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News of Venice, CA and Marina del Rey CA

City Does “Que Card” for LAMC 85.02

Posted by :reta On : April 19, 2017
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Category: City, LAMC 85.02, Uncategorized

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LAMC 85,02, which is in effect only until July of next year, has gotten more attention than most new codes involved with the City. It has been confusing for both the recreational vehicle owner and the resident. Can you or can’t one park his RV; what is dwell? A map came out color coding the city and it should have helped but in many cases it did not. This is the City’s latest “que card” of what is and what is not allowed.

For other recent articles go to: https://veniceupdate.com/2017/04/14/motor-homes-are-moving-west-to-venice-since-lamc-85-02/ and https://veniceupdate.com/2017/04/08/85-02-needs-to-be-enforced/

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Make Venice Better, Join a Committee, Get Involved

Posted by :reta On : April 19, 2017
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Category: Uncategorized, Venice Neighborhood Council

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A commenter made a derogatory remark at the Venice Neighborhood Council Board meeting last Tuesday regarding the “big bucks” the members of the board make.

That statement filled the room with a muted chuckle. The members of the board make nothing. They are members, leaders is a better word, of the community who put their time and ingenuity to practice to make Venice a better place. Most of the members have jobs and resumes that would make a commenter of “Big Bucks” plush.

Venice Neighborhood Council is the most active of the City’s ninety plus councils. Looking at the professions, education, and backgrounds of these board members, one realizes that this is a “unique” pool of talent devoted to Venice.

Below is a list of the committees available for participants who would like to contribute time and talent to help make Venice better. Of course, there is no “big bucks” to any of these jobs.

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VNC to Hold Public Safety Townhall & Forum, 27 April

Posted by :reta On : April 19, 2017
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Category: Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services, City Attorney, County, Crime, Homeless, LAPD, Police, Public Safety Committee, Uncategorized

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The Venice Neighborhood Committee will hold a Townhall and Formum Thursday, 27 April from 6:30 to 9 pm at the Animo Venice Charter High School, 820 Broadway, Venice. Present for the forum will be representatives from LAPD, City Attorney’s office, Bureau of Sanitation, LAPD investigators, Department of Transportation, Emergency Communications systems, Homeless Outreach and Proactive Engagement (HOPE) unit.

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Groups Listen/Question Architect On-Site of Venice Median Project Regarding the Project

Posted by :reta On : April 15, 2017
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Category: Affordable Housing, Uncategorized, VCH/HCHC/Eric Owen Moss Architects, Venice Community Housing, Venice Median Parking Lot

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The proposed Venice Median Project between North and South Venice Blvd and between Dell and Pacific.

Venice Community Housing (VCH) had another meeting with community members for “community input” regarding the Venice Median project.  This time it was on site and the architect or his affiliate answered questions posed by members of the groups as they walked the site.

Eric Owen Moss, architect, was asked questions regarding parking.  “Will you be able to adhere to the Venice Specific Plan as stated in the RFQ/P with all the parking requirements this project entails,” one person asked.  His answer was that if the RFQ/P said he had to adhere to the Venice Specific Plan, he would, but maybe he would have to “ask for a favor.”

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Group 1.  Several groups were sxtarted and at various times.  Q&A was to go from 10 am to noon.

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Group 2.

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The canal that divides the property.  One person made a comment on internet regarding Kip Pardue’s story saying that all this had been cleaned up.  This photo shows property worse than Pardue’s photo.

Motor Homes are Moving West to Venice Since LAMC 85.02

Posted by :reta On : April 14, 2017
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Category: Campers, Homeless, LAMC 85.02, LAPD, Uncategorized

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Although certainly not the intention of the City to invite motor homes to Venice, it has been the result. The motor home dwellers looked at LAMC 85.02 and said “Ahha the City is inviting us to the beach” and to the beach they have been coming, making a mockery of LAMC 85.02 that was written to protect them and residents.

Venetians, not use to motor home dwellers, have been incensed with people pulling up to their front door with these large, looming vehicles. Most of these new dwellers are parking and disobeying the law by dwelling in the vehicle intentionally. And they are doing this much to the chagrin of Venetians. It is catch me if you can, and if you do, so what?

It has made Venetians ask many questions regarding this new influx of motor homes. Can a motor home park in front of my house? What is the law regarding such? Can I put up a sign and keep motor homes out? What if there is no sign, can I get them out? Who do I call?  Hopefully, this article will answer these questions.

Can a motor home park in front of my house?
Yes, a motor home can park in front of your house in Venice.

What is the law regarding motor home parking?
There are two laws restricting motor homes. Both laws can be used at the same time.

