Anonymous: “I wonder what the end-game is – reducing rents? moving the tech companies to Playa? Scaring away families? Build a slum? We just don’t get it”. This is nothing more than fear mongering that panders to a conservative right wing agenda to steal Venice from the poor. Bonin and the rest of us are on to these made up stories about the poor who seek refuge in Venice. The truth is Venice is a boom town and all the poor want is a little piece of the pie. Diversity has been on life support in Venice for way too long, now Bonin and the rest of us are going to do the right thing and deliver Venice back to the poor.
I have no idea how this degenerated to comments about Iowa and having to move in order to reside in a place where there aren’t people being allowed to live on the streets who wander onto your property and steal everything that is not nailed down and shit on your doorstep. And anything less than that is considered infringing on someone’s freedom. Mike and the fu*k-me-up-the-ass-liberals who support this sort of thing are so far off center – I wonder what the end-game is – reducing rents? moving the tech companies to Playa? Scaring away families? Build a slum? We just don’t get it.
Today’s ridiculous endorsement of Mike Bonin truly displays just out of touch The Times has become and how rigged these endorsements truly are!
Has anyone from the LA Times been to Venice to see the damage of the policies of Mike Bonin?
He has unilaterally decided Venice is the dumping ground for homelessness, high crime, drug use and all the other dregs of the district that seem embraced and allowable thanks to CD 11 thanks to Mr. Bonin!
It is not a coincidence that his opposition is from two diverging candidacies who happen to reside in Venice and have seen the damage to the community and the fact Vexit has strong community support.
Homelessness and crime at the boardwalk is directly attributed to his lack of action and serious policy initiatives. He will be re-elected not because anyone thinks he’s doing a good job, but because once again he has two underfunded challengers who can’t raise the million dollars necessary to seriously challenge a council incumbent.
As Bonin’s big head swells in confidence because of his embedded elected status, Venice continues to to be a sewer for the ills of CD11.
An incumbent with no discernible accomplishment or popularity, the district will mire in his mediocre and distant governance because he cam. Once the primary is over unless he is kept under 50%, you probably won’t see him again for the next 5 years as he hides downtown plotting some myopic run for higher office.
Venice is not Iowa and never going to be Iowa. You want to leave your doors unlocked move to the Pacific Palisades with Palisades Paul who harasses the homeless to no end. Palisades Paul what are you doing in Venice, slumming. Go back to your mansion with 12-foot walls in the Palisades.
Back in the 1950’s it was the property owner’s vs. the beatniks. In the 60’s it was the property owner’s vs. the hippies. From the 1980’s to the present it’s been the property owner’s vs. the homeless. And while the property owner’s might eventually win some battles it’s the beatniks, the hippies, and the homeless who always get all the publicity and books written about them. And it’s the property owner’s who always come off as being a bunch of cranky old squares who would probably be happier back in Iowa.
Back in the fifties, sixties, and even part of the seventies we left our houses unlocked while we frolicked at the beach.
Today we build walls, alarm our homes, and don’t dare go to the drugged fueled craziness of OFW.
Sometimes Iowa looks kind of good. Good work Bonin!
Jack – So you are somehow implying that there were a thousand Beatnicks or 1000 Hippies living on the beach and in the alleys back in the Fifties and Sixties?
No there weren’t, now were there? Different situation, different drugs, different attitudes. This is not about the proposed housing as much as it is about there has been no suggestion as what the City plans to do with the Venice-wide campground and car park that they are also proposing. All in Venice. Shame Shame Bonin
How any homeowner can even consider voting for Bonin defies logic, while tenants will also bear the wrath of the abundance of street living being legitimized. If he wins, Venice will become a permanent slum for his social engineering which solves nothing.
