It's asking too much," said Jill Banks Barad, president of the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council and founder/chair of the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils.
Among them are former Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez, Lisa Sarkin of the Studio City Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles Unified school board member Tamar Galatzan, council deputy Joan Pelico, Neighborhood Council President Ben Neumann, former Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council President Ken Gerston, Neighborhood Council member Mary Benson and Frank Sheftel, who ran for the Valley City Council in the secession movement.
Those in or looking at the race so far include former Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez, Lisa Sarkin of the Studio City Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles Unified school board member Tamar Galatzan, council deputy Joan Pelico, Studio City Neighborhood Council President Ben Neumann and former Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council President Ken Gerston.
This change was devised by the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council and pushed by the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils, which has received support from other such groups across the city.
Others who have said they are looking at the 2nd District seat include former Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez, school board member Tamar Galatzan, council deputy Joan Pelico, neighborhood council president Ben Neumann and former Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council president Ken Gerston.
Although the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council has thrown its support behind the project and city officials have given it their support, the homeowner group contends that more traffic mitigation and parking is needed.
Officials with Pinkberry, a nonfat frozen-yogurt chain, were expected to tell a Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council panel Monday night that they wanted to raze the small hot-dog restaurant and build another Pinkberry store.
