Primary and near-primary documents preserved as evidence for the records elsewhere in the archive.
A December 2022 counseling exchange about data on students with Section 504 plans and participation in AP or honors classes. The email asks for additional comparison data; it should not be read as supplying an outcome that is not present in the record.
A 2019 Board Corner draft describing a CCUSD workforce-housing workshop and staff survey. It reports survey participation, commuting patterns, a presentation by Landed, and the Board's intent to continue discussing possible employee-housing support.
Draft agreement posted by Culver City for a proposed purchase of 9050 Washington Boulevard by the Culver City Public Finance Authority from CF CC Investor LLC. The draft states a purchase price of $103,000,000, earnest money of $375,000, and a closing on or be…
Culver City's Project Review Committee comments for case P2026-0156, a Site Plan Review, Density Bonus and Lot Merger application for 4076-4080 Lafayette Place. The document describes demolition of existing improvements on two adjacent parcels and a proposed s…
Culver City staff report for the February 9, 2026 appeal of the revised 147-room hotel approval at 11469 Jefferson Boulevard. The report recounts the 2021 175-room entitlement, four extensions while the earlier applicant sought funding, Verdant Culver City LLC…
Culver City project summary for the revised 147-room hotel at 11469 Jefferson Boulevard. It identifies Verdant Culver City LLC as applicant, gives the 33,813-square-foot site and 109,800-square-foot proposed building, lists 105 automobile parking spaces, and e…
Completed Culver City Democrats United questionnaire submitted by Andrew Lachman while seeking a seat on the Culver City Unified School District Board of Education. The document contains Lachman's self-reported professional background, campaign-finance snapsho…
A May 10-11, 2024 email thread documents Deborah Redman and Jim Shanman reviewing a draft CCUSD letter, proposed Safe Routes to School work, program quantities and cost assumptions for Culver City's ATP Cycle 7 non-infrastructure grant request. The exchange re…
A three-page redacted excerpt of Los Angeles County correspondence about Better Overland. Councilmember Bryan 'Bubba' Fish told County transportation staff that Better Overland could include protected bike lanes and that there might be parking loss depending o…
A September 30, 2022 email from Brookwood Advisors president Alan Katz to Kelly Kent and Quoc Tran forwarding a California Federation of Teachers article about educator housing. Katz says Brookwood was revising its proposal after Steve Levin requested a reset …
A November 2022 email from Brookwood Advisors president Alan Katz estimating district staff time for the first four-to-five-month phase of the real-estate study. Katz estimates about 12 initial hours plus 8 later hours for a facilities manager, roughly three h…
A September 2022 email packet shows CCUSD employees debating the proposed Brookwood workforce-housing study before a Board vote. Staff members questioned the proposed spending and described salary, facilities and classroom needs; Kelly Kent replied with the di…
A November 2022 exchange between Brookwood Advisors president Alan Katz and CCUSD's Robert Quinn about preliminary title reports for district property. Katz says reports could be obtained through a title company or district legal counsel, estimates roughly $50…
A 25-page County email production contains Bryan 'Bubba' Fish correspondence with Los Angeles County staff. The strongest Jubilo Village thread shows Fish seeking County help with a 43-voucher financing gap, County staff rejecting an exemption or change to LAC…
California Department of Housing and Community Development review of Culver City's proposed disposition of 9814 Washington Boulevard. HCD found the property qualified for the Surplus Land Act grandfathering exemption under Government Code section 54234(b)(1), …
A preserved April 2022 email chain concerning catering for a May 1 event for then-State Senator Sydney Kamlager. Renae of NilesFiles forwards the proposal while calling the menu "overpriced" and saying she would seek a reduced price. Vendor Martin Draluck prop…
A September 2019 email exchange in which Robert Quinn asks Lisa Michel for examples of AP and honors courses in core academic subjects. Michel reports 2 AP English, 3 AP Math and 5 AP Science courses; 2 English Honors, 3 Math Honors and 3 Science Honors course…
Detailed January 21, 2020 CCHS AP meeting minutes covering course drops, student supports, mathematics readiness, parent pressure, AP test preparation, racial representation, feeder-course preparation and vertical alignment. Staff discuss increasing Black and …
A June 2021 email and attached AP Physics C course sheet from teacher John Bakunin. The guide describes AP Physics C as a calculus-based mechanics course comparable to a college freshman science or engineering class, says it is designed as a second-year physic…
A September 2022 email chain begins with CCHS English teacher Dana Comiskey-Herrera opposing spending on a workforce-housing consultant and describing shortages of classroom books and deteriorating facilities. Board member Paula Amezola forwarded the concern t…
A May-June 2021 email chain between Assistant Principal Kelli Tarvyd and math teacher Aravind Malla about Geometry Honors. Malla says the honors and regular courses cover the same essential standards, but Geometry Honors goes deeper into concepts and uses more…
A November 2022 exchange between CCHS administrator Kelli Tarvyd and a Palisades Charter High School administrator about whether honors courses receive weighted GPA treatment. The correspondence arose while CCHS was fielding parent questions about its own hono…
An October 2021 internal CCHS email chain documents the English Department's plan to replace separate English 9/9H and 10/10H tracks with inclusive College Preparatory English courses. Kaitlin Pappert asks counselors to help explain the change at a parent town…
A December 2019 English-department exchange about students who continue to struggle with reading fundamentals, possible differences between regular and honors English populations, and targeted academic support through MTSS. Hanna Nelson asks about Tier 2 and T…
A January 2020 email from Science Department Chair Mariah Fontijn distributing a course-recommendation form intended to encourage appropriate participation in AP and honors science classes. The form lets teachers recommend Honors Chemistry, Physics or Biology;…
CCHS School Site Council material recording discussion of honors/AP data, a planned parent town hall, AP test-fee waivers, enrollment, and DEI work. It provides contemporaneous context for the district's 2021 honors-course discussions.
