By Jon Wolff, Nov 2016 The two October Venice meetings that were scheduled to discuss Councilmember Mike Bonin’s plan to create a storage facility in the Westminster Senior Center for unhoused people […]
The Homelessness Meetings Continue
By Jon Wolff Your L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin held a community meeting in the Westminster Avenue Elementary School auditorium on September 8, 2016 to present his accomplishments and propose his solutions […]
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 It is easy to fall, fall, fall — but climbing out? that takes work and strength. The view from the bottom always present a path out, but that out […]
Mike Chamness, Photographs.
Will Venice Ever Be Shangri-La?
by M. Saffron Devakinanda Das and I spoke on a beautiful Sunny day at the beach. He is happy to be back in Venice after his 8 month annual stint in Vrndavan […]
A View From The Bottom
by Pat Raphael One great benefit to the unscheduled life of a Street Person is the hours and hours available to do whatever we choose. It seems that only a person with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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