…available at Elienation.com) “The whole place could go up in smoke in ten minutes. That’s the charm of Los Angeles” -William Burroughs “You can check out any time you like, but you […]
“You Can Check Out” – Excerpt from Eli Elliott’s book
Running VenICE
by ICE As far as my run, well, like I said it is a daily 10 mile trek along sun soaked Venice Beach and the Santa Monica shoreline filled with my many […]
Why Property Owners Should Vote NO to the Venice Beach Business Improvement District
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are, by design, controlled by a very small group of commercial property owners, excluding the voice of most paying into the BID and completely excluding residential property owners, […]
What are Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Why Should Venice Community Members Be Concerned?
What is a BID? Business Improvement Districts (“BIDs”) are public-private partnerships, established under State and local laws that give Cities the power to form districts in which all businesses in the district […]
A VIEW FROM THE BOTTOM
by Pat Raphael When cooking up a bum stew, you quickly learn there has to be at least three rocks around your fire — saves your teetering meal from ending up all […]
A Perspective on the Venice Neighborhood Council Elections 2016
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) is standard for the paranoid style in politics. Everybody wants to slice and dice the electorate definitions so as to favor their agenda. This is probably as […]
REPEAL THE 80% TAX BREAK – PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE
REPEAL THE 80% TAX BREAK PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE Google, Greed and Political Complicity By Mark Lipman Let’s get right to the root of the matter … it’s greed. For the most […]
Mike Chamness, Wascally Wadical, interviewed by Greg Foisie and Ana Orozco
SOC 454 – Sociological Perspectives on Earth in Crisis – Winter 2015 California State University Los Angeles For Dr. Talcott by Ana Orozco, Erik Khachaturyan, and Greg Foisie SOC 454 – Winter […]
Under Our Collective Shadow The Unhoused Sleep
by Krista Schwimmer Each night, as the southern sunlight dissipates in the City of Angels, a shadow takes its place. This shadow sneaks across every sidewalk, through every street, and into every […]
We Need An Interim Control Ordinance.
by Lydia Ponce For the love of Venice and for how kooks call themselves locals after paying millions of dollars and living here 4 years… We need an ICO. We need an […]
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