Hollywood 4WRD and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce are holding “Off the Sidewalk,” a panel discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 4-6:30 p.m. at Television City. 

The event will include opening remarks by Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky, 5th District; and Hugo Soto-Martinez, 13th District. The panel will include Kevin Keller, deputy mayor of housing for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass; Louis Abramson, policy analyst for the RAND Corp.; Paul Cho, CFO of Life Ark; Michael Lehrer, president of Lehrer Architects; Amy Perkins, senior housing and homeless deputy for Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors chair Lindsey Horvath, 3rd District; Elizabeth Rugg, community development manager for Pallet Shelter; Aaron Taxy, vice president of government affairs for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce; Matthew Tecle, executive director of Safe Parking L.A.; and Arames White-Shearin, Culver City’s assistant on homelessness to the city manager. The panel will consider bold and actionable solutions to create more housing options. 

The first 50 individuals to register will receive a VIP tour of Television City prior to the program at 2:45 p.m. The offer will appear in the order confirmation and is only available to the first 50 respondents.  

Tickets are free for H4WRD and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce members; $23.18 for non-members.  

Guests will enter the Television Studio lot from the Fairfax Gate, 200 N. Fairfax Ave. Photo ID is required for entry. For information and to register, visit bit.ly/H4WRD_Off_the_Sidewalk.