Roxanne Brown
It’s disturbing to hear that landlords who do not reside in Venice are converting their apartment buildings into Air B&Bs. This means Venice may no longer be a residential community. We will have less and less residents and more and more transient people. These people are not vested in the community. There is no sense of “community watch – know your neighbor – look out for your neighbor – neighborhood watch.” Add all the new and proposed restaurants with late night hours and liquor licenses, and you have one big unsupervised party for tourists and non-residents. This makes Venice a great target for theft and crime. Tourists and non-resident partying people under the influence of alcohol are easy desirable targets. This may result in many unforeseen consequences and much collateral damage. I’m glad to hear people will be studying the situation.
Jon Nahhas
The Small Craft Harbor Commission is a legislative body in the Marina that the Board of Supervisors/developers now heavily control. While it is considered a citizen oversight board and solely advisory (one way the Board of Supervisors (BOS) has usurped its power), it rarely does anything. The mantra I use at almost every meeting is “Can we fix a swing?” – very symbolic question from one of the commissioners several years ago.
It took the Regional Planning Commission less than a second to consider the controversial Marina del Rey Visioning Plan that will guide the development in and around the harbor for the next 40 years. No questions, no comments, no deliberations, not one word by the commissioners. Approve and move. It is another example of “ceremonial acceptance” where the integrity of citizen oversight has been compromised. Attached is our 4 page report submitted to the Commission.
Reta Moser
Posting items on poles. Please remove items and tape when finished.
Bulky item pickup. One must breakdown everything to fit in blue, black or green cans. No, ifs, ands, or buts regarding that. Oversized items can be picked up by a special pick up if one calls number on green, blue, or black can for bulky item pickup.
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Comments–27 September 2014
Roxanne Brown
It’s disturbing to hear that landlords who do not reside in Venice are converting their apartment buildings into Air B&Bs. This means Venice may no longer be a residential community. We will have less and less residents and more and more transient people. These people are not vested in the community. There is no sense of “community watch – know your neighbor – look out for your neighbor – neighborhood watch.” Add all the new and proposed restaurants with late night hours and liquor licenses, and you have one big unsupervised party for tourists and non-residents. This makes Venice a great target for theft and crime. Tourists and non-resident partying people under the influence of alcohol are easy desirable targets. This may result in many unforeseen consequences and much collateral damage. I’m glad to hear people will be studying the situation.
Jon Nahhas
The Small Craft Harbor Commission is a legislative body in the Marina that the Board of Supervisors/developers now heavily control. While it is considered a citizen oversight board and solely advisory (one way the Board of Supervisors (BOS) has usurped its power), it rarely does anything. The mantra I use at almost every meeting is “Can we fix a swing?” – very symbolic question from one of the commissioners several years ago.
It took the Regional Planning Commission less than a second to consider the controversial Marina del Rey Visioning Plan that will guide the development in and around the harbor for the next 40 years. No questions, no comments, no deliberations, not one word by the commissioners. Approve and move. It is another example of “ceremonial acceptance” where the integrity of citizen oversight has been compromised. Attached is our 4 page report submitted to the Commission.
Reta Moser
Posting items on poles. Please remove items and tape when finished.
Bulky item pickup. One must breakdown everything to fit in blue, black or green cans. No, ifs, ands, or buts regarding that. Oversized items can be picked up by a special pick up if one calls number on green, blue, or black can for bulky item pickup.
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