Anonymous, I guess you’re part of the 1 percent. At least Bonin has the full support of the remaining 99 percent of the residents. I really can’t see your point of view that a plan to help the needy is evil. The people are part of the Venice neighborhood, How would you like it if someone knocked on your door and decided to relocate you to some godforsaken place like Santa Rosa. Makes my skin crawl just thinking about. We can’t treat the poor as refugees in their own community. You can’t put a dollar value when it comes to human life.
Facts without any basis… What poll did you use Billy-boy? 99% of Venice residents will not even know about Bonin’s evil proposals until they find Rose Ave. chock-a-block with raggedy RVs and Lincoln businesses will have no parking for customers. Handicapped plackards will allow some to stay for a week at a time. The whole idea is insane.
WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP! – Isn’t the state of being “homeless” considered a temporary transitional state? Why are we spending millions building structures on some of the most expensive property in SoCal when we could provide quality temporary housing at a fraction of the cost without having to do more than to clear and pave the same lots, to be used or sold off in the future when the situation changes and people get placed all around LA? Found this in a British publication.
Oh, I get it – The sacred cow Venice homeless need brick and mortar housing in order to feel good enough about themselves to change their rowdy ways or else they will pout on the street and live in front of resident’s homes ad infinitum …
99 percent of the Venice residents are honored that Bonin chose Venice for all these wonderful projects. It’s the 1 percent of Venice residents that only care about property values dropping as a result of Bonin’s plan. So what if this happens, it’s only money. Look at all the good it will do for the homeless who come to live in Venice. Now when you see a homeless person on the street you can say, welcome neighbor.
When you have rats going through your house from all the trash homeless people leave everywhere you might change your mind about wanting them to be near your home. Oh wait…. you never worked hard enough in our life to afford a home and live in some Mello act rental and hate people who have worked their whole lives to afford a home.
Anonymous: “I wonder what the end-game is – reducing rents? moving the tech companies to Playa? Scaring away families? Build a slum? We just don’t get it”. This is nothing more than fear mongering that panders to a conservative right wing agenda to steal Venice from the poor. Bonin and the rest of us are on to these made up stories about the poor who seek refuge in Venice. The truth is Venice is a boom town and all the poor want is a little piece of the pie. Diversity has been on life support in Venice for way too long, now Bonin and the rest of us are going to do the right thing and deliver Venice back to the poor.
I have no idea how this degenerated to comments about Iowa and having to move in order to reside in a place where there aren’t people being allowed to live on the streets who wander onto your property and steal everything that is not nailed down and shit on your doorstep. And anything less than that is considered infringing on someone’s freedom. Mike and the fu*k-me-up-the-ass-liberals who support this sort of thing are so far off center – I wonder what the end-game is – reducing rents? moving the tech companies to Playa? Scaring away families? Build a slum? We just don’t get it.
Today’s ridiculous endorsement of Mike Bonin truly displays just out of touch The Times has become and how rigged these endorsements truly are!
Has anyone from the LA Times been to Venice to see the damage of the policies of Mike Bonin?
He has unilaterally decided Venice is the dumping ground for homelessness, high crime, drug use and all the other dregs of the district that seem embraced and allowable thanks to CD 11 thanks to Mr. Bonin!
It is not a coincidence that his opposition is from two diverging candidacies who happen to reside in Venice and have seen the damage to the community and the fact Vexit has strong community support.
Homelessness and crime at the boardwalk is directly attributed to his lack of action and serious policy initiatives. He will be re-elected not because anyone thinks he’s doing a good job, but because once again he has two underfunded challengers who can’t raise the million dollars necessary to seriously challenge a council incumbent.
As Bonin’s big head swells in confidence because of his embedded elected status, Venice continues to to be a sewer for the ills of CD11.
An incumbent with no discernible accomplishment or popularity, the district will mire in his mediocre and distant governance because he cam. Once the primary is over unless he is kept under 50%, you probably won’t see him again for the next 5 years as he hides downtown plotting some myopic run for higher office.
Incredible.
