Resolution Calling for the City of Los Angeles to Conclude the Jones Settlement and Return

Resolution Calling for the City of Los Angeles to Conclude the Jones Settlement and Return to Enforcement of the “No sitting, lying or sleeping on a sidewalk” Ordinance (LAMC 41.18 (d)) within 300 Feet of a Residentially Zoned Property

Whereas, the current City practice of allowing encampments of transients to exist right next to residences is intolerable and uncivilized, depriving residents of sleep, free use of sidewalks and a zone of safety and quiet next to their homes, and

Whereas, individuals in these encampments frequently trespass on the property of nearby residents, to defecate and urinate, to engage in theft and vandalism and burglary, or to store their possessions; and

Whereas, tents allowed in such encampments routinely entirely block sidewalks and violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and force both the able and disabled into the street to pass; and

Whereas, the City fails to enforce the requirement that no tent be erected before 9 PM and all tents be dissembled by 6 AM; and

Whereas, the City fails to enforce the existing bar on sitting, lying or sleeping between 6 AM and 9 PM; and

Whereas, the City fails to enforce LAMC 56.11 banning bulky items, attachments to fences and walls, and limiting possessions stored on sidewalks to that which can be contained in a 60 gallon City trash receptacle; and

Whereas, encampments are breeding grounds for disease, rats and insects and produce tons of trash which in Venice is driven in the rainy season directly to storm drains and then into Santa Monica Bay; and

Whereas, LAMC 41.18 is still in effect and the only impediment to its enforcement is the 2007 Jones Settlement, in which the City agreed in a civil lawsuit to refrain from enforcing 41.18 until it had built or caused to be built 1,250 units of permanent, supportive housing; and

Whereas, the Los Angeles Housing Community Investment Department produced a report in early 2015 that anticipated that the City would meet the requirements of the Jones Settlement by October of 2015; and

Whereas, eight months have elapsed since October of 2015 and it can be reasonably assumed that the City has now more than met the target of 1,250 units of permanent, supportive housing; and

Whereas, Captain Nicole Alberca, Commander of the LAPD Pacific Division, has recently stated that officers who are making daily contacts with campers in Venice report an increase in out of state youth 18-26 years of age, both males and females, who refer to themselves as "drifters" or "travelers" and do not see themselves as homeless and as such, they have not accepted outreach for housing placement; and

Whereas, Tim Pardue, the former director of the Teen Project P.A.D. on Market Street, has reported that approximately 70 percent of their 16-24 year old clients are from out-of- state; now

Therefore, be it resolved that the Venice Neighborhood Council calls upon Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and the Housing Community Investment Department to immediately present to the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, a list of the permanent, supportive units built over the last nine years in satisfaction of the settlement and that the City Attorney petition for the settlement to be declared satisfied and null and void; and

Be it further resolved that the Venice Neighborhood Council calls upon the Councilman Mike Bonin, the Los Angeles City Council and Mayor Eric Garcetti to immediately amend LAMC 56.11 (the ordinance limiting storage on sidewalks) to bar any storage of personal possessions (other than a bicycle for 24 hours or less) on a sidewalk, parkway, alley or street within 300 feet of any residentially zoned property for more than one hour; and

Be it further resolved that upon the vacation of the Jones Settlement the Venice Neighborhood Council calls upon the Los Angeles Police Department to begin warning anyone sitting, lying or sleeping within 300 feet of a residentially zoned property that they are in violation of LAMC 41.18; and

Be it further resolved that the Venice Neighborhood Council calls upon Councilman Mike Bonin and Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (or social agencies acting on their behalf) to offer shelter beds, shared housing, Section 8 housing, transitional housing or transportation to safe family members at the same time and in conjunction with the LAMC 41.18 warnings by the LAPD; and

Be it further resolved that in instances when an individual acting in violation of LAMC 41.18 refuses to either leave the area within 300 feet of residences, or to accept housing or transportation to a safe family member, the Venice Neighborhood Council calls upon Los Angeles Police Department to cite the individual for violating LAMC 41.18 and if future violations occur, to secure a stay-away order to prevent that individual from returning to camp out in Venice.

Submitted to the Venice Neighborhood Council by:

Mark Ryavec, 1615 Andalusia Avenue

Ed and Faith Barger, 327 Windward Avenue

Stewart and Christina Oscars, 810 Angelus Place

Nikoletta Skarlatos, 320 4th Avenue #3

Tore Knos, 334 4th Avenue

Tomas Fuller and Bill Kelly, 200/202 3rd Avenue

John Vester, 220 Grand Blvd.

Gary Harris, 1909 Ocean Front Walk #4

Patricia Snyder, 34 Paloma Avenue

Ron Kramer, 1811 Ocean Front Walk

Jason Tong, 1915 Ocean Front Walk

Michael L. Betti and Michael H. Betti, 918 Nowita Place

Dennis and Marcia Brager, 122 Pacific Avenue

Brandon Guthrie, 347 6th Avenue

Jeff Guthrie, 321 6th Avenue

Joseph and Barbara Folender, 2515 Ocean Front Walk

Ray Maiello, 431 Grand Blvd.