An April 2020 email chain preserves the final script and internal wording discussion for a CCMS English Language Arts video about integrating Inclusion, Benchmark and Honors instruction for incoming sixth graders. Leah Thomasson notes that the script would say…
March 2020 internal correspondence about communicating proposed middle-school honors changes to families. Staff discuss a parent night, a town hall, collecting questions, and wording intended to describe the proposal before implementation.
A February 2019 internal discussion in which middle-school English staff propose eliminating sixth-grade honors, using sixth grade as an evaluation year, and offering fewer honors sections in seventh and eighth grades. The email also lists the data points then…
A January 2020 CCUSD email chain documents internal planning to remove sixth-grade honors at Culver City Middle School. Principal Elsy Villafranca said the ELA department supported the change, while Assistant Superintendent Tracy Pumilia emphasized stakeholder…
Two-page source compilation pairing school-board governance and communication policy excerpts with social-media screenshots attributed in the document to Kelly Kent. Page one identifies excerpts from a CSBA equity statement, LACOE Board Policies 1114, 9010 and…
Culver City Unified School District's Answer in Los Angeles Superior Court case 24STCV13243. The District generally and specifically denied New Earth's allegations and asserted multiple affirmative defenses, including failure to state a cause of action, void-c…
An October 9, 2022 superintendent briefing combines the revised Brookwood real-estate study with preliminary enrollment figures and other Board agenda material. The Brookwood scope includes review of the Facilities Master Plan, title and easement research, mar…
A December 14, 2022 superintendent memo telling the Board that California Department of Education pre-release data would identify CCUSD as needing Differentiated Assistance. The memo lists Very High chronic absenteeism, Very High suspension and Very Low academ…
An October 2022 email thread documents a request by Freddy Puza's Culver City Council campaign to recruit CCHS student volunteers, the school's invitation to participate in a Public Service Fair, and Summer McBride's later request that district leadership clar…
A CCUSD enrollment table for the first school month of 2022-23. Elementary enrollment totals 3,059 students compared with 2,987 the prior year; middle school totals 1,587 compared with 1,554; and high school totals 2,151 compared with 2,153. Total K-12 enrollm…
An October 7, 2022 Friday Letter to the Board covering security procedures, active facilities work, staffing changes and a new plan to publish project timelines and budgets. The security section says student searches require an administrator and written report…
A Local Control and Accountability Plan expenditure table comparing planned and estimated spending for contributing actions. The document preserves the district's own budget figures and percentage-of-services reporting for the 2021-22 annual update.
This packet contains long-term CCUSD lease records for district-owned school properties occupied by private educational organizations, including the Washington School site at 3430 McManus Avenue. The 1992 ECHO Foundation lease sets a 30-year initial term, exte…
CCUSD's memorandum supporting summary judgment or summary adjudication in Los Angeles Superior Court case 24STCV13243. The District argued that New Earth's proposal was supplemented or superseded by board-approved purchase-order terms, that New Earth was paid …
A short November 2022 data-preparation exchange concerning a school-by-school district-totals spreadsheet. Veronica Montes asks Diane Lococo to remove interdistrict and needs-permit students from a requested comparison, and Lococo replies to confirm that the i…
A September 2022 internal exchange sharing a National Association of Secondary School Principals position paper while district staff researched honors and tracking policy. The document shows source-gathering within the district rather than a final Board action…
A 2021 email chain responding to a City of Culver City request for CCUSD employee-income information related to affordable- and workforce-housing planning. City staff ask how many employees fall into very-low, low, moderate and workforce-income categories and …
A September 2019 exchange about drafting the CCUSD workforce-housing survey. Superintendent Leslie Lockhart suggests asking whether employees would live in employee-only housing on district property, while the survey introduction frames housing cost and proxim…
City strategic plan adopted October 22, 2018. The City's publication states that the plan was developed by Mayor Thomas Aujero Small, Vice Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells and Council Members Göran Eriksson, Alex Fisch and Daniel Lee, and that Dr. Yolanda Gorman serve…
City policy establishing standards of ethical conduct for employees and officials, including appearance of conflict, gifts, interests, and public trust provisions.
