December 18, 2024 #1 Local News, Forum, Information and Event Source for Venice Beach, California.

Hundreds of Residents and Stakeholders Sign Letter Calling for Clean up of Venice Beach

The following is an open letter sent to Los Angeles city and county officials calling for urgent action to deal with the issue of homelessness and crime in the Venice Beach area.

Letter and signatories provided by Venice Paparazzi

Signatories

  1. Aaron Brooks, Venice
  2. Aaron Miles, Venice
  3. Abby Berman, Venice
  4. Adam Carter, Venice
  5. Adam Stern, Los Angeles
  6. Alan Joel, Beverly Hills
  7. Alessandra Alarcon, Venice
  8. Alex Stowell, Venice
  9. Alexandra Lamm, Venice
  10. Alix Gucovsky, Venice
  11. Amber Geores, Venice
  12. Andrea Boccaletti, Venice
  13. Andrea Lowden, Venice
  14. Andrew Bowman, Venice
  15. Angela Freytag, Venice
  16. Anke Lecher, Venice
  17. Ann Everest, Venice
  18. Anthony Yerkovich, Venice
  19. Anya Nayda, Venice
  20. Arnold Springer, Venice
  21. Arya Rahimian, Los Angeles
  22. Barseg Kouredijian, Venice
  23. Beach House Market, OFW,Venice
  24. Ben Nott , Venice
  25. Benjamin and Hellena Shahrabani , Venice
  26. Beronica Martin, Venice 
  27. Bert Fallon, Venice
  28. Beth Osisek, Ken Fink and family, Venice
  29. Bill Parr, Pacific Palisades
  30. BJ Farmer, Los Angeles
  31. Blue Glass, OFW Venice
  32. Blue Glass, OFW Venice
  33. Boardwalk Skate and Surf, Venice
  34. Bob Becker, Pacific Palisades
  35. Bob Benderson, Pacific Palisades
  36. Brain Sullivan, Venice
  37. Brenna Vincent, Venice 
  38. Brennan Lindner, Venice
  39. Brent Massman, Venice
  40. Brian Averill, Venice
  41. Brian Smith, Venice
  42. Brock Mayeux, Venice
  43. Cafe Venecia, OFW Venice
  44. Caitlin Penny, Venice 
  45. Cali Shore Store, OFW, Darick Breland
  46. Cali Shore Store, OFW, Darick Breland
  47. California Love ,OFW Venice
  48. Candle Cafe, Venice
  49. Cari Bjelajac, Venice
  50. Carlos Penny, Venice 
  51. Cassie Guarino, Venice
  52. Cathy Mason, Long Beach
  53. Cecily Tasker, Venice
  54. Chad Kushner, Venice
  55. Chante Hardesty, Venice
  56. Charles Rosin, Venice
  57. Charlie Deutsch, Venice
  58. Chris Berman, Venice
  59. Chris Plummer, Venice 
  60. Chris Towery, Venice
  61. Christina Tullock, Venice
  62. Christine Khalil, Venice
  63. Christopher Scharff, Venice
  64. CJ Cole, Venice
  65. Clarence “CC” Carter, Venice
  66. Claudia Aguirre, Venice 
  67. Clay Boss, Venice
  68. Colin Gibbens, Venice
  69. Common Sense Venice
  70. Concrete Images, Venice
  71. Connie Brooks, Venice
  72. Corey Hartnack, Venice
  73. Craig Enders, Venice
  74. Crystal Vibrations, OFW Venice
  75. Custom Style, OFW Venice
  76. Dan Bunting, Venice
  77. Daniel Ganon, Venice
  78. Daniel Samakow, Venice
  79. Daniel Spaust, Los Angeles
  80. Danielle Revelins, Venice
  81. Daryl Barnett, Venice
  82. David Frison, Venice Gymnastics Ambassador
