Police arrested four people using the City Maintenance Yard on Thatcher as a home. Previous week there was an article regarding City Street Services providing a guard for a couple of weeks. As a result, homeless started to get into apartment complexes with faulty fire doors. Guard was removed and back came the homeless to the yard. What the City plans to do with the property is not known at this time.
Josh Svensson of Watershed Management Division of Department of Public Works was notified this morning with photos. It started a few days ago with one marking and now is continuous on Washington and wrapping itself onto the bike path. It spread to one street in Oxford Triangle over weekend.
“I have filed a report using our online graffiti website and I have included the reference number below,” wrote Svensson. “Our goal is to have it cleaned up by Thursday.
“Community ownership, involvement, and partnership with us in keeping graffiti and other vandalism at bay is vital.
“You can file graffiti reports for unincorporated areas (such as Marina del Rey) directly on our website or you can use our iPhone/Android apps to make these reports.
· LA County Graffiti Website: http://dpw.lacounty.gov/go/graffiti
· Graffiti hotline:800-675-HELP (4357)
· LA County Public Works apps: http://ladpw.org/theWorks/ (direct links: iPhone / Android).”
Want to taste a cricket bar, learn how to compost, find out how to make your lawn use 50 percent less water, learn how your plants can flourish with less water, make your electric bill go down instead of up. Top it all off with a drive in a Tesla or purchase an E-bike.
These things and more were presented Saturday at Venice Neighborhood Council’s first “Green” Expo at Mark Twain School. Ed Begley Jr. was going to close the event. Sylvia Aroth, Rob Dew, and Nick Antonicello were chairs of this event.
Green flags hanging out of back pockets indicate that these were people who could answer general questions.
Hall was filled with booths of experts on just about anything sustainable in the green sense from recycling your water to solar and to mulching and making your yard more water sustainable.
The Los Angeles River Restoration project people were there to explain what they planned and how it would benefit Los Angeles.
Tesla automobilies were there to take people on a test drive.
The E-bikes were there.
Here is a VW bug conversion to electric.
Looks like a park ranger, Mr. Green, and Mr. Don’t Toss It!
Food was donated by Superba restaurant and the Venice Ale House
Ever wonder why almost everyone in Venice sells liquor? Ever wonder how to limit the number of liquor licenses? Ever wonder if you could put conditions on some of these liquor outlets? Do you have a place that sells alcohol and they have bad business practices?
“My Voice Matters” will be the subject of a workshop given by Institute for Public Strategies Wednesday, 11 March from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, at the Oakwood Recreation Center, 767 California Avenue, Venice 90291.
Claudia Martin from the City Attorney’s office will be there as well as a representative from Councilman Mike Bonin’s office.
The workshop wants to answer questions and provide information so that one can be sufficiently informed to act on issues.
(Second photo courtesy of Venice Public Art Gallery.)
Robin Murez has that knack of taking “something” and making it not only unique and arty but purposeful and thought provoking. She rings the bell in all to think and appreciate the quiet, little things one encounters in life. Yes, she’s done it again and again on Abbot Kinney.
This time at 1629 Abbot Kinney, tucked between two walls leading to the aroma of fresh brewed coffee, there is a “rack” that was resurrected from the garbage. On the rack is art work by locals. There is a sign inviting all to partake. Paper and markers are available as well as a place to sit.
How simple it all is.
If you don’t succeed the first time, the second time, the third time, and add a few more, try doing it yourself. That is what Erin Sullivan and a group of others have done.
It is the Venice Post Office Annex off of Windward Circle that is the problem. How many stories have been in Update regarding cleaning the post office. All government officials are quick to respond with “of course, we will get right to that.”
Hasn’t really happened. Is better than it has been but the landscaping is terrible. Many promises, no action.
“I’ve met with a few concerned Venetians who want to clean up the Post Office Annex area and together we put together a quote, obtained permits and are now trying to raise private funds to trim the Italian Pines,” wrote Erin Sullivan. This would be the first phase of the project. Go to www.citizinvestor.com and look for local projects.
Here is what site says:
A group of Venice residents including the Venice Stakeholders Association is planning to repair the tree wells and sidewalks around the Post Office. Specifically, the 21 Italian Stone Pines on Grand, Riviera and Windward. The area around the Post Office typically becomes a repository for trash and discarded items. It’s an entryway to Windward Circle and our beaches. We’d like to clean this area up in a multi-phase project that involves tree and plant trimming, fixing the sidewalk trip hazards and beautifying the area surrounding the Post Office. The first phase of this as suggested by the City is that we should first trim all the trees to encourage them to create even more of a canopy than they do now; i.e., to get them to grow higher and broader. We have now obtained a City permit for that work and a bid from a licensed and insured landscaper.