IRS Form 990 filing for Culver City Forward, filed November 17, 2025. IRS-derived data reports $6,992 revenue, $5,619 expenses, $1,070 assets, $10,245 liabilities and negative $9,175 net assets. The displayed officer subset includes Kelly Kent as Secretary, Yo…
Meeting notes for an August 25, 2025 discussion among Culver City, CCUSD and Fehr & Peers concerning the Tri-School Area Traffic Study. The notes document the study's background, resident concerns, school access and gate issues, crossing-guard and enforcement …
Minutes from the first joint community meeting of Culver-Palms United Methodist Church and Community Corporation of Santa Monica record the early plan for the affordable-housing development that became Jubilo Village. The meeting described 95 family units, mor…
An August 2022 email chain shows Culver City Councilmember Daniel Lee introducing L.A. Works to CCUSD Superintendent Quoc Tran after L.A. Works sought meetings for an Audible outreach effort. The chain also names Paula Amezola, Kelly Kent, Vote16 Culver City a…
An October 12, 2022 exchange in which Debbie Hamme sends Robert Quinn a detailed critique of the revised Brookwood real-estate proposal. Hamme raises questions about unsettled cost, the absence of competitive bidding, Brookwood's direct discussions with Superi…
Declaration of CCUSD Superintendent Dr. Alfonso Jiménez supporting the District's summary-judgment motion. Jiménez authenticated District purchasing records, including a $600,000 Year 1 purchase order and a $600,000 Year 2 purchase order, and attached the Dist…
Sworn declaration of New Earth co-founder and CEO Yana Grammer opposing CCUSD's summary-judgment motion. Grammer described her 2022 negotiations with District representatives, stated that New Earth priced the project to cover expenses and produce a nonprofit s…
An April 2021 outreach email from Deodate CEO Rodrigo Gonzalez proposing a privately financed workforce-housing model. Gonzalez says an investment fund could acquire existing multifamily housing, potentially outside district boundaries, and enter a long-term l…
A May 2019 email chain promoting an English 9 honors summer bootcamp for incoming ninth graders. Staff describe the program as support for students considering honors English and discuss how middle-school teachers and counselors could identify and inform stude…
Archived Culver City Catalyst essay by Freddy Puza setting out his 2020 public-safety and policing positions. Puza wrote that he supported the Culver City Action Network demand to cut the police budget by 50 percent; discussed the withdrawal of an armored-vehi…
Declaration of attorney Ellis F. Raskin filed for Friends and Families for MOVE Culver City in Los Angeles Superior Court case 23STCP03833 in support of an ex parte application for a stay. The declaration states that the plaintiff intended to appeal and discus…
Unpublished California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five opinion in case B342399 affirming the judgment in favor of the City of Culver City. The opinion identifies Hanson Bridgett, Ellis F. Raskin and Jillian Ames as counsel for plainti…
Letter from attorney Edward J. Casey to the Culver City Council on behalf of Friends of MOVE Culver City arguing that environmental review was required before removing protected bicycle lanes from the MOVE Culver City downtown corridor. The filing includes an …
Letter from Edward J. Casey to the Culver City Council renewing the argument that the proposed MOVE Culver City modification required environmental review. The PDF republishes the April 2023 attorney letter and the April 10 coalition letter, including the same…
This document record preserves Greenberg Farragut Parking Dispute Archive and links it to the people, organizations, properties, events and related records it documents.
