2005/06/15 Council Agenda Packet

128 Time, Place, and Manner Regulation of Business Activity Results. The City's study monitored trends in Part 1 crimes. Part 1 crimes include homicide, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, Larceny, and vehicle theft. The number of reported incidents of Part 1 ,:rimes in the Hollywood area increased 7.6 percent from 1969 to 1975. This was nearly double the citywide average increase of 4.2 peL,:ent for the same time period. This report also monitored Part I crimes committed against a person (as opposed to those committed against property) and found that they increased at a higher than average rate in the Hollywood Area. Street robberies and purse snatchings, where in the victims were directly accosted by their assailant, increased by 93.7 percent and 51.4 percent, respectively; comi)ared to the city wide average increase of 25.6 percent and 36.8 percent. The increase in arrests for Part II crimes indicated an alarming differential between the Hollywood area and the city as a whole. Arrests for these crimes increased 45.5 percent in the Hollywood area but only 3.4 percent city wide. Prostitution arrests in the Hollywood area increased at a rate 15 times greater than the city average. While the city showed a 24.5 percent increase, prostitution arrests in Hollywood increased 372.3 percent. In 1969, arrests for prostitution in the Hollywood area accounted for only 15 percent of the city total; however, by 1975 they accounted for over 57 percent of the total. In the Hollywood area pandering arrests increased by 475 percent, which was 3 1%2 times greater than the city wide average. In 1969 pandering arrests in the Hollywood area accounted for 19 percent of the city total.. By 1975, the share had increased to 46.9 percent. The. Los Angeles Police Department increased their deployment of police personnel at a substantially higher rate in the Hollywood area in response to the surge in crime. The report emphasized that sexually -oriented business either contributed to or were directly responsible for the crime problems in the Hollywood area. Real Estate Impacts Methodology. The study prepared by the City of Los Angeles utilized a two point approach in evaluating the impact of adult businesses on surrounding property values. The primary approach sought to establish the impact on property values by monitoring changes in assessed value from 1970 to 1976 for selected areas having concentrations of adult businesses and for appropriate control areas. The report selected fiveareas containing 4 to 12 adult study n9 entertainment businesses. Three study areas were in Hollywood and the other two were in the San Fernando Valley. Four control areas, having no adult businesses were selected. The study examined property assessment data, U.S. census data, and other pertinent information to determine the rate of appreciation over the six year study period. The rates for the Study Areas were cared to the rates for the Control Areas to gauge the impact of adult businesses on property values. E V ER00310