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A motion passed Thursday to push forward with a feasibility study and identify funding for potential projects on the Westside. (Nicole Charky/Patch)
VENICE, CA The Los Angeles City Council Homelessness & Poverty Committee passed a motion Thursday morning to evaluate site feasibility and identify funding for potential projects at various Westside locations and help fight homelessness.
Several different interventions and projects were proposed by Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin, who represents District 11 and the communities of Venice, Mar Vista, Playa Vista, Westchester, Ladera, Del Rey, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades and West Los Angeles/Sawtelle.
Bonin has proposed to add more homeless shelters, including tiny homes and safe camping sites in areas such as Los Angeles International Airport, Marina del Rey and Pacific Palisades. He submitted a motion March 31, calling on the city to push to end homelessness and sidewalk encampments.
Where Did You Go To, My Lovely?
“We were going to the Old World to find a new rhythm to our lives.”
In his novel, Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald recounted the cheap rents, the fast women, and the boozy, jet-set parties that have immortalized the seaside resort town of Juan-les-Pins.
During the Jazz Age, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald made it their playground. As did others of the jet-set: Hemingway, Picasso, the Murphys, the Valentinos, and Cocteau.
Today, while the town continues to draw the moneyed-class, its former glory is in retreat, the grand mansions of old now dwarfed by ill-advised condo blocks.
Close the gas facility
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It’s time to close the Playa Del Rey gas storage facility. Here’s what officials must do next.
When a gas well at the Aliso Canyon underground storage facility exploded in the winter of 2015, it made news for the massive climate impact it created: irreversible emissions equivalent to burning nearly a billion gallons of gasoline enough to essentially wipe out a year of climate progress in one fell swoop. The human toll has continued to this day, years after the well has been repaired.
The disaster forced thousands of Los Angeles residents to evacuate their homes, many of whom suffered from headaches, nausea, nosebleeds, dizziness and stomach aches. Some Angelenos have alleged that benzene released from the poisonous gas wells caused cancer.
Is Cozumel The Next Stop on the Path of Progress?
It was a classic Mexico beach restaurant…
Palapas. Red plastic chairs and tables sinking in the sand. Lively Latin music in the background. Families and groups of friends at big tables laden with fried fish and cold beers. Plentiful hammocks if you want to take your relaxation to another level. The salty tang of the Caribbean coming off the spray of breaking waves filled the air.
I was on the island of Cozumel, about a 45-minute ferry ride off the shore of Playa del Carmen.
It was my first time visiting. The scene here reminded me of my first visit to Tulum back in 2004. A few rickety beach bars, empty white-sand beaches, and nothing much else.
Party Time in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
It’s party time again in Playa del Carmen.
Along famed 5th Avenue, there is a celebratory air among the throngs of people strolling along from morning ‘til late at night, looking for a place to eat, drink, and be merry.
They’re singing along with the rock bands…dancing on the tables at the nightclubs…and grooving to Latin rhythms…the music spilling into the streets.
The restaurants (and Playa has everything from steakhouses to tapas bars) are busy…the cafes packed in the mornings with those seeking a pick-me-up from the night before and digital nomads working diligently between lattes. The beach is full of vacationers laying out on loungers or soaking in the Caribbean…and area hotels solidly booked.