Venice is not Iowa and never going to be Iowa. You want to leave your doors unlocked move to the Pacific Palisades with Palisades Paul who harasses the homeless to no end. Palisades Paul what are you doing in Venice, slumming. Go back to your mansion with 12-foot walls in the Palisades.
Back in the 1950’s it was the property owner’s vs. the beatniks. In the 60’s it was the property owner’s vs. the hippies. From the 1980’s to the present it’s been the property owner’s vs. the homeless. And while the property owner’s might eventually win some battles it’s the beatniks, the hippies, and the homeless who always get all the publicity and books written about them. And it’s the property owner’s who always come off as being a bunch of cranky old squares who would probably be happier back in Iowa.
Back in the fifties, sixties, and even part of the seventies we left our houses unlocked while we frolicked at the beach.
Today we build walls, alarm our homes, and don’t dare go to the drugged fueled craziness of OFW.
Sometimes Iowa looks kind of good. Good work Bonin!
Jack – So you are somehow implying that there were a thousand Beatnicks or 1000 Hippies living on the beach and in the alleys back in the Fifties and Sixties?
No there weren’t, now were there? Different situation, different drugs, different attitudes. This is not about the proposed housing as much as it is about there has been no suggestion as what the City plans to do with the Venice-wide campground and car park that they are also proposing. All in Venice. Shame Shame Bonin
How any homeowner can even consider voting for Bonin defies logic, while tenants will also bear the wrath of the abundance of street living being legitimized. If he wins, Venice will become a permanent slum for his social engineering which solves nothing.
Agree whole heartedly. Any home owner who supports Bonin needs their head examined!
Hi
I just moved to Venice and wondering what latest updates are there on homeless encampments. Are we going to house the homeless in Venice?
I think Billy is putting us on
Anonymous, I guess you’re part of the 1 percent. At least Bonin has the full support of the remaining 99 percent of the residents. I really can’t see your point of view that a plan to help the needy is evil. The people are part of the Venice neighborhood, How would you like it if someone knocked on your door and decided to relocate you to some godforsaken place like Santa Rosa. Makes my skin crawl just thinking about. We can’t treat the poor as refugees in their own community. You can’t put a dollar value when it comes to human life.
Facts without any basis… What poll did you use Billy-boy? 99% of Venice residents will not even know about Bonin’s evil proposals until they find Rose Ave. chock-a-block with raggedy RVs and Lincoln businesses will have no parking for customers. Handicapped plackards will allow some to stay for a week at a time. The whole idea is insane.
Thank you to Christian Rede for the informative article. We all know Mr Bonin is singing the typical politician song who wants to get re-elected.
WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP! – Isn’t the state of being “homeless” considered a temporary transitional state? Why are we spending millions building structures on some of the most expensive property in SoCal when we could provide quality temporary housing at a fraction of the cost without having to do more than to clear and pave the same lots, to be used or sold off in the future when the situation changes and people get placed all around LA? Found this in a British publication.
IKEA flat-pack refugee shelter is named best design of the year
The shed-like structure, which provides solar-powered electricity and only takes a few hours to build, was named the 2016 Beazley Design of the Year at a ceremony at the Design Museum last night… http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/design/ikea-flatpack-refugee-shelter-is-named-best-design-of-the-year-a3451216.html
Oh, I get it – The sacred cow Venice homeless need brick and mortar housing in order to feel good enough about themselves to change their rowdy ways or else they will pout on the street and live in front of resident’s homes ad infinitum …
99 percent of the Venice residents are honored that Bonin chose Venice for all these wonderful projects. It’s the 1 percent of Venice residents that only care about property values dropping as a result of Bonin’s plan. So what if this happens, it’s only money. Look at all the good it will do for the homeless who come to live in Venice. Now when you see a homeless person on the street you can say, welcome neighbor.
When you have rats going through your house from all the trash homeless people leave everywhere you might change your mind about wanting them to be near your home. Oh wait…. you never worked hard enough in our life to afford a home and live in some Mello act rental and hate people who have worked their whole lives to afford a home.