First-half 2026 Form 460 for Guerrero for Culver City Unified School Board 2026, committee ID 1449383. The filing reports $2,320 in monetary contributions, a $5,000 candidate loan from Brian Guerrero, a $500 contribution from Freddy/Fred Puza on June 11 and a …
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust's Q1 2021 financial report provides primary transaction details for its Culver City disposition: 9050 W. Washington Boulevard sold January 25, 2021; H&R reports 172,039 square feet, 100% ownership interest sold, and a selling p…
A September 2022 email chain forwards a Harvard admissions response obtained by CCHS college counselor Thelma Valverde. The admissions representative says Harvard does not assign points to honors classes or particular curricula, reviews applicants in the conte…
An October 17, 2022 email in which Jennifer Kochevar alerts Principal Lisa Cooper and Assistant Principal Kelli Tarvyd to a post on an unofficial Culver City Facebook page criticizing CCHS for offering fewer honors classes than nearby schools. Kochevar says th…
A November 2022 email chain circulating an informal comparison of CCHS AP and honors offerings with nearby high schools. Joelina Machera says she assembled the comparison from public school and district websites during a Board meeting, warns that the informati…
A December 2022 public-relations email chain documenting preparation of biographies for newly installed CCUSD Board members. Superintendent Quoc Tran asks Joanna Brody to prepare material for the week's CulverPRIDE edition. Brody says she drafted the biographi…
In October 2021, Joelina Machera emailed Superintendent Quoc Tran a summary of her own research into proposed honors changes at Culver City High School. She reported that the English department planned to stop offering ninth- and tenth-grade honors English and…
A 31-page Culver City email production covers late-2025 and 2026 Jubilo Village discussions among City staff, Community Corporation of Santa Monica and members of the public. The emails show YMCA-related construction and parking negotiations before financing c…
An October 2019 email package connecting the district's workforce-housing survey to public communication about a Board workshop. Joanna Brody asks Kelly Kent for material for School Board Corner; Kent replies that the Board heard from staff and Landed, and pla…
A September 27, 2022 exchange between Kelly Kent and CCUSD parent Joyce Yamashita documenting disagreement over the Brookwood contract amount, the 2019 housing survey and facilities funding. Kent states that the contract was $180,000 with a possible not-to-exc…
A December 2021 exchange among Kelly Kent, Ray Long and Debbie Hamme about the district's workforce-housing survey. Kent suggests another meeting and says the earlier survey used concrete examples rather than jargon. Hamme argues that terms such as assistance,…
A February 2022 email from Kimberly Young to Principal Lisa Cooper asking for current demographic data comparing Honors English 9 and 10 with other English 9 and 10 sections after a DEI meeting. Young references a claim that the honors classes were more than 6…
Completed Culver City Democrats United questionnaire submitted by Kristen Cruise while seeking a Culver City school-board seat. The document contains Cruise's self-reported professional background, campaign-finance snapshot, district involvement, and answers o…
Completed Culver City Democrats United questionnaire submitted by Lindsay Carlson while seeking a Culver City school-board seat. The document contains Carlson's self-reported professional background, campaign-finance snapshot, endorsements, school-district inv…
Amended first-half 2026 Form 460 for Loredo for Culver City Unified School Board 2026, committee ID 1448287. The filing reports a $1,160 contribution from Fred Puza on May 15, 2026 and a $1,160 contribution from Brian Guerrero on May 18, 2026.
A May 2022 Friday memo to the Board stating that delayed Measure K parcel-tax audits and the 2020-21 Measure CC audit had no findings to report. The memo also discusses negotiated-item budget effects and reserve requirements.
A March 2019 exchange about eighth-grade students taking Biology Honors at Culver City High School. The material describes prerequisites, the high-school transcript consequence, summer work, and the course's role as preparation for later AP Biology.
Complaint filed by New Earth against Culver City Unified School District in Los Angeles Superior Court case 24STCV13243. New Earth alleged breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, asserting that a June 2022 proposal…
Los Angeles Superior Court case-summary and register-of-actions snapshot for New Earth v. Culver City Unified School District, case 24STCV13243. The docket shows the complaint filed May 28, 2024, the District's answer filed July 1, 2024, summary-judgment filin…
Los Angeles Superior Court minute order and notice granting Culver City Unified School District's motion for summary judgment in New Earth v. CCUSD, case 24STCV13243. The court concluded that New Earth failed to raise a triable issue that its proposal governed…
A superintendent's report covering the proposed Brookwood real-estate holdings study and other district matters, including the unfolding honors-course discussion. It is useful as a contemporaneous administrative summary of issues being presented to the Board.
