The Venice Town Council devoted its December meeting to building the fight against permit parking in Venice. At the meeting and in the following few days, 33 multi-page appeals were made to […]
Neighborhood Council’s Homeless/RV Committee Holds Secret Meetings
By Mark Lipman At the last meeting of the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Homelessness/RV committee on November 6, a sub-committee was formed specifically tasked with looking for ways to evict poorer residents from […]
Permit Parking: City Hall Says NO to 102 Venice Appeals; Fight Moves to Coastal Commission
By Jim Smith As expected, the Los Angeles Board of Public Works rejected all 102 appeals of the proposed Venice permit parking plan at a downtown L.A. hearing, Nov. 17. Appeals of […]
Letters
• McCain offers a chocolate teapot and Barack a steaming one – clare kitchen • Suzanne’s Angels – 1 – Bruce Deile • Suzanne’s Angels – 2 – Moira Nordholt —— McCain offers a chocolate teapot and Barack a steaming […]
103 Appeals Filed Against Permit Parking In Venice
More than 100 individual appeals have been filed opposing the city of Los Angeles’ plan to impose Overnight Permit Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, according to Julie Van Wagner of the city’s […]
My Life In An RV
By R. Mann Independence is of the utmost importance. The RV lifestyle has always afforded just that. When I first began living in a van, in the 60s, it was a matter […]
Haters of Homeless People
Dear Beachhead, The Mayor’s new housing plan has on it 2,200 units developed for homeless people with special needs in five years (with conditions, of course). The low number estimate of homeless […]
Homelessness – Here We Go Again
By Mark Lipman If you think you are tired of reading about homelessness, just imagine how tired we are of writing about it. Yet again the Venice Neighborhood Council has commissioned a […]
September 2008 – City of L.A. Approves Overnight Permit Parking Throughout Venice
Measure Aimed at Homeless but Homeowners and Renters Will Bear Burden of Cost Appeal Period Ends Sept. 5 at 5pm. The L.A. Bureau of Engineering has disregarded the overwhelming opposition expressed at […]
September 2008 – Food Not Bombs – Serving the Community
By Mark Lipman Often when you speak to people they will tell you that they “Do lots” to help the community, but then suddenly become hard pressed and defensive when you ask […]
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