RIP P-22, Hollywood sign lighting is off, and more

BMW's Designworks studio has relocated from its longtime home in Newbury Park to Santa Monica, the company's new landlord BLT Enterprises announced this week.

Located at 1601 Olympic Boulevard, Designworks' new facility is a 16,500-square-foot building which was previously a warehouse. The lease term is for 10 years.

The Los Angeles area is a hotbed for design campuses for the automobile industry, with General Motors having announced plans for its own $71-million facility in Pasadena last year.

Elsewhere in Southern California, Sega of America, Inc. opened its new North American headquarters earlier this month at the Innovation Office Park in Irvine.

The approximately 31,700-square-foot office will have space for 235 employees from each of Sega's publishing departments and subsidiary Atlus Games

Here's what we're reading this week:

RIP, P-22. Why The Beloved Mountain Lion Was Such A Big Deal For LA "He unknowingly urged us to consider the impacts of urban living on wildlife. As our region has developed, it’s pushed countless species into the fringes who’ve had to find new ways to survive in the remaining land not covered in concrete, asphalt and people. But P-22 coexisted with us for the last 10 years. His lifestyle is thought to have extended his years since he didn’t have to deal with the challenges of other male pumas. P-22 was around 12 years old, a remarkable age in the wild." (LAist)

Garcetti’s last order as mayor: Light up the Hollywood sign. Bass rescinded it "It may have been the shortest-lived executive directive in Los Angeles City Hall history. Mayor Eric Garcetti, on his last day in office, quietly signed an executive directive — a regal-sounding action that amounts to an order to city departments — for a program to light up the Hollywood sign. The prospect of lighting the sign has been contentious for decades, and Garcetti’s order immediately caused an uproar in the hillside neighborhood near the sign. Mayor Karen Bass killed the order on Wednesday, 10 days after Garcetti issued it. Executive directives take effect 15 days after publication, according to the City Charter." (LA Times)

Update on installation of new bus priority lanes on La Brea "The installation schedule for the initial phase of bus priority lanes on La Brea Avenue — between Sunset Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard — has been updated, with most construction activities now anticipated to begin in early 2023. " (The Source)

Possible loopholes and pitfalls may exist in voter-approved Measure ULA (KCRW)

Landlord group files legal challenge to LA’s transfer tax "Landlord advocacy group Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles has joined with a nonprofit tax policy lobbying group to file the first legal challenge to Measure ULA, the controversial new City of L.A. transfer tax measure." (The Real Deal)