Write a Letter of Support or Attend Meeting

for the Hoffman Candy Company

WRITE A LETTER OR SPEAK AT A HEARING…

WRITE A SUPPORT LETTER TO THE PLANNING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE:

1. Email a letter of support for the building’s nomination to the Planning and Land Use Committee. Due by 5:00pm Friday, February 17, 2023.

There are TWO steps to send your letter.

Click below to submit your letter to the PLUM Clerk through a portal, then copy and paste the emails below to send your letter to the city council office.

Portal to Submit Letter to PLUM: CLICK HERE

email: xavier.clark@lacity.org; sherilyn.correa@lacity.org; artdeco@ADSLA.org

2. Compose your letter.

Subject Line:

PROPOSED HCM: HOFFMAN CANDY CO / 6600 S. Avalon Blvd. CHC-2022-795-HCM / ENV-2022-796-CE

What to Say:

Letters in your own words are the best, but if you aren't sure what to say, here is an idea. If you have a connection to the building or a business that operated out of it, please include that too.

Dear PLUM Committee:

I am writing to express my support for the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles's nomination of the 1929 Art Deco Hoffman Candy Company building (CHC-2022-795-HCM | CEQA: ENV-2022-796-CE) at 6600 S. Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90003 (DeCantillon Tract) as a Cultural Heritage Monument in the City of Los Angeles. It meets the criteria for an HCM. It was identified in survey L.A. and maintains a high degree of integrity and character defining features.

The Hoffman Candy Company was a family operated chocolate manufacturing company founded in Los Angeles and was headquartered in the building from 1929 until it went out of business in 1989. The building is an intact example of a daylight factory from its era.

Charles F. Plummer was a prominent Los Angeles architect who is remembered today for his work on buildings such as Young’s Market, the Casa Del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica and Clifton’s Brookdale in downtown L.A. and the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, designed with his partners Wurdeman and Becket.

Please vote to designate the Hoffman Candy Company building as an Historic Cultural Monument.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your address, neighborhood, or zip code very important if you live in the area]

3. CALL INTO THE FEBRUARY 21, 2023 MEETING TO VOICE YOUR SUPPORT!

The Cultural Heritage Commission will meet on TUES., FEBRUARY 21, 2023 at 2:00PM PT. The meeting will be live on Zoom. Members of the public can call in and speak their support for landmark designation after the project is presented to the Commission by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles.

Further information about calling in is on the meeting agenda or click the button below to stay on our website.