Kim Vignola, 433 Grand Blvd.

Merry Tigar and Sara White, 227 Windward Avenue

Gerald Selvo, 720 Nowita Place

Dallas and Jennifer Lucas, 16 Park Avenue

Megan Halicek, 1909 Ocean Front Walk, Apt. 1

Meredith Siler, 1909 Ocean Front Walk, Apt. 1

Lynn and Ed Lieberman, 107 Ocean Front Walk

Arthur and Rini Kraus, 117 Ocean Front Walk

Peter Nott, 670 Broadway, Apt. 4

David and Jennifer Ritch, 418 Rialto Avenue

Marie Hammond, 214 Dimmick Avenue

Scot Kramarich and Celeste Chada, 233 Bernard Avenue

Rick and Sharon Swinger, 307 Rose Avenue

Simon Watts and Grace Lee, 419 Grand Blvd.

Maryann and Tony Muscarelli, 424 Rialto Avenue

Angela and Jeff McGregor, 3107 Thatcher Avenue

Easton Herd, 911 Superba Avenue

Leah Forester, 11 Navy Street

Bill Johnson, 109 Ocean Front Walk

Bonnie and Bud Felix, 2604 Grand Canal

Natasha and James Watson, 908 Vernon Avenue

Johanna Belson and Elisabetta Mauri, 2206 Glencoe Avenue

Jenny and Andrew Carrillo, 1147 Indiana Avenue

Krissy Sorensen and Miranda Clemmons, 1141 Indiana Avenue

Julie Milligan, 3019 Third Street # 301

Tom Chou and Maria R. D'Orsogna, 333 1/2 Fifth Avenue

Steven Mandzik and Amy Senger, 333 Fifth Avenue

Christopher and Christine Lee Rosen, 560 Broadway Street

Norman Ollestad, 243 Windward Avenue

Kevin Anderson, 436 Altair Place

Rachel Haro Plasencia, 41 19th Avenue

Rachel Linda Plasencia and Steven Ruedaflores, 814 Flower Avenue

Claudia and Gian Luca Trevisan, 2015 Glyndon Avenue

Lusia Boryczko and Mark Share, 924 Nowita Place

Corey and Dominique Campodonico, 627 Palms Blvd.

Rachael Babcock, 2808 Strongs Drive

Barbara Granson, 338 4th Street

Russ Cletta, 541 Rialto Avenue

Harry Gunderson, 530 Rialto Avenue

Stefanie and Leigh Holmes, 631 Sunset Avenue

Yana and Ilan Dei, 349 6th Avenue

Vivian Cole, 255 Main Street, #107

Roger Byrne, 307 1/2 Rose Avenue

Judy Wyluda, 817 Dickson Street

Darin Morris, 509 Grand Blvd.

Patricia Snyder, 34 Paloma Avenue

Patrizia Paiar, 629 Flower Ave., # 2

Susan Beckman, 466 1/2 So. Venice Blvd.

Joe Bates, 210 Dimmick Avenue

Manuel and Cheri Katz, 1221 Cabrillo Avenue

Alice Mills and Patrick Costello, 812 6th Avenue

Alejandra Frias, 1904 Pacific Avenue

Lynn and Rita Silverman, 229 Howland Canal

Jay Silverman, 218 Linnie Canal

Gregory De Saint-Aignan, 1601 Shell Avenue

Steffan Fantini, 230 Linnie Canal

Marc and Holly Fantini, 230 1/2 Linnie Canal

Drs. Susan and Marty Mach, 226 Linnie Canal

Julie Tsao and Martin Pearson, 925 Palms Blvd.

Marianne and Daniel Liggett, 704 Flower Avenue

Steve Wood, 1053 Nowita Place

Craig Anthony, 253 3rd Avenue

Brandon Blattner, 332 4th Avenue

Bruce Campbell and Amy Campbell, 532 San Juan Avenue

Deana Rae, 23 19th Avenue, #6

Marc Weinstock, 330 4th Avenue - Unit A

Samantha Ouellette, 330 4th Avenue - Unit B

Agnes and George Ivanovics, 329 5th Avenue
David Schwartzman, 225 Windward Avenue

Matthew Levy, 815 Coeur D’Alene

Lupe, Enrique and Daniel Loza, 402 7th Avenue

Kathryn Wathen, 504 Venice Way

Marianna Tuchscherer, 1201 Riviera Avenue

Lauren Siegel, 1521 Cabrillo Avenue

Sheri Magid, 3846 Via Dolce

Lisa Lubchansky, 41 30th Avenue

Katinka and Peter Selesnick, 1803 Andalusia Avenue

Chris Berger, 241 Windward Avenue

Deepa Lani and Peter McNulty, 648 Santa Clara Avenue

Nilda Cruz, 2503 Ocean Front Walk

Kirk Bernard, 2917 Ocean Front Walk