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Sanitation Sweeps Into Venice and Cleans Three Disastrous Encampments

Posted by :reta On : January 10, 2019

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Tags:Bureau of Sanitation, Hampton, Homeless Encampments in VEnice. 7th Ave, Penmar Park

Bureau of Sanitation worked its magic on three of Venice’s disastrous homeless encampments that Venice Update has been showing pictures of each week.

Wednesday the crew hit Hampton, followed by Penmar Park west and then 7th. It was late in the afternoon before they finished. What a difference!

These encampments were worthy of being reported to the County Board of Health. The alley at Penmar Park was cleaned the week before.

The following videos and photos show the before and after of this cleanup.

Hampton Ave, just north of Rose

Some homeless had spent the night after the cleanup and they were packing up and moving on when photos were taken. Many of the people who had been camping moved on Wednesday and did not come back. It was being cleaned Thursday morning by the man St. Joseph hired to clean the areas.

Area West of Penmar Park

Area west of Penmar Park has been a disaster for at least three weeks. The alley, which followers should remember, was cleaned last week. Wednesday, Sanitation cleaned the other area thoroughly. All had to put down the tents and walk away while Sanitation did its cleaning of the grounds.

Video was taken Thursday morning after the cleaning.

7th Ave between Machado and Rose, behind Whole Foods

Video was taken Thursday morning after cleanup.

Shot below shows area not shown in video. Camera ran out of memory. Two of the homeless on the site had no idea what had happened to the majority of the inhabitants. They said it was nice and quiet last night. One man said they will return.

All you ever wanted to know about your trash collection

Posted by :reta On : June 7, 2018

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Category: Bureau of Sanitation, Trash

Tags:Bureau of Sanitation, trash

There appears to be much confusion as to when to put out the trash cans, when to put the cans away, how to place them, and not only when to return them, but where to return them.

First of all the streets and alleys are for vehicles. They are not places for trash cans to sit. It took a petition originally to allow a block to place their trash cans in the alley. Normal placement is the street. After the trash is picked up, cans are to be removed from the alleys and the streets and put in the yard.

According to the Bureau of Sanitation website, “Containers must be placed at the curb by 6 am on the day of collection and removed no later than 8 pm on the day of collection. On collection day, all containers should be placed with the handles facing the house with at least 3 feet separating the bins and any other object at the curb.” When the Update called Sanitation, they said cans on street from 6 am to 6 pm; do not have the LAMC code.

Holiday
Collection service will be postponed by one day following these holidays: New Year’s Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas. If your collection day falls on one of these holidays, collection will occur the day after the holiday. If your collection day is any day (within the week) after this Holiday, your trash will be delayed by one day. (Ex: normal trash day is Friday, your trash will be picked up on Saturday).

Bulky Item Pickup
“Bulky items” are large household items, such as mattresses, couches, and other furniture, that are too big to fit in a normal trash container. Sanitation does not collect automotive parts, construction material, commercial waste or cardboard as Bulky Item collections.

Sanitation encourages all to recycle bulky items through charitable organizations and thrift stores. If not possible, the Sanitation will pick-up large or bulky household items, such as mattresses, couches, and other furniture from residents serviced by the City of Los Angeles. To arrange for the removal of these items from your curbside, please call 1-800-773-2489 (this is the number on your trash can) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at least one day before your regular collection day. Bulky items are collected on the same day that your regular trash collection is made. Have an itemized list ready when calling in your request.

Bulky Item Trash — Get Rid of It

Posted by :reta On : April 20, 2017

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Category: Cleanup, Uncategorized

Tags:Bureau of Sanitation

Getting rid of bulky trash is easy. Do not dump bulky items. And get rid of items that were dumped in alleys and other places by others. Call 311 or call 800-773-2489. The latter number is on each of the blue, black, green garbage bins in case one forgets.Bulky items are picked up following the normal trash truck.

… Or as commenter Hossa stated, use the MyLA311 app. It is that easy.

Hot Embers Cause Sizzling Trash

Posted by :reta On : July 6, 2016

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Category: Holiday, Uncategorized

Tags:Bureau of Sanitation, Fourth of July

(Photo courtesy of Martin Flynn.)

Note: Many people notified the Update. Update was there but might not have been. Update thanks everyone who emailed, texted. Update took photos but not as good as Flynn’s.

Post Fourth of July bar-b-que on Washington Blvd at Stanford brought out three fire trucks (one went home) to extinguish a fire in a trash truck in front of the Buna Cafe Tuesday morning.

Traffic was tied up for more than an hour as firemen put out the blaze with foam and water. Eastbound traffic was closed and westbound was one lane. Garbage had to be removed to get to the coals to extinguish the fire. Denise Fast who has her office at the corner said it really smelled.

Yard Buildings, Fence Gone; Blue Fence Coming; Bonin Wants Yard

Posted by :reta On : June 25, 2016

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Category: Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services, Uncategorized

Tags:Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services, City Maintenane Yard, Thatcher Maintenance Yard

City Maintenance Yard on Thatcher with all the buildings and six-foot wall down.

