5 to discuss ways to push back against Anti-Semitism

Upcoming Legal Hearing: 1050 Lawsuit:  Please come and show your support. Community presence is always impactful:

Please take note of the rescheduled hearing date is: January 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM in department 86 at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
 

Stronger Ties with City Hall

Our progress is made possible by the strong relationship the SCNA has established with Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky. Because South Carthay is consistently on her radar, her office remains highly responsive to our specific concerns.

We would like to give a special shout-out to Shannan Calland and George Hakopiants in her office for their dedication to our community.

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Call to Action: Support Your Neighborhood!

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The victories mentioned above—from security patrols to road repairs—are only possible through the active participation of our residents. We cannot do this work without you

Please contribute to the 2026 SCNA Annual Membership and Security Fund. Your contributions directly fund the private security patrols that keep our streets safe and provide the administrative resources we need to fight nuisance properties at City Hall.

 

How to Give: go to www.southcarthay.org

Click RENEW OR BECOME A MEMBER

fill in the form and click SUBMIT

make payment via Zelle, PayPal, or check

Let’s keep South Carthay the best neighborhood in Los Angeles.

 

Sincerely,

Brad S. Kane

President

South Carthay Neighborhood Association