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Monstrosity Hotel Proposed Across from Westminster School
By Holly Mosher On December 18 I attended my first ever Land and Planning Use Meeting in Venice. I was there because I had heard about the proposed hotel that developers want to put up directly across...
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Nightmare On 1414 Main Street
By Krista Schwimmer There is a storm brewing in Venice, blown in by the winds of change. Some say these winds originated from a statement made in Gentleman’s Quarterly, calling Abbot Kinney Boulevard...
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Local Coastal Plan to Become Law of Land for Venice
By Greta Cobar The Venice coastal zone is about to lose the direct oversight of the California Coastal Commission, and be placed under the jurisdiction of the city of Los Angeles under a proposed Local...
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Open letter to Councilman Mike Bonin
By Mark Lipman As you have stated on several occasion, homelessness is a very important issue that you want to help find a solution to. To that, I would like to bring to your attention that today, a...
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Not Another Gjelina at 320 Sunset!
By Greta Cobar The owner of Gjelina is pushing against the wishes of the Venice community to open a restaurant/bar/take-out food and alcohol establishment at 320 Sunset. The first thing that got the...
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Open Letter About Public Urination, Stuff on Sidewalks … and Parking
By Deborah Lashever If you are concerned with the urination and defecation in your neighborhood, lobby Bonin to install more public restrooms! Do you realize that we have 16 million visitors a year and...
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California Coastal Commission’s Decision to Demolish 8 Homes Demoralizes Venice
By Krista Schwimmer The superstitious believe that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day. One reason is because King Philip IV ordered Jacques de Molay and theFrench Templars to be simultaneously arrested...
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Kim’s Market and 320 Sunset Updates
By Roxanne Brown Here’s an update on two very similar Venice projects: proposed restaurants at 320 Sunset and Kim’s Market. Kim’s Market’s new owners Alicia Searle and partner, architect Steve...
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Kim’s Market / 320 Sunset Updates
By Roxanne Brown – Member, Concerned Neighbors of 320 Sunset THE LAND USE and PLANNING COMMITTEE (LUPC) MEETING AUGUST 5th Kim’s Market (600 Mildred): LUPC denied owners’ (Searle’s) proposed restaurant...
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The Plot Thickens – Kim’s Market (600 Mildred) and Gjelina’s #3 (320 Sunset)...
By Roxanne Brown, Member – Stop 600 Mildred & Concerned Neighbors of 320 Sunset VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (VNC) MEETING – SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 KIM’S MARKET – VNC reviewed proposed conversion of...
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Update – 320 Sunset – Gjelina’s Gjusta – Farce and Fakery
By Roxanne Brown – Member Concerned Neighbors of 320 Sunset With a permit for BAKERY (Bakery equipment Only, Selling Baked Goods Only with No Seating and No Eating on premises), Fran Camaj, owner of...
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Sewer Project Broken
By John Davis City Councilperson Mike Bonin and County Supervisor Don Knabe should be greatly concerned about the proposed Sewer Main Project in Venice and Marina del Rey. Both the City and County...
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UPDATE: Gjelina’s Gjusta, Sauce, Kim’s Market, Rose Cafe
By Roxanne Brown Gjelina’s Gjusta – 320 Sunset (Fran Camaj, owner; Stephen Vitalich, architect) was cited by Building and Safety on December 19 for being in non-compliance. Gjusta has a permit for...
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Mechanical Car Lifts in Venice?
By Ilana Marosi FEB 17, 2015 Venice – the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) approved the addition of thirty (30) automated car lifts at the surface parking lot located at Windward Ave and Speedway,...
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Historic OFW Houses to be Demolished
By Greta Cobar The very last two historic houses on OFW are about to be torn down. According to the Notice of Public Hearing posted on the Speedway side of the 811-815 Ocean Front Walk properties:...
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A High-Tech Squeeze and Gridlock at OFW and Sunset Threaten to Take Venice Down
By John Stein An office building for general and internet technology uses has been proposed for 601 Ocean Front Walk (OFW) at Sunset Avenue. It would have 22,738sf of office space on second and third...
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Bonin & VNC Support Demolition Derby
By Michael Wamback, photos by Michael Wamback Council Member Mike Bonin and the Venice Neighborhood Council, in an ongoing effort to provide quality entertainment for tourists flocking to Venice, have...
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Burn Sage; Bill Rosendahl has passed
By Peggy Kennedy Bill Rosendahl brought in two new anti-homeless LA City laws (OPD, OVO) and used the Living in Vehicle law (LAMC 85.02) in 2010 which led to a landmark civil rights lawsuit against LA...
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Kim’s Market / 320 Sunset Updates
By Roxanne Brown – Member, Concerned Neighbors of 320 Sunset THE LAND USE and PLANNING COMMITTEE (LUPC) MEETING AUGUST 5th Kim’s Market (600 Mildred): LUPC denied owners’ (Searle’s) proposed restaurant...
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The Plot Thickens – Kim’s Market (600 Mildred) and Gjelina’s #3 (320 Sunset)...
By Roxanne Brown, Member – Stop 600 Mildred & Concerned Neighbors of 320 Sunset VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (VNC) MEETING – SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 KIM’S MARKET – VNC reviewed proposed conversion of...
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