Sun - May 1, 2005

How Venice Voted: Venice liked Villaraigosa and Rosendahl in the March 8 election


By Jim Smith

Venice again voted progressive in the March 8 election for Mayor and City Council. Last November, in a much larger turnout, Venice had given the reigning president, G.W. Bush only 13 percent of its vote.

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Fri - April 1, 2005

Trouble on Lincoln Boulevard


Lincoln Center Rising
from the Grave

By Jim Smith

The Lincoln Center mega-development project is back for the third time.

Two earlier plans for a massive shopping center and residential complex covering two blocks of Lincoln Blvd. failed to gain support with the Planning Commission or the community.

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Statue Erection Update


By John Davis

The installation of a controversial sculpture proposed for the Venice Circle has been appealed by several different parties to the Los Angeles Department of Public Works. The Beachhead learned on March 31 that the application may be invalid because the required signature of Cindy Miscikowski is not on the application.

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Trouble on Lincoln Boulevard


200 eviction notices
handed out at Lincoln Place

By Sheila Bernard

About 200 households at Lincoln Place Apartments in Venice have received Ellis Act eviction notices from landlord AIMCO, the largest owner of rental housing in the United States, second only to the federal Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Ellis Act is a state law which allows a landlord to evict tenants in order to go out of the rental business.

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Why I Am Appealing Placing This Statue in the Circle


By Janet Gervers

Windward Circle is the HEART of Venice. The Greater Venice Community needs to be included in important decisions related to our Neighborhood – and part of the overall process.

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New Architecture Guide for Venice applauded by People who count


By Carol Fondiller

April 1 – In a move lauded by the Venice Architectural Association (V.A.A.) the Los Angeles City Planning Council is mandating the alteration of the storage facilities at Hampton Drive to look more like storage facilities.

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Opposition to paying for free speech on Ocean Front Walk continues


By Jim Smith

The Venice Ocean Front Lottery system is unfair, unneeded and probably, illegal. Most of Venice is strongly opposed to the threat to free speech posed by the "buy-a-permit-before-you-speak-your-piece" ordinance. When has free speech ever required one to purchase a permit?

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The ‘Other’ Venice Film Festival


By Theresa Hulme

March 18-20 was a rare weekend in the city of angels. Thanks to the rains, our usually heavy and brown air was light, quiet, clean and smog-free.

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Venice Neighborhood Council “DONE-in”


By C.V. Beck

I am a Venice resident. I am very concerned about what appears to be a rightward bias in the matter of DONE’s position regarding the June, 2004 elections in which 500-plus persons from Venice came out in good faith to vote for their candidates of their choice.

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Renters - Know Your Rights!


By Tenant Rights Attorney Elena Popp

Question: My landlord just told me that I have to move in 30 days, should I start packing?
 
Answer: Verbal notice is not good enough. The notice has to be in writing. 
Whether 30 days written notice is good enough depends on several factors: 1) is your home protected by rent control or any other laws; 2) is there a long-term lease that protects you; and 3) have you lived there more than 1 year.

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Poetry


• Street Story - Carol Fondiller
• Bakersfield Birthday Cake - C.V. Beck
• wanna get high - shanna
• One will not be content - Swami X

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF OUR GOVERNOR, THE PERPETRATOR


By Pano Douvos

The L.A. Times offers a wide range of news covering local and world-wide events.  Astonishing and unexpected items drift in periodically. Recently, I was much surprised by a report concerning our good Governor Schwarzenegger. He was proposing legislation that would rescind long-standing practices, and usher in a new/day for our incarcerated citizens.

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