Venice Update

Behind the Scenes of the MTA Site Selection

By Darryl DuFay This news is not unexpected. A little clarification of the LA Times article. The author might have included some other important aspects...

City Council Approves Short-Term Rental Regulation

City Council passed a long awaited short-term rental regulation. It will allow for less than 30-day rentals in a home occupied by an owner. The owner...

City Council Approves MTA for Bridge Housing

City Council approved the MTA lot on Sunset in Venice between Pacific and Main for Bridge Housing Tuesday. They also approved a homeless shelter in...

Encampment Update — 10 December

Penmar Park west of golf course is definitely the worst of the encampments if for no other reason than the trash accumulated. Encampments were observed...

Wednesday and Thursday it Rained in Venice — It Does Rain in California

Venice is living proof that it rains in California. Wednesday and Thursday it rained and occasionally very hard during the those days. The water gets washed...

City Council Homeless Committee Approves MTA for Bridge Home; Goes Before City Council 11 Dec; CCC, 12 Dec

City Council Homeless committee members supported the MTA lot on Sunset between Pacific and Main for Bridge Housing last Wednesday along...

CCC Executive Director Waives Requirement for MTA to Have CEQA

Executive Director John Ainsworth of the California Coastal Commission has waived the necessity for the City to have a CEQA (California Environmental Quality...

City Declares “Categorical Exemption” From CEQA; VSA to Challenge

The City is declaring a “Categorical Exemption” from CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) on the proposed MTA Bridge Housing project...

Venice Sign Lighted by Andy Summers of The Police

This year Andy Summers of The Police lighted the Venice Sign. Once again Windward west to Pacific was blocked off for a Ferris Wheel, many novelty tables,...

Encampment Update — 3 December

Wow! Venice is getting cleaned up. Communities are taking back their neighborhoods with the help of Sanitation Bureau and the LAPD.. People are shopping...

Recent Comments

Nicholas Antonicello { Assemblywoman Burke is a competent and serious public servant. She is an advocate for Venice. } – 0912 1:11 PM
Rick Swinger { An added note I heard yesterday the MTA Bridge Housing is up to a whopping $16,000,000 not $8,000,000 I was lend to believe! WOW! } – 0912 12:08 PM
Rick Swinger { I sure hope you are right John and call it what you like but its is a type shelter none the less and the real question is why aren't a large % of these folks convinced to take bus tickets back home or get drug rehab now? What will change... } – 0912 12:03 PM
John Adams { It's not a shelter Rick. And you and your friends can continue to call it a shelter from now until doomsday and it still won't be a shelter. It is transitional housing that is designed to get people off the streets into an environment where they can begin to repair... } – 0812 5:19 PM
Rick Swinger { $8,000,000 for this temporary MTA shelter? For that kind of money one could buy 8000 Vinyl and Canvas Tents Manufactured in Fresno California that could sleep 4 per tent getting 32,000 people off the sidewalks! OH! MRSA MRSA! https://www.sweetwaterbungalows.com } – 0812 9:14 AM
Rick Swinger { Promoting violence again Mike (Bozo) Bravo. Is your trust fund running out? } – 0812 3:26 AM
Mike Bravo { It's a Christmas miracle. He did something positive for once. } – 0712 7:58 PM
Mike Bravo { I'm so happy that vagrant broke his arm. Prick got what he deserved! } – 0712 7:56 PM
Mike Bravo { I'm happy that vagrant broke his arm. Rick Swinger got what he DESERVED! } – 0712 7:36 PM
Rick Swinger { From Wikipedia Photography and the law. United States[edit] Local, state, and national laws govern still and motion photography. Laws vary between jurisdictions, and what is not illegal in one place may be illegal in another. Typical laws in the United States are as follows: Public property[edit] Some museums do not... } – 0712 5:08 PM
Not a jerks mom { Wrong. And well do it until they are in jail, hospital used or sheltered. They are destroying the neighborhood. And so are you jerk. } – 0712 4:01 PM

Santa’s Sleigh Does Ride Again — December 9, 10,...

Encampment Update — 5 December 2019

Gondola Gets Gussied Up for Christmas

Santa’s Sleigh Has Come and Gone

Eighth Annual Venice Sign Lighting Saturday, 7 December

Bridge Home Questions Can Be Answered

Augmented Shelters Open 24 Hours Now–Oakwood Rec, Westchester...

Bridge Home at MTA Site Becomes a Little More Concrete