  83. David Jones, Venice
  84. David Leroi, Venice
  85. David Twinn, Venice 
  86. David White, Venice
  87. Dayne Crellin, Venice
  88. Deborah Keaton, Venice 
  89. Deborah Pitt, Venice 
  90. Dennis Smith, Venice
  91. Diana Ho, Venice
  92. Donald Nachtwey, Venice
  93. Donna Lasman, Westchester
  94. Dorothy Mountain, Venice 
  95. Dr. Scott Mayers, The Lantern House, Venice
  96. Duncan Marshall, Venice 
  97. Durable Goods, Venice
  98. Durable Goods, Venice
  99. Dustin Brown, Venice
  100. Eden ipolla, Venice
  101. Edith Eliassen, Westchester
  102. Edizen Stowell, Venice 
  103. Egyptian Museum, OFW Venice
  104. Electrashock, Venice
  105. Eli and Mina Friedler, Venice
  106. Eli Holzman, Venice
  107. Elisabetta Perfetti, Santa Monica
  108. Eliska Makovicka, Westchester
  109. Elissa Marie Della Rocca, Venice
  110. Ellen Andersen, Venice
  111. Eric Fingleson, Venice 
  112. Eric Hartnack, Venice
  113. Eric Peterson, Venice
  114. Erick Street, Venice
  115. Erin Alatorre, Venice
  116. Eva Greene, Los Angeles
  117. Families First Venice
  118. Fernando Valdez, Venice
  119. Fig Tree Café, OFW Venice
  120. Fight Back Venice
  121. Francesca Padilla, Venice
  122. Frank Defurio, Venice
  123. Frederik Bond, Venice
  124. Friends of Venice Boardwalk
  125. Gary Panas, Venice 
  126. Gary Shafner, Venice
  127. George Francisco, Venice
  128. George Gross, Venice
  129. Gila Standring, Venice
  130. Gina Nigrell, Venice
  131. Grant and Abigail Myers, Venice
  132. Greg Orselli, Venice
  133. Gustavo Merizalde, Del Rey
  134. Hani Selim, Venice
  135. Heidi Roberts, Venice
  136. Helen Fallon, Venice
  137. Hotel Erwin, OFW Venice
  138. Iain Gayley, Venice
  139. Indigenous, OFW,Venice
  140. Ingrid Miles, Venice
  141. Ivan Victor, Venice
  142. Jack McDonald, Venice
  143. Jack V. Hoffmann , Venice
  144. Jacob Goode, Venice
  145. Jade Towery, Venice
  146. James Evans, Venice
  147. James Hong, Venice
  148. James Ryan Nichols, Venice
  149. Jamie Stern, Los Angeles
  150. Jana Stern, Los Angeles
  151. Jane Ireland, Venice 
  152. Janine Johnson, Venice
  153. Janine Negrin, Venice
  154. Jedd Thomas, Venice
  155. Jeff and Lacey Glass, Los Angeles
  156. Jeff Ward, Venice
  157. Jeffrey Kavin, Venice
  158. Jennifer Kitchen, Venice
  159. Jennifer Luke, Venice
  160. Jenny Bond, Venice
  161. Jesse Fisher, Venice
  162. Jesselle Farmer, Los Angeles
  163. Jian Yang, Venice
  164. Jim Bjelajac, Venice
  165. Jim Fishman, Venice
  166. Jim Robb, Venice
  167. Joan Horne, Venice
  168. Joanna Love, Venice
  169. John Baginski, Venice 
  170. John Betz, Venice
  171. John E. Carey, Los Angeles
  172. Johnny Chuchen, Venice
  173. Jorin Plummer, Venice
  174. Joy Mashaal, Venice
  175. Judy Esposito, Venice
  176. Julia Daddio, Venice
  177. Julien Barthe, Venice
  178. Kate Linden, Venice
  179. Kate Willson, Venice
  180. Katey Berman, Venice
  181. Kathleen Conner, Venice
