Our culture, our community and our way of life, as Indigenous People, we lived in coexistence with Nature. There is a culture of inflicting harm since time and memorial as Indigenous People […]
Letter To the White House Council on Environmental Quality by Lydia Ponce
VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SWEARING-IN SPEECH FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL-ELECTS by Naomi Nightingale, PhD
July 18, 2023 Good evening, Council-elect Members of the Venice Neighborhood Council and ladies and gentlemen of the audience. The City of Los Angeles is a Mayor-Council Commission form of government as […]
Tribal Jive – Here & Wow by Gerry Fialka
Local folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld’s latest book is KSAN San Francisco. In bookstores mid-August, it’s a deep delve into how FM rock & roll radio shaped a righteous revolution. This is a brave document […]
VNC Committee on Unhoused Neighbors — Mission Critical Objectives By Pat Raphael
On BackGround I’ve been on the Venice Neighborhood Council’s ad hoc Committee on Homelessness for almost three years now. I was invited to join the Committee because my frequent contributions in the […]
June 2023 ISSUE OF THE BEACHHEAD
JUNE 2023 ISSUE OF THE BEACHHEAD
TRUE STORY OF THE UNHOUSED DISPLACEMENT
TRUE STORY OF THE UNHOUSED DISPLACEMENT By Jon Wolff Westside news outlets have praised L.A. City Councilmember Traci Park for her recent actions to clear encampments of unhoused people in and around […]
A letter about an abusive landlord.
Dear Ms. Newell, I am writing today to report further harassment at 667 Brooks Ave., in effect ignoring the “anti-harassment ordinance letter” that was sent a few weeks ago. While the landlords […]
A Letter from the Jasmine Community about housing for homeless people.
May 10, 2023 Dear Council District 5, We are the Jasmine Community, a group of residents living on Jasmine Ave in Los Angeles. Yes, we are unhoused, and many of us have […]
Concrete to Saltwater – book by Brian Averill, review by Marty Liboff
CONCRETE TO SALTWATER Book Review by Marty Liboff Brian Averill is our new President of the Venice Neighborhood Council. Many don’t know he is an excellent photographer and surfing and skateboarding enthusiast. […]
VENICE CHURCH UPDATE
VENICE CHURCH UPDATE – By Jon Wolff The First Baptist Church of Venice was recently purchased by the Community Corporation of Santa Monica (CCSM), in collaboration with Original Save Venice (OSV). OSV […]
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