ARCHIVES: From the Free Venice Beachhead, June 1977 - Issue #90
Venice Town
Council
In March 1973, the people of
Venice elected our first Town Council. Supposed to be an advisory body to City
Councilwoman Pat Russell. Our first official act was to drop the word
“advisory” - the Venice Town Council became the voice of the people
of Venice in our own right.
In the past four years the Town Council has taken
a definite stand against irresponsible development in Venice that harms our low
and moderate income renters and
homeowners.
We stopped a major highway
designed to cut Venice in half, and we prevented the city from turning the
Canals into a wealthy exclusive yacht harbor. The Venice Town Council is one of
the leading tax reform groups in Southern California - our delegates just got
back from Sacramento where they testified at hearings on tax reform and rent
reform legislation.
We successfully
fought to get a crossing guard at Westminister School, and we have been involved
in dozens of other local issues.
Do
you have an idea, a complaint, a problem, or a project that involves your
community? Come to the Venice Town Council - we meet the first Wednesday of
every month, 7:30 p.m., at the Venice City Hall, 680 Venice Blvd. (by the fire
station). Every resident of Venice is a full voting
member.
Our next meeting is Wednesday,
June 1st. On the agenda is a discussion of school desegregation in L.A.,
including a 15 minute film strip; a pro-and con discussion of street musicians
and police on Ocean Front Walk, planning for neighborhood meetings; and reports
from our Coastal Commission and police committees - plus whatever issues you
bring! Everyone
welcome.
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NOTICE:
The strategy committee of the Venice Town Council, in an effort to gain more
participation from the community, is changing its meeting time and place. Each
month it will meet in a different neighborhood of Venice with the idea of
getting input from that area for the following month’s council meeting.
The June meeting will be Saturday, June 11 at the Pavilion in North Beach at 4
to 6 p.m. The question of music vs. noise on the Ocean Front Walk will be the
main item.
Posted: Thu - May 1, 2003 at 05:51 PM