RECYCLE L.A. TELEPHONE NUMBERS

February 18, 2010 on 12:32 am | In GREEN, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, Problem Solving, Recycling, Uncategorized, all | 5 Comments

RECYCLE L.A. TELEPHONE NUMBERS

by the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation

edited by Jodi Summers

Have something beyond the usual household refuse you’d like to recycle?

Here’s who you need to contact:

RECYCLE L.A. TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Alley Clean Up 800-996-2489

Animal Services 888-452-7381

Bulky Item Pick Up 800-773-2489

Bureau of Sanitation Customer Service Center 800-773-2489

Dead Animal Pick Up 800-996-2489

Drop Off Yards 800-773-2489

Household Toxics/SAFE Centers 800-988-6942

Illegal Dumping 800-996-2489

Multi-Family Residential Recycling Program Hotline 800-773-2489

Pot Holes 800-996-2489

Sewer & Storm Drain Issues 800-996-2489

Stormwater Hotline 800-974-9794

Street Lighting 800-996-2489

Street Tree Trimming 800-996-2489

Toll-free City Information 3-1-1

Used Oil Disposal 800-988-6942

Vacant Lot Clean Up 800-996-2489

City of Los Angeles Neighborhood Drop-Off Yards

Drop Off Yards accept materials such as bulky items, furniture and up to 4 tires per year. All Collection yards are open from 8am-2pm, Monday through Friday. For more information call 800-773-2489.

Bulky Item Collection

The City of Los Angeles (City) will pick up your large or bulky household items, such as mattresses, couches and other furniture. To make arrangements to have these items removed from your curbside, please call 800-773-2489 or 3-1-1.

Unrequested Advertising or Unwanted Mail

You can reduce unrequested advertising or unwanted mail by visiting their website (www.dmaconsumers.org) or writing to:

Direct Marketing Association

Mail Preference Service

P.O. Box 9008

Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008

For additional program information visit the Multi-Family Residential Recycling website at www.larecycles.org or Email us at multifamily@lacity.org. Call the Hotline at 800-773-2489 or 3-1-1

THAT’S IT! IT’S EASY!

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/02/does-the-trash.html

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GREENING BUILDINGS THE EASY WAY - THE ICC GREEN BUILDING OVERLAY

February 11, 2010 on 12:03 am | In GREEN, New Developments, Trends, Uncategorized, all, world | 8 Comments

GREENING BUILDINGS THE EASY WAY - THE ICC GREEN BUILDING OVERLAY

By Jodi Summers

More green building codes anyone? Sure, there are already several green building codes in use today - LEED, Energy Star, NAHB Green, Green Globes, BREEM and the latest, and perhaps most practical to join the crowd is ICC – the of International Code Council.

FYI, you’ve walked through hundreds of International Code Council respecting properties. Most U.S. cities, counties and states that adopt building codes choose the International Codes developed by the International Code Council. As the ICC already has such a huge fan base, they’ve decided to have their input into green building codes > a.k.a. IGCC.

The objective of this new project is to develop a Green Building Code for traditional and high-performance buildings that is consistent and coordinated with the ICC family of Codes and Standards.

“Congratulations on taking such an important step to ensure the creation of such a code system. We are pleased to support this effort in any way possible,” USGBC President Richard Fedrizzi stated publicly, throwing in a compliment to the Code Council for “undertaking a collaborative approach to this important work.”

A bit of insight: the International Code Council, a membership association dedicated to building safety and fire prevention, develops the codes used to construct residential and commercial buildings, including homes and schools.

Being the progressive state that we are, California, has already adopted a green building code, which is incorporated into the template the ICC has come up with for the rest of the country.

“California continues to lead the nation and I commend the hard work of the Building Standards Commission to adopt the first-in-the-nation statewide green building standards,” proudly observed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The objective of the ICC code will be to raise the bottom line, giving all buildings a greener baseline. LEED, in contrast, is a bolder standard, providing innovative and more challenging ways to reduce green house gas emissions, materials usage, enhance energy efficiency, and all other good green things.

An ICC green code will make politicians, building inspectors and code officials comfortable with adopting and utilizing I-Codes as the basis for building regulations. By adopting an ICC code and augmenting it with what some of the greener cities like Santa Monica, Berkeley, Sacramento and West Hollywood are doing, municipalities will not have to reinvent the code wheel when looking to implement green building practices.

Wisely, the ICC Green Building Code is an overlay that can integrate with the I-codes that already exist in most jurisdictions.

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http://www.greenbuildinglawblog.com

http://www.greenerbuildings.com/blog/2009/08/20/why-world-needs-another-green-building-standard

http://www.iccsafe.org/

http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=157

http://www.iccsafe.org/news/nr/2009/0722_USGBC.pdf

L.A. COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY SNAPSHOT – FEBRUARY 2010

February 4, 2010 on 11:55 am | In CHARTS + STATISTICS, FASCINATING INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INFORMATION, Trends, Uncategorized, all, statistics | 4 Comments

Signs of Hope

By Jodi Summers

Look forward, better times are on the horizon. U.S. economic growth surged during the fourth quarter!! According to estimates of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. economy bounced up by +5.7% last quarter (seasonally adjusted annual rate). This pace was the biggest increase since the third quarter of 2003.

This growth impacted the industrial sector in several ways:

* Industrial production increased. As output grew, the net rate at which firms drew down inventories plunged as many businesses decided to produce more goods and sell less out of inventory. This change supplied the single biggest boost to the economy, adding a celebratory +3.4 percentage points to the quarter’s growth rate.

* Exports continued to grow rapidly, which contributed +1.9 percentage points to the quarterly growth rate.

The industrial market needs these signs of optimism as, according to Clarus Market Metrics, contrasting Jan-08 vs. Jan-10, the median price of for sale properties is down 47% and the median price of sold properties is down 100%…so Los Angeles County industrial properties need all the stimulus they can get.


Hope is on the horizon. CoStar commercial real estate service reports that while industrial vacancies stubbornly high across the country, they are now flattening. Leasing activity is starting to pick up and, unlike previous downturns, the market is not plagued by an overhang of new supply. Locally, there is still a lot of volume on the market. Comparing Jan-08 vs. Jan-10, the number of for sale properties is up 48% and the number of sold properties is down 100%


Jan-08 vs. Jan-10 shows the number of expired properties is up 100%. Prices have dropped so low, that those who do not have to sell, are waiting and holding. Buyers and sellers are coming to terms with losses inflicted by the recession and the bursting of the real estate bubble, and realizing 2010 can only be brighter.

On the Westside, “There are preliminary signs of price stabilization in leases and sales,” in the industrial market, concludes Klabin Co. principal Luke Staubitz. Transaction volume, which began building last September, “will continue to increase throughout the year with tenants holding the pocket aces,” Staubitz said.

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We would like your real estate business. If we can provide you with more detailed information, please contact the SoCal Investment Group through Jodi Summers, Jodi@jodisummers.com or call 310.392.1211. We look forward to working with you in your next real estate transaction.

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