Welcome to Luma

Dear Residents,

Need a Little Holiday Spirit?

Try one of these websites for ideas on holiday events this year. Festivities range from Holiday Markets to Drive-thru events. Cut and paste links please – Timeout LA https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/christmas.  Or, the Thrillist LA https://www.thrillist.com/events/los-angeles/la-christmas-events-2020 (cut and paste.)

Personal Belongings in the Hallways

You may not be aware that to leave, park, or store anything in the hallways such as boxes, water bottles, or shoes is a violation of Luma’s rules and regulations and it poses a safety hazard if people should need to exit the floor in a hurry. We thank you for adhering to these rules, everyone’s safety is important to us.

Luma Staff Holiday Fund

The holiday season is well underway; the Board of Directors would like to provide residents with an opportunity to show your collective appreciation to our staff. Many of you show your appreciation throughout the year for the services our staff members provide but this is the opportunity for everyone to say “thank you”. Participation in the Holiday Fund is strictly voluntary and you may contribute any amount that you like.

Mask Mandate 

It is important that every resident and guest of LUMA wear a proper face covering and adhere to social distancing rules when in the common areas, hallways, and elevators in the building. Please help to protect everyone’s health and safety by following these rules. If you choose not to wear a proper face covering, please do not access the common areas or elevators. Non-compliance may result in a hearing, fines, or other disciplinary action within the confines of the governing documents. So be a good neighbor and please wear a mask!  Thank you and enjoy your weekend!

Thank you,

Dear Luma Residents,

New Mask Mandate 

It is important that every resident and guest of LUMA wear a proper face covering and adhere to social distancing rules when in the common areas, hallways, and elevators in the building. Please help to protect everyone’s health and safety by following these rules. If you choose not to wear a proper face covering, please do not access the common areas or elevators. Non-compliance may result in a hearing, fines, or other disciplinary action within the confines of the governing documents. So be a good neighbor and please wear a mask! Please check out this short video on face coverings (cut and paste) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH5YiGLlD0Y/?igshid=1co3v0ollhy3f . 

Latest mandate https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx

New Targeted Stay at Home Order for the City of LA

Please see the below link for details or cut and paste the link https://www.lamayor.org/sites/g/files/wph446/f/page/file/20201202%20Mayor%20Public%20Order%20Targeted%20SAH%20Order_1.pdf

Give the Gift of Hope – Toy Drive

This holiday season, new and unwrapped toys are needed for ages 0-8, benefiting the children of Hope Street Margolis Family Center.  Please drop off your donation to the Hope Street Margolis Family Center C/O Nancy Rosa 1600 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015, until Friday December 18^th!  Please no toy weapons.

South Park BID Annual Meeting – 12/17/20 at 5:30PM

The South Park BID invites the community to attend their Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 17th from 5:30PM to 7:30PM via Zoom. The goal of the meeting will be to survey, collect feedback, ideas, and thoughts on the future of South Park. Attached is the Annual Meeting flyer for additional information. RSVP at southpark.la/2020 or 866-560-9346

Christmas Tree Bags at the Front Desk

The Front Desk is providing Christmas tree bags! Please bag your trees on the way up and/or down to minimize the needles dropping on the floor. 

Reporting Stoppages in Drain Lines

In case you were not aware of what happens when a blockage/overflow is discovered or reported to staff, this is the standard protocol and it has proven to work to minimize down time, damages and further problems from the same blockage.   One backup/overflow in a unit affects the entire stack.

            1) We need cooperation from all units in the stack, above the blockage to stop using the drain/water in the area where the blockage occurred until notified by staff that all is clear. This will stop any additional water from building up and overflowing into the unit affected by the blockage. Staff contacts each unit and gives the notification.

2) The plumber needs access to all units in the stack below the blockage – to be sure the line clears through to the main and doesn’t stop at another unit causing additional problems. Staff contacts each unit requesting access.

We understand there is resistance to allow strangers into your units due to COVID-19 however plumbers and staff are required to follow safe practices for social distancing.  This cooperation from residents is absolutely necessary to ensure the plumbing lines remain clear and potentially costly water damage is kept to a minimum.

Please read the information below and help keep your plumbing lines clear.

You’d never dump a pile of rocks down your kitchen drain. Or pour a classroom’s supply of glue down it.  Crazy, right?  But some of us put items into our kitchen drains that can have virtually the same effect as putting rocks and glue into them.