The Culver City Standing City Council Public Safety Subcommittee's October 28 special-meeting agenda lists discussion and potential direction on a Reimagining Public Safety General Plan element, the Police Department's 2025–2026 military-equipment annual repor…
A district report to the Board covering the Brookwood property-analysis proposal, enrollment, assessment data, and other agenda items. It links the proposed real-estate study to a broader due-diligence review of district properties and possible long-term reven…
A March 2022 constituent message to the CCUSD Board asking the district to preserve Honors English and add more honors opportunities for students seeking greater academic challenge. The sender says they were pleased to hear that a plan to eliminate Honors Engl…
A September 2022 exchange in which Paula Amezola forwards a constituent objection to the Brookwood proposal and asks Robert Quinn for examples showing what CCUSD was already doing to repair facilities. Quinn lists transitional-kindergarten classrooms, lighting…
A November 2022 parent email asking CCHS and district leaders to expand the 2022-23 school profile so colleges receive more context about the school. Rachel Burris recommends describing the district equity plan, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic demographics, CT…
A November 8, 2022 exchange following a CCHS message announcing plans to review honors courses and submit them for University of California honors approval. CCFT President Ray Long argues that the announcement could create additional bargaining-unit work witho…
A November 2022 exchange between CCFT President Ray Long and Board member Steve Levin about CCHS honors-course UC approval and the district's message to families. Long raises UC prerequisite, open-enrollment and collective-bargaining concerns. Levin says the B…
A September 28, 2022 message from CCFT President Ray Long describing the Board's 2-2 vote rejecting an up-to-$485,000 contract to study workforce housing and district real-estate holdings. Long praises Steve Levin and Summer McBride for opposing the proposal, …
A brief September 27, 2022 email in which Ron Levinson asks Katie Masterson for the status of a reflective window-treatment project and says the unresolved facilities item might be raised at that night's Board meeting alongside proposed workforce-housing consu…
An October 12, 2022 email from Robert Quinn asking the Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee for individual feedback on a narrowed Brookwood property-analysis proposal. Quinn says no final decision had been made on cost or funding but that Restricted Redevelopment…
City of Santa Monica Local Roadway Safety Plan prepared by Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates. The plan analyzes 2015-2019 crash data, establishes a severity-weighted Priority Network, and identifies safety emphasis areas and candidate interventions. CCR ret…
A superintendent's Friday letter listing Board agenda items and major facilities projects, estimated costs, and available funding. It also notes the Wildwood lease appraisal process and the district's assessment that current project funding remained manageable…
Federal complaint filed by Southern California Healthcare System, Inc., doing business as Southern California Hospital at Culver City, challenging Culver City's Premium Hazard Pay ordinance. The complaint named the City and then-current councilmembers Alex Fis…
A September 2022 exchange forwarding a Stanford admissions response about CCHS honors grading. The admissions representative states that Stanford does not assign its own points to honors classes and reviews applicants in the context of the opportunities availa…
A September 28, 2022 email from Board member Steve Levin to Superintendent Quoc Tran proposes a staged real-estate review that would begin with an inventory and valuation of district assets rather than an agenda item framed around workforce housing. Levin also…
A December 2021 exchange in which Summer McBride asks Robert Quinn whether a swimming pool had been included in the Facilities Master Plan after a coach raised the possibility. Quinn says a pool had been discussed but was not included and asks where it would b…
A November 2022 exchange between CCFT President Ray Long and Board member Summer McBride. The underlying CCHS message says the school would review current honors classes and submit them for University of California honors approval. Long objects that the commun…
A September-October 2022 packet preserving emails to and from Summer McBride during the Brookwood debate. McBride says she supports affordable-housing development generally but opposes the Brookwood contract as costly, untimely and distracting from facilities …
An August 2022 exchange in which Board member Summer McBride asks district staff about honors, detracking, representation, differentiation, college concerns, and community engagement. Assistant Superintendent Angela Baxter responds with district resources and …
A November 8, 2022 exchange about CCHS plans to review and resubmit honors courses for University of California approval. Kelli Tarvyd forwards a family message explaining that UC-approved honors courses can receive an extra GPA point in the UC application cal…
A December 2022 email chain documenting Triston Ezidore reviewing and revising public-relations copy prepared by Geoff Maleman for a district story about the new Board. Ezidore asks for wording that, in his view, better explains the historical significance of …
Campaign email from Triston Ezidore announcing and reminding recipients of a September 9, 2026 joint campaign event with Freddy Puza at Faring, 659 N. Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood. The embedded event graphic identifies the event as “LGBTQ Leaders for …
Best Best & Krieger LLP letter submitted on behalf of Verdant Culver City LLC responding to UNITE HERE Local 11's appeal of the Planning Commission approval for the revised hotel at 11469 Jefferson Boulevard. The letter argues for affirming the approval and ad…
A Brookwood presentation page using Jefferson Union High School District as a workforce-housing funding case study. It lists voter-approved bond and certificate-of-participation financing, total capital, unit count, per-unit cost, and targeted rent discount.