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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Inside Starving by insidestarving@gmail.com When Mayor Karen Bass announced the Inside Safe initiative, she committed to working with community-based organizations and unhoused constituents. She has reneged on this promise, ignoring multiple requests […]
by Pat Raphael Imagine a trapeze artist attempting a high stakes maneuver, jumping off a swing, and not having another swinger ready for the catch, after the aerial acrobatics. To the neighbors […]
The following is from a YouTube video interview with Laddie Williams about the recent police action ordered by Councilmember Traci Park against unhoused people in Venice. The video is produced by Margaret […]
WHY PLACING THE UNHOUSED IN MOTELS FOR THE SECOND TIME MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN. By Gary Featherstone I’m going to cut right through the bullshit. In my opinion, […]
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BY ENYAJ PITCHFORD The hottest topic of the local elections has got to be . This Elephant, never allowed in the room, is the catchphrase, political power grab, and powder keg of […]
Last week, as I was having a good laugh at the defaced Jim Murez banner on the corner of Abbott Kinney and Brooks, I had a chance encounter with Douglas Nichols, Los […]
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