To help you avoid committing a sink-damaging error, here are 17 things you should never put down your kitchen drain. We’ve arranged them in groups that help identify their dangers.

The Clogs

You’ve heard the saying that “oil and water don’t mix,” right? Sometimes it’s used figuratively. Other times, it’s used literally. This group definitely fits in the latter category. 

Each of the following items should never be put down your kitchen drain. If it happens, you can expect a clog sooner or later — and always at the most inopportune time.

• Cooking oil
• Grease
• Produce stickers
• Raw meat

The Clumps

Once introduced to the wet and confined environment of your drain, these items can grow into massive clumps the interfere with drainage and the spinning blades of a garbage disposal.

It makes sense, though: pasta, rice, and oatmeal expand when we cook them. In a pot, that’s just fine. In a kitchen pipe, it’s a recipe for harmful clumps. Grind up nuts in a blender and you have peanut butter; grind them up in a garbage disposal and you have peanut butter clumping up around your blades.

• Pasta
• Rice
• Fibrous vegetables
• Coffee grounds
• Flour
• Nuts
• Oatmeal

The Catchers

Regardless of what you may have heard, it is NOT a good idea to put eggshells down your kitchen sink. Blame the thin membrane within the shell. That membrane, just like the potato peels and onion skins listed here, creates a perfect “net” that will help gather up other foodstuffs and create a blockage.

• Eggshells
• Potato peels
• Onion skins

The Clangers

Your garbage disposal is probably pretty strong. But any chicken bones, fruit pits (from peaches, for example), and shells from crabs and other sea creatures probably are stronger. Just as you wouldn’t pour pebbles into your kitchen sink, avoid the following clangers.

• Bones
• Pits 
• Shells

Think Before You Sink

The better you treat your plumbing, the nicer it will be to you. Be careful with the items you expect your kitchen sink and garbage disposal to handle and you’ll both enjoy a wonderful, long-term relationship.

Dear Residents,

On Monday, November 16, at 5:00 PM, Luma, Elleven, Evo and will hold a meeting with the developers that plan to construct a 144-room, 11-story hotel at 1130 S. Hope Street (located between Evo’s driveway and Luma). This meeting is an opportunity for all Residents who would like to learn more about the proposal to hear a presentation from the applicant, to ask questions, and to make comments about the proposal.

Following that meeting, the Planning and Land Use Committee of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council will hold a re-hearing at the beginning of their agenda on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 6:30PM. The purpose of the meeting is for the Planning and Land Use Committee to determine whether they will recommend that the Neighborhood Council support the project, and under what conditions. The Neighborhood Council has no approval authority over the project. It can provide a support letter, an opposition letter, or no letter at all. The opinion of the Neighborhood Council goes into the file for the project, but the project must still be presented to officials of the City of Los Angeles for a full review. The Neighborhood Council is merely advisory to the process.

The proposed hotel would have 144 guest rooms, 378 square feet of ground floor retail, and 56 on-site parking spaces. The structure would be 61,310 square feet and include some common areas and a conference room on the lobby level, and a roof top deck with seating. Under the zoning for the site, hotels are a permissible use. Under the zoning, the square footage of the building would be limited to 46,974 square feet. The applicant is requesting a transfer of development rights to add an additional 14,336 square feet. These transfers are permitted for buildings in downtown Los Angeles, pursuant to a complex set of regulations and required public benefit payments. 

The application does not include information on the proposed hotel’s plans for food and beverage service or special events. For additional information, please go to https://dlanc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1130-Hope_DLANC-Case-Materials-1.pdf

If residents have specific questions that they would like the applicant to address during the DLANC meeting on November 17^th, please direct those questions Lori Shilling at lshilling@actionlife.com before the meeting. 

Meeting Information with the Developers and Luma, Evo, and Elleven – 11/16/20

When: Nov 16, 2020 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Topic: 1130 Hope – Elleven/Luma/Evo Community Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/97578954927?pwd=ZGNJY1RocUUvVERSc2dWV2x4V2lBZz09

Passcode: 001986

Or iPhone one-tap :

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Or Telephone:

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Meeting Information with Planning and Land Use Committee of the DLANC – 11/17/20

When: Nov 17, 2020 06:30PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

https://zoom.us/j/93339867646#success

Meeting ID: 933 3986 7646

Dial US: +1 669 900 6833

Then press # to join the meeting. Instructions on how to sign up for public comment will be given to listeners at the start of the meeting.

We encourage all Residents who are interested or concerned about the proposal to attend one or both of these meetings. Thank you