Accessory after the fact
Hermosa, like other cities throughout the state, is updating its rules on accessory, welling units also called “granny flats” or “in-law units.” The changes, required by state law, have raised concerns about increased density. Illustration by Tim Teebken Amid a statewide housing crisis, Hermosa confronts accessory dwelling units, density and identity Spray paint scrawlings all but cover the chalk-colored walls. A drum kit, shoes, and assorted flotsam crowd the floor, while a noose hangs from the ceiling. Amplifiers serve as impromptu furniture. A man with a mohawk sips Colt 45 and sits in a stuffed armchair that looks as though it has been attacked by a hyena. This, titles tell the viewer, is downstairs at “The Church,” the Hermosa Beach home of Black Flag. “It used to be a Baptist Church, and now they just rent out all the rooms in it. There are some other bands in here. We practice here, and [singer] Ron [Reyes] lives here, and [drummer] Robo lives here,” says band founder Greg Ginn. Ginn and the other members of Black Flag are downstairs in the Church talking to filmmaker Penelope Spheeris for her 1981 Southern California punk documentary, “The Decline of Western Civilization…
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