Bonnie Neely, Chair & California Coastal Commission Staff
Board of Supervisors 200
Oceangate, 10th Floor
825 Fifth Street, Room 111 Long Beach, California 90802
Eureka, CA 95501 45
Fremont St., Suite 2000
(707) 476-2394 San
Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Neely, Commissioners, and Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative solutions
that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent streets and
criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Steve Blank, California
Coastal Commissioner & California Coastal Commission Staff
45 Fremont St. Suite 2000 200
Oceangate, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105 Long
Beach, California 90802
(415) 904-5200
Dear Commissioner Blank and
Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the Coastal
Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Sara Wan, California Coastal
Commissioner & California Coastal Commission Staff
22350 Carbon Mesa Road 200
Oceangate, 10th Floor
Malibu, CA 90265 Long
Beach, California 90802
(415) 904-5200 45
Fremont St., Suite 2000
San
Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Wan and
Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Steven Kram, California Coastal Commissioner & California Coastal Commission Staff
45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000 200 Oceangate, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105 Long Beach, California 90802
(415) 904-5200
Dear Commissioner Kram and
Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Mary K Shallenberger, California Coastal Commissioner & Coastal Commission Staff
45 Fremont St., Suite 2000 200 Oceangate, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105 Long Beach, California 90802
(415) 904-5200 45 Fremont St., Suite 2000
San
Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Shallenberger
and Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Patrick Kruer, California Coastal Commissioner & California Coastal Commission Staff
The Monarch Group 200
Oceangate, 10th Floor
7727 Herschel Ave. Long
Beach, California 90802
La Jolla, California 92037 45 Fremont St., Suite 2000
(858) 551-4390 San Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Kruer and Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Ross Mirkarimi, Supervisor & California Coastal Commission Staff
City and County of San Francisco 200
Oceangate, 10th Floor
City Hall Long Beach, California 90802
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 282 45
Fremont St., Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94102 San
Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 554-7630
Dear Commissioner Mirkarimi and Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Dave Potter, Supervisor & California Coastal Commission Staff
County of Monterey, District 5 200
Oceangate, 10th Floor
1200 Aguajito Road, Suite 001 Long Beach, California 90802
Monterey, CA 93940 45
Fremont St., Suite 2000
(831) 647-7755 San
Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Potter and Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Khatchik Achadjian & California Coastal Commission Staff
Board of Supervisors 200 Oceangate, 10th Floor
1055 Monterey Street, Room D-430 Long Beach, California 90802
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 45
Fremont St., Suite 2000
(805) 781-4337 San
Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Achadjian and Coastal Commissioner Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Larry Clark, Mayor & California
Coastal Commission Staff
City of Rancho Palos Verdes City
Hall 200 Oceangate, 10th Floor
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Long Beach, California 90802
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 45
Fremont St., Suite 2000
(310) 544-5207 San
Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Clark and Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Ben Hueso & California Coastal Commission Staff
City Administration Building 200 Oceangate, 10th Floor
202 C Street 10-A Long Beach, California 90802
San Diego, CA 92101 45
Fremont St., Suite 2000
(619) 236-6688 San
Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Hueso and Coastal Commission Staff
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit
Parking Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal
Zone in the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the
disabled, the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,
Dr. William Burke, Vice Chair & California Coastal Commission Staff
11110 West Ohio Ave. 200 Oceangate, 10th Floor
Suite 100 Long Beach, California 90802
Los Angeles, CA 90025 45
Fremont St., Suite 2000
San
Francisco, CA 94105
Dear Commissioner Burke and Coastal Commission Staff,
I urge you to deny the City
of Los Angeles Coastal Development Permit Application to establish Overnight
Parking Districts (OPDs) in Venice, because this permit parking system will
deny residents and visitors access to the coastal zone.
These Overnight Permit Parking
Districts will soon restrict parking in virtually all of the Coastal Zone in
the Venice area. They will create a hardship to the low-income, the disabled,
the elderly, and the homeless residents of this coastal area. These
specifically are OPD 520, 521, 522, 523 and 526, which cover most of the
Coastal Zone in Venice.
I understand that Councilman
Rosendahl has submitted that only those blocks with 66% support will get the
OPDs, but no objective organization will manage this. The council office is in
favor of the OPDs and previous percentages quoted for blocks in favor of OPDs
have been proven wrong. By Law the OPDs
are installed at the whim of the City Councilperson.
By creating a permit parking
system that disabled people are non-exempt from and that is enforced only for
the hours between 2AM to 6AM nightly – it
effectively removes homeless people living in vehicles from the area. In
fact, that is the intent of this law. This is inhumane, because Venice provides
life sustaining services second only to Skid Row. The Venice Family Clinic,
which is in the Venice Coastal Zone on Rose Ave is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of the
regular patients of the Venice Family Clinic are homeless people who live in
the area!
The Venice Clinic is but one
of the many life essential services being provided in Venice to low income and
homeless people. These are the people who these OPDs will disproportionately
affect. There are also families living
in Venice that have been here for generations and who have large families that
simply cannot afford these permits.
Also, I understand that there
has been some parking spaces provided to off-set the loss of parking resulting
in the permit parking, but the city certainly can not afford to hire greeters
that can give maps and directions to those who happen to visit this world
famous destination at night and need to find those few free designated parking
places. OPDs will interfere with the public’s right of access to the sea and
prevent people from enjoying walking, fishing, surfing and simply star gazing
and solitude. (Govt. Code 30211).
There are other creative
solutions that preserve human rights and do not privatize our beach adjacent
streets and criminalize those who are facing hard times.
Very truly yours,