This past Sunday afternoon, the Westside Regional Alliance of Councils (WRAC) hosted a candidate forum for Los Angeles City Council District 11 at Venice First Lutheran Church. All three candidates showed up: incumbent Traci Park, public interest attorney Faizah Malik, and entrepreneur Jeremy Weinberg. I wasn’t expecting any revelations. As you are all mostly aware,...Read More
City of LA Ethic Commission records show lobbyist-related financial support for Mike Bonin’s 2017 Campaign plus, money developers have spent on lobbyists between 2014-16 in Venice.Read More
n Saturday August 6th, 2016 Venice residents of all cultural and economic backgrounds protested the most recent case of unscrupulous development in their neighborhood— 742, 744, 748, and 748 Brooks Ave headed by Lighthouse Investments/ Lighthouse Brooks LLCRead More
On Monday April 18th, the LA Department of City Planning tried to hold an “invitation only” meeting with mostly developers, real estate agents, architects and lawyers who make money displacing the lowest income people from Venice and destroying our unique, diverse character and history.Read More
“Now Shakespeare, an African American unhoused man, is dead. Who really has blood on their hands?” Councilman Mike Bonin went to the Police commission with #Neighborhood Watch to ask for more police in Venice. They came with an organized statement: they were afraid of homeless youth. Our Justice Committee and others appeared there to oppose this....Read More
Dear Friends, Neighbors and Family, I am so very sorry to inform you that on March 31, 2015 Councilman Mike Bonin went before the full City Council and requested jurisdiction over the project at 758 Sunset Avenue, the Small Lot Subdivision Case which had been denied by the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (watch short...Read More
