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Sunset Junction says it can pay 2011 fees; festival’s fate unclear

By August Brown
, Alexandra Zavis and David Zahniser
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Organizers of the Sunset Junction festival say they have secured firm commitments for the more than $141,000 they need to pay the city before officials will consider issuing permits for the event this weekend.

‘Sunset Junction organizers have acquired the 141k to pay the fees that the city is requesting for the 2011 festival,” festival booker Jennifer Tefft announced today in a Facebook post. “There’s a public hearing tomorrow morning at 9:30am to decide the fate of the Junction. Its not canceled yet! Don’t make other plans for the weekend!! Will keep you all posted.’

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It remains unclear if they will have the funds in hand when the Los Angeles Board of Public works meets again Wednesday.

[Updated, 5:10 p.m.: ‘There were some gifts from supporters, but the large amount was from an anonymous donor, ‘ Tefft said when reached by phone. ‘About two-thirds of it was from an organization that loves and supports the festival.’]

On Monday, the board denied the festival’s operating permits, citing more than $400,000 in unpaid fees for the 2011 and 2010 festivals. But they said they might agree to reconsider their decision at Wednesday’s meeting if the festival pays what is owed for this year.

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Board president Andrea Alarcon said she hadn’t heard from festival organizers about how their fundraising efforts were progressing.

‘It’s all over the Internet that they found the money, but at some point they need to touch base with me,’ Alarcon said.

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-- August Brown, Alexandra Zavis and David Zahniser

Pop & Hiss
August Brown

August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.

Alexandra Zavis

Alexandra Zavis is a former writer and editor on the Los Angeles Times’ Foreign Desk who has reported from more than 40 countries. She spent a decade with the Associated Press, covering Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, among other war-torn places. After joining The Times in 2006, she has served as a Baghdad correspondent and as a California reporter covering poverty and veterans issues. She is a recipient of the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Arthur Ross Award for distinguished reporting on foreign affairs and was part of teams of reporters awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for foreign correspondence and APME’s International Perspective Award. She is a graduate of Oxford University and City University in London.

David Zahniser

David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times.

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