Alert
Dear VSA
Supporters,
Please
send an email
to Councilman
Bill Rosendahl
and the Venice
Neighborhood
Council
regarding the
Homeless Beach
Locker
Enablement
Program as
soon as
possible.
The
intention of
homeless
advocates -
Linda Lucks,
Steve Clare,
David Ewing,
etc. - is to
assist the
hundreds of
transients
living along
the Boardwalk,
in the park
and on the
walk streets
to continue to
occupy these
public spaces.
These
advocates
estimate that
80 campers can
store their
stuff in this
container on
any given day.
Such
facilities are
counter
productive
unless they
are provided
in the context
of
transitional
housing and
services such
as job
training, drug
rehab and
mental health
counseling.
Other
cities with
successful
homeless
serving
programs, such
as Santa
Monica, avoid
such
stand-alone
"locker" and
storage
facilities
because they
have proved to
just make it
easier for the
campers to
stay on the
street and in
the parks and
do not draw
them into
counseling and
housing.
Lucks,
et al, hope to
put the
program into
place without
public comment
or support!!!
Send
your comments
to <Billrosendahl@aol.com>,
<cecilia.castillo@lacity.org>,
<Board@VeniceNC.org>
to stop the
Boardwalk
storage
program.
PLEASE
WRITE NOW!!
The Venice
Neighborhood
Council will
hear this
matter on
January 22nd.
Just
send a simple
message: No
Storage
lockers on the
beachfront
please...
Please also attend the VNC Board meeting Tuesday evening at 7 PM at Westminster School to oppose the storage locker program.
Thanks
for helping us
make Venice a
safer and
cleaner place
to live.
Mark
Ryavec
President