  182. Kathryn Irwin, Venice
  183. Katie Miller, Venice
  184. Katy Downing, Venice
  185. Keith Bjelajac, Playa Del Rey
  186. Kent Seton, Venice
  187. Kevin Berman, Westchester
  188. Kevin Melendrez, Venice
  189. Kevin Root, Venice 
  190. KidsWorld, OFW Venice
  191. Kyle Stimpson, Venice
  192. Larry Hart, Venice
  193. Laura Street, Venice
  194. Lauren Fajkowski, Venice
  195. Lauren Minkina, Venice
  196. Lea Bond, Venice
  197. Lela Becker, Santa Monica
  198. Lenny Targon, Venice
  199. Liana Krupp, Venice
  200. Life’s Fashion, OFW,Venice
  201. Lila Victor, Venice
  202. Lily Nuss, Venice
  203. Linda Miller, Venice
  204. Lissa Ziranek, Venice
  205. Liz Black, Venice
  206. Lois Tartar, Venice
  207. Lori Christensen, Venice
  208. Louie Ryan, Venice
  209. Louise Rodrigues, Venice
  210. Maat Elman, Venice
  211. Maia Verano, Venice
  212. Marcie and Jeff Greene, Venice
  213. Marcus Elman, Venice
  214. Margie Lazarus White, Venice
  215. Mari Smith, Venice
  216. Maria Borgese, Venice
  217. Marianne Pogoler, Venice 
  218. Mark Lowe, Venice
  219. Mark Peters, Venice
  220. Mark Ryavec, Venice
  221. Mark Standring, Venice
  222. Mark Stern, Los Angeles
  223. Marlene Sadan, Safran Senior Housing, Venice
  224. Martin Murphy, Venice
  225. Mary Hruska, Mar Vista
  226. Mary O’Connor, Venice 
  227. Mathew Satuloff, Venice
  228. Matt Nuss, Venice
  229. Matt Stringfellow, Mar Vista
  230. Matthew Kabala, Venice
  231. Megan Kissinger, Venice
  232. Melina Girardi, Venice
  233. Melissa Alonso, Venice
  234. Melissa McGuire Flaherty, Venice
  235. Melissa Rose , Venice 
  236. Merysa Stern, Los Angeles
  237. Michael A. Lerner and Eleanor Suhr, Venice
  238. Michael Krupp, Venice
  239. Michael Olson, Manhattan Beach
  240. Michael Penfold, Venice
  241. Michelle Raven, Venice 
  242. Mike Koss, USA Handball, LA
  243. Mike Targon, Venice
  244. Mike Wixom, Venice
  245. Monica Danner, Long Beach
  246. Morago, OFW,Venice
  247. Myles Morgan, Venice
  248. Nancy Goodstein, Venice
  249. Nancy Wilding, Venice
  250. Natalie Bjelajac, Playa Del Rey
  251. Natasha Jacobs, Venice
  252. Native American World, OFW Venice
  253. Nell Copilow, Venice
  254. Nichol Carlson, Venice
  255. Nick Rivero, Venice
  256. Nicole Kwak, Rick Kwak and family, Venice
  257. Nihat Odabasi, Venice
  258. Nina Helfman, Venice
  259. Nuri Damji, Venice
  260. Ocean Front Tattoo, OFW Venice
  261. OneVenice
  262. Pamela Harbour, Venice
  263. Pamela Pine, Venice Beach Sk8dance
  264. Patrice Fishman, Venice 
  265. Patty Ross, Venice
  266. Paul Elman, Los Angeles
  267. Paula Mahan, Venice
  268. Penny Deihl, Venice
  269. Penny Negrin, Pacific Palisades
  270. Pete Walker, Venice
  271. Peter Carpenter, Venice
  272. Phil Tasker, Venice
  273. Philip Folsom, Venice
  274. Phillip Pickard, Venice
  275. Phone Store, OFW Venice
  276. Pizza Pizza, OFW Venice
