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LA Council Votes to Move Forward with Homeless Housing Site Study May. 28, 2021 at 6:00 am Jamie Paige, Venice Current / SMDP Staff The Los Angeles City Council has voted to move forward with a feasibility study on the possibility of housing homeless people at several parks and beach parking lots in Council District 11. Councilman Joe Buscaino voted against the motion saying the sites included in the study “are not feasible’’ for homeless housing. Bonin’s motion instructs the City Administrative Officer to evaluate the feasibility of and identify funding for: A temporary site for sing...

Los Angeles Planning Holding Reese Davidson Project Zoom Hearing Thursday May. 25, 2021 at 6:00 am Canal: The project has a multi-phase approval process in Los Angeles. Courtesy image Venice Current / smdp Staff The Los Angeles City Planning Commission is holding a Zoom hearing—with public comment — regarding the Reese Davidson Project this Thursday, May 27 at 8:30 am. The Reese-Davidson project is a proposed project slated to be built on a 2.8-acre parcel in a residential area straddling the Grand Canal at the Venice Boulevard entrance to Venice Beach, a block from the southern edge of t...

EXCLUSIVE: 'It's become an outdoor psychiatric ward!' How California's scenic Venice Beach has become a homeless hotspot with tent cities, violent crime and rampant drug use pushing families and tourists out Venice Beach, California, is known as a tourist hotspot with an iconic boardwalk filled with tarot card readers, tattooists, wannabe rappers and the artists trying to make a buck by selling their work But visitors' numbers have decreased as they have to contend with an ever-growing army of homeless and the crime that accompanies them The homeless have abandoned downtown LA's Skid Row for...

Doug Rapp, Venice Current / SMDP Staff Writer Los Angeles has nearly 100 museums, but the Venice Heritage Foundation thinks it’s about time Venice gets its own commemorative space. The Venice Heritage Museum would be the first-ever museum exclusively dedicated to Venice. Proposed as a campus on the grounds of Centennial Park, the museum will include a Pacific Electric Red Car trolley and a replica ticket booth, in addition to an information booth and a “community corner” event venue. “It’s long overdue,” said Kristina von Hoffmann, VHF board secretary. “Venice is an internationa...

LAPD Investigating Robbery at Sinners and Saints Bakery May. 07, 2021 at 11:00 am LAPD Investigating Robbery at Sinners and Saints Bakery The Los Angeles Police Department is looking for a suspect in a robbery at Sinners and Saints, a bakery located at 2547 Lincoln Boulevard. It happened at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 6. The store owner said a guy jumped over her fence and threw a piece of cement through the window. The suspect took off with a cash register. “We need to do something about the growing crime in the area,” said store owner Elisa Testone. “It’s hard because every day I’m...