Blue Fence Coming

Yard to be fenced with wrought iron (with curve), 8-foot BLUE fence, according to Debbie Dyner-Harris, District Director for Councilman Mike Bonin.

You may have seen how they are progressing well on the Yard demolition. I wanted to let you know about the fencing you’ll be seeing shortly. It is still 8′ wrought iron, with a curve on the top. However, the location of the fencing has been slightly changed. Sanitation was going to install the fencing on the outside of the trees to prevent people from climbing the trees to access the empty lot. However, it was determined that the trees’ root systems and property line location would make that installation very problematic, including either significantly damaging the root systems or putting the fencing in the public right of way. We don’t want to hurt the trees, and we can’t put the fence in the easement, so we have to put it inside the trees.

It will be set back from the trees farther than where the current wall is now, and the design of the fencing will make it pretty impossible for anyone to get in and certainly out as there are no footholds on the fencing. In general, we think the fact that there will be nowhere to hide out there, or even get out, should be significant deterrents.

Finally, rather than giving you a black wrought iron ugly fence to look at, it is going to be blue, as a reminder of how close you are to the ocean. I hope that is okay!

Bonin Wants Yard for Housing

Councilman Mike Bonin announced several months ago that the City Maintenance Yard on Thatcher was being considered for affordable housing. The following is the letter he distributed to members of the community in close proximity.

Los Angeles is taking action to address the City’s housing shortage, stem the dramatic loss of affordable housing, and put an end to homelessness. The City of Los Angeles is determined to solve these issues, and earlier this year approved its Comprehensive Homelessness Strategy report to address homelessness and the housing crisis.

A critical component of the City’s Homelessness Strategy involves evaluating existing surplus, vacant or underused City-owned properties – either by building affordable housing on-site, or by selling the property to build housing at another location. The City will be examining all of its surplus, vacant and underused properties for these purposes – and one of the first ones we are evaluating are Thatcher Yard (at 3233 S. Thatcher Avenue) in Venice.

Mayor Garcetti and I have asked the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to begin a public process to best determine how to utilize the property. Should we offer a long-term lease to a developer who builds a mix of housing and other neighborhood amenities on site? Should we sell it to the highest-bidder and build affordable housing at another location? Should we do something different?

In the coming months, we will be holding public meetings in your community and distributing public surveys to get your feedback. We will also be creating an advisory panel of local residents to help consider and vet ideas for the property.

As a first step, the CAO is going to ask housing developers to look at our surplus, vacant and underused City properties and generate ideas for public consideration. That will give the City, you, and your neighbors a range of possibilities to evaluate and refine for further public discussion.

Please share this information with your neighbors, friends or colleagues. To share your views on how to best utilize the surplus, vacant or underused property to address the housing crisis, or if you would like to receive updates on the public process, please visit http://www.11thdistrict.com/potential_affordable_housing_opportunities_comments.

Regards,

MIKE BONIN
Councilmember, 11th District

“OUCH” Says It All!

Posted by :reta On : June 10, 2016

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Category: Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services, Thatcher Maintenance Yard, Uncategorized

Tags:Bill Rosendahl, Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services, City Maintenance Yard on Thatcher

This is one of the last interior walls to the City Maintenance Yard on Thatcher Ave to be demolished. Only fitting it should say “ouch.”

The yard, which has been here since Venice was Venice, became part of LA in 1920 and continued to serve the community of Venice. One part housed Street Services and the front part housed Sanitation workers. Sanitation part was condemned because of asbestos and lead paint several years ago. Street services had all its buildings removed and operated out of metal haul-on building for years.

Because the Sanitation part was vacated, homeless started using it as a place to crash. Plagued by calls from Triangle residents and tenants of Mirabella and Jefferson Marina, regarding the homeless, the Bureau of Sanitation decided along with the Bureau of Street Services to comply with the complaints and demolish the complete structure and the cement-block fence. A wrought iron fence will be installed to secure the area.

Whether Street Services or Sanitation decides to rebuild is unknown at this time. Former Councilman Bill Rosendahl was always concerned about the yard, because as he said there was so little land available on the westside to service the area, particularly in case of a disaster, that he felt it a necessity to hold on to it.

The Oxford Triangle Specific Plan indicates the property should be rezoned single-family if and when the City should no longer need the property.

“I remember when they had the last earthquake, yard supervisor Paul Hughes had his men out on the streets immediately,” said local resident Reta Moser. “I remember when the commercial block on Carter, Princeton, Thatcher caught on fire and burned and the streets were a disaster because of debris from the fire trucks, the buildings, etc, Paul Hughes was there before the light of day. When you can’t get out of your garage and along comes a street thing to remove debris, one feels a sense of community. He used to keep the alleys clean too. We all miss that service and security.”