  277. Poseidon Properties, Venice
  278. Rachael Shapiro, Venice
  279. Rachel Davis, Venice
  280. Ralph Ziman, Venice
  281. Ramirez Accessories, OFW,Venice
  282. Richard Reinach, Venice
  283. Rob Ellis, Venice
  284. Rob Saliomanas, Venice 
  285. Robert McKeon, Venice
  286. Robert Shevlin, Venice
  287. Robin Meili, Venice
  288. Robin Murez, Venice
  289. Robin Rudisill, Venice
  290. Rodeo Show, Venice
  291. Ron Slenzak, Venice
  292. Rosalie E. Olson, Manhattan Beach
  293. Rose and Andre Ohland, Venice
  294. Rosina Lardieri, Venice
  295. Russ Hann, Venice
  296. Ruth Hasty, Venice
  297. Ryan Becker, Santa Monica
  298. Ryan Everest, Venice
  299. Ryan Ragoza, Venice
  300. Sadrudin Damji, Venice
  301. Sam Diephuis, Venice
  302. Sam Prker, Venice
  303. Samantha Guerreiro, Venice
  304. Sandor Stern, Los Angeles
  305. Sandra Berens, Venice
  306. Sandra Clark, Venice 
  307. Sarah Becker, Santa Monica
  308. Sarah Pasquin, Venice
  309. Scott Carver, Venice
  310. Scott Spector, Venice
  311. Sergio Pacheco Garcia, Venice
  312. Sessely McDaniel, Venice
  313. Shaun Tucker, Venice
  314. Shawn Stern, Venice
  315. Sheryl  Aubrey, Venice
  316. Shoshana Maler, Venice
  317. Sidewalk Café, OFW Venice
  318. Sidney Copilow, Venice
  319. Sinisha Nisevic, Venice
  320. Small World Books, OFW Venice
  321. Sneakersnstuff, OFW Venice
  322. Sophie Hertz, Venice
  323. Sophie Levy, Venice
  324. Spike and Rebecca Beck, Venice
  325. Stacy Fong, Venice
  326. Starbucks ,OFW Venice
  327. Stephanie McCartney, Venice
  328. Stephanie Stephens, Venice
  329. Steve Cedrone, Culver City
  330. Steve Sanders, Venice
  331. Steven Friedman, Santa Monica
  332. Sue Kohl, Pacific Palisades
  333. Sunlight Sunglasses, OFW Venice
  334. Susan Frost, Venice
  335. Susan Han, Venice
  336. Tanya Folsom, Venice
  337. Team Venice
  338. Thanh Tran, Venice
  339. Thelma Mericle, Venice 
  340. Thomas and Madeleine Leighton, Venice
  341. Thomas Neary, Venice
  342. Titanic Boutique, OFW Venice
  343. Todd Huber, Long Beach
  344. Ton Williams, Venice
  345. Tony Bill, Venice
  346. Tony Dudman, Venice
  347. Traci Park, Venice
  348. Tracy Carpenter, Venice
  349. Tracy Scruggs , Venice
  350. Trio, Venice
  351. Trisja Malisoff, Venice
  352. Ursula Collison, Venice
  353. Venice Beach Merchants Assoc, Michael Folkert
  354. Venice Boardwalk Action Committee
  355. Venice Chamber of Commerce
  356. Venice Electric Light Parade
  357. Venice Paparazzi, OFW Venice
  358. Venice Skateboarding, Venice
  359. Venice Stakeholders Association
  360. Venice Surf-a-Thon
  361. Vicki Halliday, Venice
  362. Victoria Godfrey, Venice
  363. Virginia and Mike Albanese, Venice 
  364. Vladimir Kulich, Venice
  365. Wael Khalil, Venice
  366. William Mahan, Venice
  367. Zach Pritchett, Mar Vista
  368. Zelda Lambrecht, Venice
  369. Zoe Pritchett, Mar Vista
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