my feeling is you always make friends with the security guards and the janitors. nobody else ever has as much power or influence over the things that really matter. they can make your life hell, or they can make your life easy. mike garcia is the president of the local janitors union in downtown los angeles. he's also very accomodating of last minute shoots, and quite a nice guy. though ironically their building could probably be cleaned up a little, and it sure would've been helpful had they turned on the elevator on the weekends. still, the guy seems beloved by the people he represents, and that's got to count for something.    
 
         

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