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LA Times Misses Mark - By a Mile - About RVs in Venice

by Peggy Lee Kennedy Thursday, May. 28, 2009 at 6:43 PM
justicecommittee@fastmail.fm

Once again the LA Times misses the mark - big time - regarding the Venice RV situation

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The LA Times ran a story dated May, 27, 2009 by Martha Groves ( http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-venice27-2009may27,0,4140194.story ) with a picture of a group of RVs parked on 7th Street in Venice. Except the RVs were cleared off 7th Street on Memorial Day, May 25, by LAPD Officers Skinner and Thusing along with the tow trucks they rode in with.

The next evening after Memorial Day, a vigilante broke out the back window of an RV belonging to a disabled woman, who happens to be the widow of a recently deceased veteran. She claims that she is the victim of a hate crime.

The LA Times keeps quoting people who are calling the RVs a nuisance and telling nasty stories about people like this woman. This, along with anti-vagrant laws, such as the OPD law, and law enforcement may be helping to inspire the hate behind this kind of vigilante activity. (see Southern Poverty Law Center: Hating The Homeless http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=1393 )

According to the May 27 LA Times article, Councilman Rosendahl is “studying programs in Santa Barbara and Eugene, Ore., that have designated overnight parking lots for RV dwellers.” It looks more like the city is busy relocating homeless people in RVs via tow trucks and police impound, which is a costly road that can lead many people straight to the sidewalk. The so-called proposed solutions for RV dwellers are a ruse if there is nowhere reasonable for them to park and their dwellings are getting towed away – especially if they cannot come up with the impound ransom to get their homes back.

Venice still has some progressive people that oppose criminalization and Venice still has low-income people living here that will be disproportionally affected by the pending OPD permit parking being heard at the Coastal Commission meeting June 11. Too bad the mainstream press or the local government does not represent them/us.

It is not only homeless people living in vehicles that will get hurt by the OPDs (Overnight Permit Parking Districts). But they will be hurt. Venice is home to the Venice Family (Free) Clinic, which is one of the largest free clinics in the country and 16% of their clients are local homeless people. We have food providers every day of the week such as St Joseph's, our Peace with Justice Pantry, the Mildred Cursh Foundation, and others. There are critical, life essential reasons poor and homeless people are in Venice.

The LA Times and Martha Groves is only helping the pro-OPD people who are working to remove poor people and socially-economically cleanse our beach town. See Free Venice Beachhead May 2009 story “Whats Behind The Push For OPDs” ( http://freevenicebeachhead.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/what%E2%80%99s-behind-the-push-for-opds/ ) for some history on the people and the OPDs. Furthermore, by continually quoting the people who say nasty things about homeless people in her articles, Ms Groves may be helping to inspire and spread more hate, which is known to lead to hate activity. Hate is not what the world needs now.
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Vigilante Broke RV Window

by Peggy Lee Kennedy Thursday, May. 28, 2009 at 6:43 PM
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Vigilante Broke RV Window

by Peggy Lee Kennedy Thursday, May. 28, 2009 at 6:43 PM
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Vigilante Broke RV W...
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Shame on Anti-Venetian Carpet Baggers Another WorldView Is Possible Sunday, May. 31, 2009 at 4:02 PM
parking for homeless only? mike Tuesday, Jun. 02, 2009 at 4:09 PM
I Do Not Agree With Violence Peggy Lee Kennedy Wednesday, Jun. 03, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Squatter is what is wrong with humans Venusian Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Peggy Lee Kennedy and Calvin Moss and The Venice Justice Committee Are REAL Heroes David Busch Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Peggy Lee Kennedy and Calvin Moss and The Venice Justice Committee Are REAL Heroes David Busch Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Heroes? NOT. They only want to look like they never make a profit from their acts ? huh? unsquattinger Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Justice Committee / Venice Food not Bombs Calvin Wednesday, Aug. 05, 2009 at 7:41 PM
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