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One law–Ordinance 181413, which is only for Venice west of Lincoln, governs signs being put on a block to restrict oversized vehicles from parking 2 am to 6 am without a one-day permit (One day permit will not be discussed). To get sign, one needs a petition with 66 percent of the block signatures. Sign is on a block-by-block basis. With these signs the parking of oversize vehicles, defined as motor vehicles “in excess of 22 feet in length or over 84 inches in height, is prohibited from 2 am until 6 am. Contact Taylor Bazley at Taylor.Bazley@lacity.org for petition.       map_edited-1

The other law is LAMC 85.02 which the Venice Update has been writing about for months now. It is the law with the red, yellow and green areas throughout Venice. It will sunset in July of 2018. Its purpose is to place motor homes in Venice without causing a problem until such time as safe places for motor homes can be found in church parking lots, in commercial or industrial areas. If you are in the red, yellow, or green zones, and you are, motor homes can park in front of your home.

In the red, they can park but never dwell in vehicle.

In the yellow, they can park but cannot dwell in vehicle from 9 pm to 6 am.

In the green, they can park and dwell.

Note that all present restrictive parking signs apply to all vehicles and streets. Example: If sign says 2-hour parking, that means two hours no matter what the color of the area, or the type of vehicle.

Can you put up a sign and keep motor homes out?
Yes, You can have all the signs you want in the red, yellow, or green areas. The sign that will restrict motor homes and not you is the 18143 sign that was discussed earlier. It allows motor homes to park but not between the hours of 2 and 6 am.

What if there is no sign, can a resident get violators out?
Yes, call the LAPD. Parking enforcement does not enforce 85.02. LAPD carries guns; parking enforcement does not. Think about the guy knocking on the door and who is behind the door. That is why LAPD does the enforcement.

Whom do I call?
If you have a 181413 sign or any other type of restrictive sign, call parking enforcement. If you have only the 85.02 one, call LAPD. Realize LAPD does not consider this high priority.

In one neighborhood a trailer with a car towing it was parked in red for almost two weeks, police came and according to the vehicle owner “I went ahead and moved my trailer even though the police (who’s time was repeatedly wasted) allowed me more time. Don’t want to cause anyone cardiac distress.”

After completely violating the law and being told, he moved to the yellow and has been there since. One cannot stay in vehicle from 9 pm to 6 am in yellow. Now in the yellow, one person left vehicle at 10 am to walk the dog the second morning.

The Oxford Triangle has five motor homes in it right now, which is most unusual. One is a resident of Jefferson Marina and has not purchased off street parking for his motor home. One is a fellow parked in two-hour parking. He got a ticket so he raised the hood which means he cannot move the vehicle. What that entails, is unknown. He has not moved since he settled in, raised the hood, and took his bikes off the rack.

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Grunion Run on 26 May

Posted by :reta On : April 13, 2017
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Category: Funnies, Uncategorized

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Pardue Writes to Councilman Bonin: What are you doing for Venetians today?

Posted by :reta On : April 13, 2017
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Category: Homeless, Uncategorized

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At library.

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At Library.

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At canal on South Venice Blvd. (All photos courtesy of Kip Pardue.)

By Kip Pardue

Councilman Bonin –

What are you doing for the residents of Venice today? As in right now?

Just last week a fire was started by a transient in an apartment building on South Venice. She lit a dumpster on fire which then spread into the building itself. The fire resulted in two responses from LAFD, the second involving 3 ladder trucks and 5 engines. Yet there has been no response from you or your office.

This fire is directly across from the parking lot you are developing for housing. This project will cost millions but in the meantime, you are doing nothing to help the area. I have never seen the parking lot worse – covered in people, campers, shopping carts, human waste. Regina Weller told me she had recently found 9 people under the canal bridge – all traveler kids who refused her offers of housing.

The company contracted to operate the lot (MPI) is absolutely horrible – they pay homeless people to sweep the lot, do no regular maintenance, rarely empty the garbage cans, and never call LAPD or help with the transient problems.

I have spoken to parents at the Linnie Canal Children’s Park who have cleaned up needles and tarps and human waste. This park is located in the canals – usually an area relatively transient free. But now there is a constant presence of travelers eyeing the park and our children – as well as the homes in the area. Break ins and bike thefts are up all over Venice – this is not a coincidence.

There are now three semi-permanent structures set up around the library. They have been there for over a month. One is a yellow tent, one is a system of tarps, and one is a few sheets of 4×8 plywood. SOMEONE HAS BUILT A FORT IN THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER A MONTH and no one is doing anything about it. These structure are right in the middle of Venice Blvd – in plain sight all day and night – directly adjacent to where children come to read and learn.

