3Īnd buried amongst the interminable babbling about God-knows-what-all 4 I uncovered a couple of really interesting gems. And as you may recall, a good citizen of Los Angeles recently supplied me with a massive set of emails between Civitas and the City Clerk‘s office.
1 Both of these establishments are being handled by OG 2 BID consultancy Civitas Advisors. That seems to be what’s going on with the infamous Echo Park BID, and it’s also the way that the Hollywood Route 66 BID is being formed. But it seems that sometimes the City takes the initiative, they hire their own consultant, and as part of their duties, the consultant puts together a proponent group.
One is that a bunch of property owners want to start one, they talk to their council rep or the City Clerk, hire a consultant, and go through the process we’ve all come to know and love. There seem to be two distinct ways that BIDs get started in Los Angeles.