SBRA Events

South Brentwood Residents Association 49th Annual General Meeting

SLO Matt Kirk joined the LAPD academy in August of 2000, and upon completing his academy work he transferred to the Van Nuys division for a few years. He began his time in the West LA division in February of 2002, working patrol until 2004 when he decided to be a bike patrol officer. (This was a great job which kept him in shape!) He spent about a year in the WLA gang unit before deciding that he liked the bike unit more and returned to that detail. In 2006 Kirk was promoted to a field training officer working with new recruits right out of the academy. He became a Senior Lead Officer (SLO) in 2008 in basic car 8A53 which is the area surrounding the WLA station. He moved to the Pico/Robertson area in 2016, moving back to WLA to take over the SLO position for Brentwood from Maria Gray when she retired in 2020. He plans to stay on as Brentwood’s SLO until he retires in August of 2030 which will be after 30 years of service. On his days off he enjoys spending time with his wife and two teenage daughters. He also enjoys surfing and mountain biking.

Nick Fox Robbins is Metro’s Local Government Relations Manager for the Westside and Las Virgenes-Malibu regions. Born in Santa Monica and raised across Los Angeles, he takes pride in helping improve his hometown, both within his work at Metro and without. Prior to Metro, Nick was the Government Relations Manager for the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, where he worked to support local and state legislation focused on combating food inequality in the region. Before that, he worked for the City of Los Angeles’ Department of Cultural Affairs, was President of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council, and started his own business that focused on placemaking and supporting local artists. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, is a practicing artist, and is passionate about public transportation and the arts.

Councilwoman Traci Park had a successful 20-year legal career as a municipal attorney before being elected to the LA City Council, representing the 11th District. Park was the first person in her family to attend college, earning degrees at Johns Hopkins University and Loyola Law School. Like many of her constituents, she worked two jobs and borrowed heavily to finance her education.
She doesn’t come from a political background and that fact certainly helped her to get elected, running against the endorsed view of the Homeless crisis as a housing issue. Park has criticized the “housing first” strategy of combating homelessness, and wants to instead increase investment in recovery housing and shared housing that focus on a culture of treatment and sobriety. She also wants to enforce L.A.’s anti-camping law, saying encampments near schools are “non-negotiable.” Certainly, the VA homeless crisis in Brentwood was one of the main focuses of her election campaign.
Recently, Park introduced a Motion to reassess how homeless funds are distributed in LA county. "Los Angeles voters repeatedly have shown their commitment to financial measures that aim to reduce homelessness," Park has said, "But with the mental health and addiction on our streets worse than ever, it's clear we need to reassess how these funds are allocated."

With speakers:

With speakers:

Hydee Feldstein Soto, Los Angeles City Attorney
Lindsey Horvath, L.A. County Supervisor, 3rd District
Matthew Kirk, Senior Lead Officer, West Los Angeles LAPD
Bryan Kirkness, Chief Inspector, L.A. Housing Department, Code Enforcement, discussing Earthquake codes
Traci Park’s Team, CD11 Councilwoman, District 11, City of Los Angeles
Jared Rivera, Deputy Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Brad Sherman, U.S. Congressman, 32nd District