Venice Neighborhood Council
neighborhood council
PO Box 550, Venice, CA 90294 / www.VeniceNC.org
Email: info@VeniceNC.org / Phone or Fax: 310.606.2015
October 16, 2015
Mayor Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles City Hall
200 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Council Member Mike Bonin
Room 475
Los Angeles City Hall
200 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
RE:
Support for Opening Winter Shelter Early
Dear Mayor Garcetti and Councilmember Bonin:
This will advise that at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Venice
Neighborhood Council’s (VNC) Board of Officers on September 15, it was moved
and passed by the Venice Neighborhood Council as follows:
MOTION:
The VNC urges Mayor Garcetti and Councilmember Bonin open the
Winter Shelter(S) early this year due to the 12% increase in
homelessness, the severe loss of affordable housing and predicted El
Niño storms.
Under the previous Mayor and Councilman Rosendahl, the WLA Armory
was opened 6 weeks earlier than the scheduled 11/1 opening at a cost of
$110,000. $20,000 was provided by The CM and $90,000 by the Mayor's
office.
Further, the VNC urges the Mayor to recruit all areas of the City to open
shelters early.
ACTION: Motion made by Marc Saltzberg, seconded by Joe Murphy. Motion
approved 12-0-1.
It's YOUR Venice - get involved!
Venice Neighborhood Council
neighborhood council
PO Box 550, Venice, CA 90294 / www.VeniceNC.org
Email: info@VeniceNC.org / Phone or Fax: 310.606.2015
Sincerely,
Mike Newhouse
President,
Venice Neighborhood Council
Cc:
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: mayor.garcetti@lacity.org
Council District 11
Council Member Mike Bonin: mike.bonin@lacity.org
Field Deputy – Del Rey & Venice, Jesus Orozco, jesus.d.orozco@lacity.org
Venice Neighborhood Council:
Venice Neighborhood Council, board@venicenc.org
It's YOUR Venice - get involved!