Tag: LA City Council
Christy Smith Indicates Support for Defunding LAPD, LA Sheriff in Tweet
Wednesday, Democrat Assemblywoman Christy Smith (CA-25) Tweeted indicating support of the Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ decision to slash LAPD and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s budgets, blaming the cuts on an economic crisis created...
The Regulatory Taking of Venice Beach
With great crisis comes great opportunity… By Edward Ring and Soledad Ursua On April 18 Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin held a telephone town hall to discuss public health issues. His district includes Venice Beach, which has a high...
How the Homeless Industrial Complex Plans to Destroy Venice Beach
You can’t ensure the rule of law when you permit people to wander the streets stoned out of their minds, or sprawled across park benches in a heroin stupor, or drinking and carousing all night long, urinating and defecating everywhere....
While Venice Beach Residents Under Lockdown, Homeless and Encampments Grow and Thrive
There is not a homeless crisis or housing crisis in Venice Beach so much as a drug crisis, an alcoholism crisis, a mental health crisis, and a breakdown of law and order. Apart from excursions to perform essential work...
City of Los Angeles To Outlaw Fur Sales
Earlier this afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to approve drafting an ordinance to ban fur sales in the city. Other cities such as West Hollywood, Berkeley and San Francisco already have fur bans. However their regulations vary...