Japanese Garden

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Winston Churchill on the Japanese Garden (and the Hotel)

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No, not really.  But there is this from Churchill: “To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” ATTRIBUTION:   WINSTON CHURCHILL, remarks at a White House luncheon, June 26, 1954. His exact words are not known, because the meetings and the luncheon that day were closed to reporters, but above is the commonly cited version. His words are quoted as “It is ‘better to jaw-jaw than to war-war,’” in the sub-heading on p. 1 of the New York Times, June 27, 1954, and as “To jaw-jaw always is better than to war-war” on p. 3. The Washington Post in its June…

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Lawsuit Filed to Block Sale of Japanese Garden

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Below is the text of a press release announcing a lawsuit to block the sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden by UCLA. Below that you will find the actual lawsuit. The suit focuses on the pledge by the university/Regents to maintain the garden “in perpetuity” and, if necessary, use proceeds from selling the associated residence for such maintenance. ==================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: John R. Walton Law Offices of John R. Walton, P.C. Phone: 626.578.6000 Fax: 626.578.6012 LAWSUIT FILED TO SAVE HANNAH CARTER JAPANESE GARDEN IN BEL AIR Los Angeles, California, May 7, 2012 – A lawsuit was filed…

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The Crack in Forever and the Japanese Garden Sale

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A column in the Huffington Post LA discusses the Japanese Garden issue, emphasizing the “in perpetuity” promise that was part of the history of the garden donation.  It cautions future donors that since perpetuity seems to have ended with the ongoing sale of the garden, they may want to be cautious about future gifts.   It may well be that UCLA and the Regents should not have pledged to do something forever.  But that is what happened and this matter might have been better handled as a result.  As prior posts have noted, it appears that the sale is not…

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No Japanese Garden at May Regents Meeting

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Death Knell Rings For Hannah Carter Garden Beverly Hills Courier 4/26/12 By Laura Coleman On Wednesday, UCLA denied the Coalition to Save the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden an opportunity to address the UC Board of Regents during its meeting on May 15-17 in a letter from University of California President Mark Yudof.  The May 22 deadline to bid on the UCLA-owned garden and former Carter residence, listed by Coldwell Banker for a total of $14.7 million, had prompted community activists opposed to the impending sale to redouble their efforts to place the issue on the agenda for the upcoming Regents…

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Audios of Regents Meetings of March 27-29, 2012

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Meeting of the Regents of the University of California: March 27-29, 2012 Prior posts have included excerpts from the Regents meetings dealing with the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center and the sale by UCLA of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden.  Below you will find complete recordings of the three days of the Regent meeting with the exception of the third day for which a defective audio file was received. Tuesday March 27, 2012: Day 1 3:00 pm Committee on Health Services (includes public comment) Wednesday, March 28, 2012: Day 2 8:30 am Committee of the Whole (public comment) Includes comments on…

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Listen to Audio of Testimony at UC Regents on Proposed Sale of UCLA Japanese Garden

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Readers of this blog will known that UCLA has begun the process to sell the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden located near campus in Bel Air.  At the UC Regents meeting of March 27-29, 2012, there was testimony during the public comment periods of March 28 and March 29. Below is a link to audio of that testimony.

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Chancellor at Staff Town Hall on Hotel, Climate Survey, Pensions, Donor-Community Relations

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Chancellor Block, Vice Chancellor Steve Olson, and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Human Resources Lubbe Levin participated in a staff Town Hall on April 4. The session was videoed but the video works poorly and the commercial service utilized includes ads.  Below is a link to the audio of the session which works much better. There were no exhibits at the session so nothing is lost in the audio-only format. There were specific questions, some in-person/some submitted in advance, on the proposed hotel/conference center, the upcoming (systemwide) campus climate survey, pensions, and donor-community relations.  Links just to those questions are…

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Protest Reported Planned Today for Carter Open House at Japanese Garden

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Bette Billet passed me a link to a Curbed LA article reporting that there will be a protest at the open house of the Carter residence adjacent to the Japanese Garden. Readers of this blog will know that UCLA is planning to sell both the house and the garden, a matter of controversy. The Curbed LA article is at:http://la.curbed.com/archives/categories/belair.php(Scroll down a bit to find it.) A similar article appears in the Beverly Hills Courier athttp://www.bhcourier.com/article/Local/Local/Open_House_Protest_Sunday_to_Stop_the_Sale_of_the_Hannah_Carter_Japanese_Garden/86879 Excerpt:Supporters of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden will stage a protest at the Open House of the property on April 1st from 2:00pm to 5:00pm….

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The Story So Far: Tuition, Ballot Propositions, Hotel, Japanese Garden, Pepper Spray, and More

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Yours truly tried to get a decent recording of the Regents public comment session this morning. Unfortunately, an aging office computer produced such a low quality recording that I will summarize below in writing: Prior to the public comment period, President Yudof said he intended to endorse the governor’s tax initiative and would ask the Regents to do so.  After the comment period, Academic Council chair Bob Anderson noted that faculty members are voting on a memorial to the Regents asking them to endorse ballot propositions that provide funding to the university.  (The memorial does not designate a particular initiative.)…

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Japanese Garden Update

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It is possible that the sale of the Japanese Garden by UCLA may come up at the forthcoming Regents meeting, at least in the public comment period.  The letter below was emailed to me by an individual who has been involved in the debate over the sale.  I should point out, in reprinting the email, that the UCLA Faculty Association has no position on the proposed sale but, as in other matters pertaining to UCLA, prefers that information on controversial matters be aired openly when possible.  The Japanese Garden matter affects not only the garden itself but also could have…