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VOLUME 97 I ISSUE 2
Permits complicate off-campus
parking for LMU community
Permit zones have been
created to alleviate crowded
neighborhood parking.
Sami Leung
Managing Editor
@LALoyolan
Students, staff and those visiting
campus have been met with trouble
finding free, accessible parking in
the neighborhood out the back gates.
Students and staff that want to park on-
campus during the year have to pay for
parking daily or buy a parking permit for
$357 per semester — an increase from
$335 in 2015.
While 80th Street has been, and still
is, a haven for searching drivers, the
establishments of Temporary Preferential
Parking Districts (TPPDs) have left some
students scrambling to find space or find
themselves walking several blocks to
reach campus.
TPPDs are designed to provide
streamlined relief for an urgent parking
problem. The districts operate for a
year and can be renewed or modified by
the City Council, according to the LMU
community page.
“[On campus] parking's great late at
night and early in the morning and I
appreciate that there's a bunch of EV
chargers, especially in the [Life Science
Building] parking,” said Pavel Frantsen, a
junior recording arts major. “But if you're
looking for parking during the day, it gets
pretty difficult and inconvenient.”
Staff members have also struggled with
the fee and process of obtaining parking
on campus. Joan Chang, unit marketing
specialist for Sodexo on -campus, said
that she was surprised after finding out
she had to pay for parking, as parking
at her previous job was provided. “I do
think it is a little unfair because, you
know, we are employees here and we're
doing a service on the campus but on the
other hand I kind of understand because
you need maintenance and things like
that and there's reasons why there's
these fees,” Chang said.
The most recent TPPD resolution was
passed in August of 2017 and affects
Georgetown Ave. between 80th and 83rd
Street., Regis Way between 80th and
83rd Street and Creighton Avenue and
McConnell Avenue between 80th Street
and 83rd Street.
Other TPPDs include District 224 —
Loyola Boulevard between 80th Street
and 83rd Street, the west side of Fordham
Road to the centerline between 78th
Street and 80th Street, Gonzaga Avenue
between 80th Street and 83rd Street,
Holy Cross Place between 80th and 83rd
Street, and District 266, which includes
Coastal View Drive, Ocean Bluff Drive,
Shore Cliff Drive and Bell Crest Drive.
For these TPPDs, there is no parking
between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday
through Friday, unless you have a permit.
TPPDs are established through letters
of interest from City Council members,
resident groups or neighborhood
associations sent to the Los Angeles
Department of Transportation. The
letter must show that the residents are
being affected by non-resident and
commuter parking and that they would
be willing to bear the cost of enforcing
the program and obtaining the permits.
The City Council votes on the proposed
TPPD and if passed the Department of
Transportation is then notified.
According to an interdepartmental
memorandum to the City Council,
both TPPD request letters for the
neighborhood outside the back gates
were sent by Council member Mike
Bonin “to provide immediate relief to the
residents from excessive non-resident
parking impacts caused by visitors to
the University who are parking in the
neighborhood to avoid paying [for]
parking on -campus.”
Residents of these TPPDs had to
procure their own parking permit for
$34 per year, either by going in person
to the Parking Violations Bureau office
in Westwood or online. Morris Cheeks,
a senior economics major at LMU, and
Mike Pagan, a Santa Monica College
alumna, both live on Loyola Boulevard
and said that parking on the street
has never been easier. However, other
residents have found the situation to be
frustrating.
Caroline Cycon a senior psychology
major said she was frustrated with the
permit parking, having never experienced
it before during her previous three years
at LMU. Cycon said she was ticketed for
parking in a TPPD near campus.
“It’s annoying because I can’t come
over when I want to come over to peoples’
houses,” Cycon said. “You can’t even pull
in for two minutes to pick something up;
I got a ticket for that. It just changes your
whole day.”
Gary Bolton, the LMU director of
Parking and Transportation, said he
hasn’t received any complaints about the
permits so far and encourages students
to park on-campus. “There is plenty of
parking on-campus in Lot A and Lot H in
the back,” Bolton said. “In finding street
parking, they’d have to find parking
farther in the neighborhood. Otherwise,
we have the Playa Vista shuttle and the
metro buses.”
According to the LMU parking website,
LMU will pay for three permits per home
as well as work with the L.A. Department
of Transportation to streamline the
TPPD creation process, if requested by
the community. Paid permit parking is
enforced on -campus Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
New dining options come to campus at student demand
LMU students said goodbye
to Iggy’s Diner and are trying
new options on campus.
Kayla Brogan
News Editor
@LALoyolan
On-going construction at the former
location of Iggy’s Diner met returning
and new students that arrived on campus
this semester. The decision to replace
Iggy’s with the Habit burger was made in
the spring of 2017, according to Andrew
O’Reilly, the senior director of Auxiliary
and Business Services at LMU.
The on -campus Habit will look the same
as the chain restaurants that are already in
place and will offer the same menu as well
as an additional breakfast menu, according
to O’Reilly.
Additionally, students can look forward
to new dining options that hope to expand
student’s dining experience at Roski’s, the
Lair and other on -campus locations.
While rumors circled around campus
that the licensing for the Habit fell through,
O’Reilly confirmed that LMU is definitely
moving forward with the implementation
of the Habit Burger in place of Iggy’s Diner.
The Hungry Lion Food Truck’s operating
hours have extended, staying open until
1:30 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday
and until 2:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday,
according to an e-mail from LMU This
Week. The email said that while the Habit
is under construction, “the Hungry Lion
Food Truck will be parked outside McKay
Hall to provide additional dining options
for the community on that side of campus.”
Junior screenwriting major, Maya Florin,
explained how she thought late-night
access to food had become more difficult
with Iggy’s closure. “I lived in Tenderich
last year, so ease [of food] was a necessity.”
She mentioned that sheknewthe foodtruck
had been placed near Iggy’s to compensate
for the lack of late night food options.
Construction is expected to be completed
in October and the restaurant will be in full
operation again after a scheduled grand
opening in the first week of November.
Roski’s, the Lair and Founders’ Pavilion
dining options have also undergone
changes before the start of the semester.
“The Lair will feature six new food
concepts,” Les Echeverria, general manager
of Sodexo Hospitality, said.
Previously, Mein Bowl in Founders
Pavilion at Del Rey offered Chinese food
options, but it has now been replaced by
the 1788 Sandwich Bar, which serves hand-
sliced cured “New York style” sandwiches.
Echeverria explained that the new dining
concepts were a result of student demand.
The new options are meant to add variety,
improve quality and provide a better value
for students.
Hunter Patterson, a senior communication
studies major, said that being as healthy
as possible with the current food options
offered by Sodexo is a big challenge. “Sodexo
as a whole has regressed. There are not only
less options, but also less healthy options,”
Patterson said.
In Roski’s, The Burger Shop will use
fresh ground meat in all their burgers,
accompanying other improvements such
as, “fresh handmade spring rolls with
sauces made from scratch,” according to
Echeverria.
The new Lair menu includes: Tres
Habaneros, featuring Mexican food, OBC
Grill, also known as the Original Burger
Company, Oodles, home to noodle bowls,
Steamed Fusions, which will be made to
order fusions from around the world, Zime,
featuring comfort entrees, The Farmhouse
Toast, a toast bar and The Farmhouse
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