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Venice News Updates

News of Venice, CA and Marina del Rey CA

Homeless money figures abound … Proposition H — The wrong way to fix homelessness in LA

There is the 138 million that Mayor Eric Garcetti dedicated for the 1 July 2016 budget. Much of the monies for this will be coming from the lease/sale of surplus property such as the Venice median and the Thatcher Yard.

Beyond this year, the local government agencies have estimated that a two-billion budget is a necessity for the next 10 years to build housing. Services necessary to sustain and help the homeless is not part of the two-billion.

Mark Ryavec, Jack Humphreville, and Jay Handel  have had an opinion piece published in the LA Times. Its title is “The wrong way to fix homelessness in LA.”

VNC Ballots to Be Recounted Before Certification

Jay Handal, Citywide Elections Administrator of Neighborhood Councils, said today there was going to be a recount of the VNC election ballots  before election is certified.  It is assumed that the recount will be immediate.