Hollywood Independence?

One of my favorite LA-centric details i moved to LA and started reading about it's history is the 2002 initiative that was to split Los Angeles into two cities with San Fernando Valley becoming it's own city. LA would remain the 3rd most populous city in the country and the new city of San Fernando would be the 6th. It should be noted that this initiative actually passed in the valley but was defeated in greater LA. If things had been a little different five years ago instead of saying "ohh, you live in the Valley?" we would be saying "ohh, you live in that really hot city Rancho San Fernando (or Mission Valley, Valley City or Camelot?). Imagine the difference that would make. (wikipedia)

I largely glossed over the similar drive for Hollywood independence - largely because i was living in the valley (Van Nuys - next to the AWESOME Lido Pizza) but when i happened upon this empty storefront on Sunset last week i took extra notice of the flyer's and old newspapers in the window. Could this really be a regional office for Hollywood Independence left over from a campaign from 5 years ago? (for more info, check out this archived article or the Wikipedia Entry)

The storefront is on Sunset sandwiched between the Sunset/Vine tower and The Bowery Bar. It appears no one found a better use for this storefront in 5 years other than to display old flyer's. Just another slice of living in Los Angeles i suppose. I'll try to track down an archived copy of this cover story below - if anyone has any leads let me know! It might take a trip to the library.