What About The Judges? By Jackie Goldberg Office #35 – Soussan Bruguera Office #73 – Laura A. Matz Office #131 – Maren Nelson Office #28 – Mark Ameli Office #107 – Valeria […]
SPARC and Beyond Baroque Host Event for Cuban Political Prisoner and Artist
By Diana Block How do you break through the 12-year blockade of silence that has kept five Cuban political prisoners invisible to the American public? How can art transcend U.S. prison walls […]
Councilmember Rosendahl’s Letter on OPDs and the Venice Surplus Property Fund
Dear Friends, I am writing to update you on one of the most contentious issues in Venice — the proliferation of homeless people living in cars and campers. For the last couple […]
Assembly and Congressional Candidates Respond to the Beachhead’s Questions
Responses to the Beachhead Questionnaire Read their responses here. Assembly Candidates – AD53 Lisa Ann Green – Green Nick Karno – Democrat James Lau – Democrat Edgar Sanez – Democrat Diane Wallace […]
The Propositions on the June Ballot
Prop. 13 – Seismic Retrofitting – YES Prop. 14 – Top Two Primaries – NO Prop. 15 – Public Funding of Elections – Yes Prop. 16 – Two-thirds vote requirement for local […]
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS MISSING —From the News
By Margot Pepper Sacramento, Calif. – César Chávez Day came and went without acknowledgment from most mainstream print media of a Chávez-inspired 365-mile march that lasted 48 days and culminated in thousands […]
Strange Bedfellows: Lieu, Rosendahl and the Pacific Legal Foundation
By Jim Smith Member of the state Assembly and aspiring Attorney General, Colonel Ted Lieu (USAF Reserves) has stuck a dagger in the backs of poor people in Venice. In an attempt […]
Book Review: The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama
Review by Jack Neworth For those born before the time period known as the Sixties or for those who lived through the decade but whose memories have faded from time (or psychedelics) […]
Sluice Gates slush fund
Six years after the project was approved by the Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council (GRVNC), new sluice gates are in operation on the Venice canals. The gates regulate the flow of sea […]
Can Medical Marijuana Cure Bad Politics?
In the midst of a depression, the Los Angeles City Council wants to create 30 empty storefronts where thriving businesses now reside and throw hundreds of people out of work. And that’s […]
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