December 6 will go down as a Day of Infamy in Venice. Today, like Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a sneak attack was launched on tenants at Lincoln Place by corporate owner, AIMCO, in collusion with the L.A. Sheriffs Dept.
Sheriffs and Marshals knocked on 52 doors, beginning at 8am, and gave residents only two minutes to get out of their apartments. New locks were placed on doors and windows were screwed down. Some elderly tenants forgot their medications, including one who left her insulin shots behind.
AIMCO and the Sheriffs used the roof top parking lot of neighboring Staples as their command center. The Staples manager denied any knowledge of their presences until informed by a Beachhead reporter.
Tenants and supporters gathered at Elkgrove Avenue and Lake Street with picket signs. L.A. City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl visited the gathering, but was unable to do anything to reverse the evictions. Some vowed a 24-hour vigil until the evictions are lifted.
A tent city for those unable to find a place to stay has been set up
at the Lincoln Place Tent City at Frederick and California Streets in Venice, adjoining Lincoln Place Apartments, 1/2 block east of Lincoln Blvd next to Ross Dress For Less. You can see it from Lincoln Blvd.
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Support Lincoln Place evicted tenants - Friday night
by Jim Smith
AUDIO:
Interviews with Lincoln Place evicted tenants and their supporters.
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Tent City, Lincoln Place / /
Pot Luck for Evicted Tenants Tonight at 7:00 pm / /
AUDIO 2:
Interview with a Tenant Evicted from Lincoln Place
AUDIO:
Lincoln Place Evictions. An interview with tenant’s rights activist, Jim Smith
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FULL REPORT:
Lincoln Place residents evicted with two-minutes warning
by Jim Smith / / PHOTOS:
Eviction
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LINKS:
Lincoln Place
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Free Venice
52 families were put on the streets at Lincoln Place Apartments in Venice by Sheriffs and Marshals