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An email sent to
LA County Building and Safety Supervisor, Mark Pastrella, 3/10/2004
Dear Mr. Pastrella,
As you know, I have been
trying to have our grading plans approved for over 17 months.
I contacted you about this continuing problem Oct. 21, 2003. Recently,
my engineer has met with Laren Bunker, in the Calabasas office
and Mr. Bunker agrees that all the corrections requested by Mr.
Bunker have been made. However, Mr. Bunker still refuses to stamp
the plans because he does not approve of the terms of our Caltrans
driveway parmit. We have had several meetings with Mr. Bunker
and Ms. Kalhor, in which they have been unable to give us any
authority or code on which they base their right to review and
disapprove of a Caltrans permit. Ms. Kalhor's response to repeated
requests to immediately resolve this issue is to avoid making
a decision, both by saying they need more time to study the problem
and refusing to discuss the matter by walking out of our meetings.
I have been extremely patient and cooperative with Building and
Safety, quickly giving them all the information they have requested
and making all corrections in a timely manner. My consultants,
who have had many years experience dealing with Building and Safety
tell me they have never had a set of plans come back to them so
many times with so many requests for minor and unusual corrections.
At this point, I believe Mr. Bunker's actions have risen to the
level of harassment and abuse of power under color of authority.
I have included a letter written to Ms. Kalhor and the copies
of the Code sections shown to her and Mr. Bunker. I will telephone
you to discuss this matter further.
Thank you,
Geoffrey Forward
A grading permit was finally
issued on 04/07/2004. but that was only the beginning of the delays.
A certificate of occupancy was not issued until October 11, 2007.
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Geoffrey Forward and Elisabeth Howard Sue
Los Angeles County Over the Loss of the Globe Theater
Globe Theater
Losing the Globe in
Topanga was a great tragedy for LASC, Topanga, and Los Angeles.
Artistic Director, Geoffrey G. Forward, and his wife, Elisabeth
Howard, who spent nearly twelve years developing the Theater, lay
the blame directly at the feet of Los Angeles County building and
development agencies, LA County Dept. of Regional Planning, LA County
Land Development Division, and LA County Dept.of Building and Safety.
You can read the
court documents
by clicking on the links below
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to this page by clicking your back arrow)
Geoffrey Forward and
Elisabeth Howard filed a govrnment claim for $11,900,000 with Los
Angeles County, on December 11, 2008. You can read it here.
We filed our Complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court,
Santa Monica, on September 16, 2009, The Honorable Linda K. Lefkowitz,
Judge. You can read it here.
Los Angeles County Counsel filed a demurrer and a motion to strike
punitive damages.
We opposed the demurrer. You can read it here.
We opposed the motion to strike. You can read it here.
The Superior Court judge sustained the demurrer. You can read her
ruling here.
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We requested reconsideration. You can read it here.
County counsel opposed our request for reconsideration.
We replied to the County Counsel's opposition to reconsideration.
You can read it here.
The Superior Court issued a final order sustaining County Counsel's
demurrer.
We appealed the Superior Court's ruling to the California Court
of Appeal, Second District. You can read our appeal here.
The County responded to our appeal.
We replied to the County's response. You can read it here.
The Court of Appeal affirmed the Superior Court's ruling. You can
read it here.
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We petitioned the Court of Appeal for a rehearing. You can read
it here.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011. We are now waiting to see if the Court
of Appeal will allow a rehearing.
The Court of Appeal denied a rehearing.
On May 16, 2011, we filed a Petition for Review with the Supreme
Court of California. You can read it here.(Press
your back arrow to return to this page.)
On May 18, 2011, we wrote a letter requesting the Court of Appeal
publish its opinion. You can read it here.
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We are collecting stories similar
to ours.
If you have one, please write it up, short and to the point, and
email it to us. Give us permission to put it on the website and,
at our discretion, we will print it. Email address: complaints@shakespeare-usa.com.
LASC Lost The Globe in Topanga
to Foreclosure August 29, 2008
Globe Theater
Artistic Director, Geoffrey
G. Forward, and his wife, Elisabeth Howard, spent over seven years
obtaining permits to build the Globe in Topanga.
Elisabeth Howard and Artistic
Director, Geoffrey G. Forward, in front of Globe double door entry.
In happier times,
Artistic Director,Geoffrey G. Forward, atop the rafters of the Globe
in Topanga
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