You have your eyes set on building us out of this problem – a tactic many residents continue to question. But regardless of that being the solution or not, something needs to happen TODAY. We need your help and can no longer stand your tactics of doing nothing. You have not engaged in any further discussion with Venice residents on a public level since unveiling your ideas for the Venice lots. We have questions for you. We have problems you could help solve. Please stop posting pictures of trimmed trees in the Palisades while those of us in Venice are inundated with travelers, vehicle dwellers, and drug addicts who start fires, foul our streets, and destroy our sanity.

Please let us know your plans for RIGHT NOW.

Package Stealers are at It, Even Gated Community

Posted by :reta On : April 13, 2017
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Category: Crime, Triangle, Uncategorized

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Package stealers are at it even at 2:27 am (Wednesday) and even in a gated community such as Harbor Crossing. Coded entry is necessary to get in gate and yet!

“This person stole a package from our front door on Wednesday morning at 2:27am,” said owner. “Caught on security cameras but got away.
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LAMC 85.02 needs to be enforced, or better yet, get oversize vehicle signs

Posted by :reta On : April 8, 2017
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Category: LAMC 85.02, LAPD, Uncategorized

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Red is no living/sleeping (dwelling) in vehicle.

Yellow is no living/sleeping (dwelling) in vehicle between 9 pm and 6 am.

Green is  live/sleep (dwell) in vehicle.

All posted signs still apply.

This writer misinterpreted the law.   The code stated “red–no vehicle dwelling anytime.” That was interpreted to mean the vehicle could not park or dwell there.  Wrong.  They can park there but they cannot live/sleep in vehicle.

This is why all neighborhoods, and Venice in general, are having an influx of motor homes.  It’s free parking at the beach! Red zones you can park all day and no one is enforcing the sleeping/living.  Green zones are carte blanche as it is, and the yellow zones are once again subject to enforcement.

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This trailer belongs to a Jefferson-Marina apartment visitor and the couple is  living in it.  It is in the red zone. Neighbors across the street have knocked on door to explain the law and the response is that street is not marked as such.

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Javier Rameriz, senior lead officer, has been notified and says he will keep an eye open.  Meantime, the family has lived in vehicle each night for a week.  Neighbors are doing petition for signs.  Enough is enough.

The big solution is to get the oversized vehicle sign posted on your block.  Sign says:

“NO PARKING, 2 AM TO 6 AM; VEHICLES OVER 7 FEET HIGH OR OVER 22 FEET LONG, EXEMPT BY PERMIT”.

Petition says “OR” but this sign says “AND”.  Is this an error or has someone changed the ordinance? It makes a big difference!  A really big difference!

Contact Taylor Bazley at taylor.bazley@lacity.org for the petition.  Get 66 percent of the signatures of people on the street.

Police can just write a ticket for those under the signs. Police do not have to look in vehicle or knock on door.  In fact parking enforcement could handle this.

 

“Declaration of Crisis” Means City Can Place Homeless Shelters Anywhere City Wants Other Than Residential

Posted by :reta On : April 8, 2017
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Category: Homeless, Uncategorized, Winter Shelter

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Saturday’s Los Angeles Times had article stating that Councilmen Mike Bonin and Jose Huizar want to extend the recently expired declaration of winter shelter crisis to the full year in order to keep shelters open year round rather than just the winter months.  This will go to the Homeless Committee before the full City Council.  

This year all shelters stayed open an additional month because of the rain.  This motion does not just open shelters year round but the “declaration of a crisis” would:

 1)  allow shelters to be opened as a matter of right on property owned or leased by the City in any zone (not residential) without regard to the number of beds or people served.

2) identify specific zones in commercial and industrial (not residential) areas where shelters could be opened by right on non-government land

The shelter that Venice uses is in SPA 5 called First to Serve  and is located at the West LA National Guard Armory, 1300 Federal Ave.   It has a capacity for 160 beds.  Note that the chart for this shelter shows it had  an average of 71 percent occupancy during the four months from December to end of March.  There were only seven days when shelter was operated over capacity.

This year all the shelters extended their closing time to 31 March because of the rain. Normally, the winter shelters in Los Angeles are open from 1 December to 1 March, 7 days a week from 5 pm to 7 am.  Shelters are strict about the hours. There are bus pickup points throughout Los Angeles for people to go to the shelters and people may walk in but they must abide by the hours listed.  Buses also return people to the pickup point.

Occupants are allowed to take a shower and have an evening meal and a snack in the morning as well as be given hygiene and self-care kits.  They are provided with TB screening/testing,  have access to case management, resource referral and connection to other services.

The chart below is taken the LAHSA public information regarding the winter shelters.  See https://public.tableau.com/views/2016-2017WSPOccupancyDashboard/WSPOccupancy?:embed=y&:loadOrderID=0&:display_count=yes for further definition.

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