Two More Triangle Residents Speak Out About Thatcher Yard – Keep Yard for City Use or Build R-1 Homes

Posted by :reta On : June 1, 2016

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Category: Thatcher Maintenance Yard, Triangle

Tags:Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services, City Maintenance Yard on Thatcher

Note: Both Judy Wyuda and Steve Freedman are 40-year Triangle residents and worked on the Oxford Triangle Neighborhood Study

By Judy Wyuda and Steve Freedman
The City owned Thatcher Yard was operated in the heart of the Oxford Triangle for decades, since well before most of our homes were built. The City was a good neighbor. Workers at the Yard were always very respectful of our residential streets and neighborhood. Even at full capacity, the Yard was only open about 50 hours per week. It was closed every night, weekends, and holidays. No new neighbor would be locked and silent for all but a standard workday business week.

In 1988 the Oxford Triangle residents worked on the Oxford Triangle Neighborhood Study as part of the Venice Neighborhood Study Presentation Workshop. The studies were sponsored by the Council Office and City Planning and gave the community an opportunity to contribute to Development Standards and the Local Coastal Program for Venice. The Oxford Triangle Neighborhood Study was completed and presented on November 5, 1988. In Section 1, on Page 10, Item 16 which concerns the City Owned Lots, the Study states under Zoning preferences that ‘The City Maintenance Yard and other City owned lots must remain R1’ if the City decided to abandon operations at the site.

In 2010, the City of Los Angeles held a series of public meetings to advise the community of its plans for the Thatcher Yard and take public input. The goal was to demolish the existing structures and replace them with new structures which would allow the City to resume maintenance operations from the site. It was our understanding that those plans were postponed for financial reasons.

If the City doesn’t plan to resume operations at that location in the near future, we believe that it should keep Thatcher Yard for future maintenance use for several reasons. Given Westside property values, it’s very unlikely that the City could ever acquire additional Westside property and if it could, it’s also unlikely that it could get such property rezoned for maintenance purposes. The City will always need to perform all categories of maintenance in all areas of the City. As such, it’s important that it retain all property already zoned for such use.

If the City is determined to never use that site again, there are other important considerations. Because Thatcher Yard is so close to Marina del Rey, it is very valuable property. But the proposal that it should be sold and redeveloped at this time because it’s too valuable to keep makes little sense as land this close to the water will certainly continue to increase in value. It would be shortsighted to sell it now for housing purposes.

The industrial property at the south end of the Oxford Triangle was rezoned C4-OX-2D in the 1980s to allow high-density residential development. About 1800 units of condominiums and apartments in 6 such developments have been built on that property since that time. As a result, the density in the Oxford Triangle has increased times 5.

If the City truly chooses to abandon the Thatcher Yard permanently, the Oxford Triangle residents, as stated in the 1988 Neighborhood Study, want the yard to be zoned R1 and redeveloped with single-family homes that are compatible with the existing scale and character of the Oxford Triangle R1 neighborhood to buffer us from the dense development to the south.

Architect Says Oxford Triangle Specific Plan at Risk

Posted by :reta On : May 25, 2016

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Category: Homeless, Thatcher Maintenance Yard, Triangle

Tags:Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services, City Maintenance Yard on Thatcher, Oxford Triangle Specific Plan

Note: Dan Whalen is an architect, 30-year resident of Oxford Triangle,
and worked on the creation of the Oxford Triangle Specific Plan.

By Dan Whalen
The City of LA is in the process of demolishing the maintenance yard
structures located at the end of Thatcher Avenue. I’m advocating that the
city keep this land for future municipal needs or zone it for
single-family homes, consistent with the rest of the neighborhood.

Recently, however, a proposal for an artists’ residential colony was
circulated. The problem with any housing development is that it will
generate lots of unwanted traffic on our narrow residential streets, since
this property is landlocked within our single-family neighborhood.

The “artist’s colony” proposal was circulated by real estate broker, Sandy
Bleifer, and a Minneapolis-based developer. This project will certainly be
a multi-story complex with several hundred units, similar in size to the
Jefferson or Mirabella apartment complexes, but without the direct access
to Lincoln Boulevard.

For over 20 years, the Oxford Triangle Specific Plan has provided our
single-family neighborhood with protection from the traffic associated with
more densely zoned properties located at the southern portion of the Oxford
Triangle. Let’s not sacrifice our quality of life with a
multi-story/high-density project located in the heart of our single-family
neighborhood.

Last of Street Services Equipment Leaves Yard

Posted by :reta On : April 16, 2016

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Category: Thatcher Maintenance Yard

Tags:Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services

Last of the Bureau of Street Services equipment leaves the City Maintenance Yard on Thatcher. The plan is to tear down the abandoned Street Services/Sanitation yard and put up a wrougt-iron fence around the property.

Street Services Removes Equipment

Posted by :reta On : April 5, 2016

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Category: Bureau of Sanitation, Bureau of Street Services