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  • LEGAL ACTION: EVENTS FOR MARCH 2007

    Group E tenants: Court hearing for Motion in Limine
    Malibu, CA
    March 22, 2007

    For Group E, the next court hearing will be March 22 in Malibu for the Motion in Limine (an attempt by AIMCO to exclude important evidence from the jury trial). Judge Sarmiento will also at that time set the trial date. Attendance by tenants is optional.

Group A, B, and C tenants: Responding and Reply Briefs
March 5 and 19, 2007

Responding Briefs are due March 5 and our Reply briefs are due March 19. After the briefing schedule is completed, we will be scheduled for an oral hearing date, probably in April or May.

Marlin v. AIMCO hearing
March 8, 2007

 

CEQA Responding Briefs
March 15, 2007

The Responding Briefs for the CEQA case are due March 15, with our Reply Brief due two weeks thereafter.

 

  • LPTA meeting
    Penmar Park, Venice, CA
    Sunday, March 4, 2007
    9:30 a.m. to noon

Meeting starts promptly at 10 a.m., followed by fellowship and sharing.

In addition, you are also welcomed to attend weekly gatherings at Sheila Bernard's home, every Wednesday from noon to 1:30 p.m., 1004 Doreen Place #2, Venice, CA.

 

  • Trial for Group E tenants (continued)
    Santa Monica Courthouse, Dept. B
    Wednesday, January 10, 2007
    8:30 a.m.
  • Trial for Group E tenants (day 1)
    Santa Monica Courthouse, Dept. B
    Tuesday, January 9, 2007
    8:30 a.m.
  • Hearing on Pretrial Motions
    Santa Monica Courthouse, Dept. B
    Monday, January 8, 2007
    8:30 a.m.
  • LPTA Meeting at Penmar Park
    Sunday, January 7, 2006
    9:30 a.m. to noon

    Next regular LPTA meeting at Penmar Park.  We will be joined by Councilman Bill Rosendahl.
  • Tent City on hiatus for Winter; periodic meetings at Sheila Bernard's apartment

    Tent City located at the corner of California and Frederick will be on hiatus for the holiday season due to the winter weather. We will let you know when gatherings at this location will begin again. Meanwhile we will move Tent City indoors with periodic meetings at Sheila Bernard's apartment located at 1004 Doreen St., #2.

Next Tent City meeting: Wednesday, December 13, noon to 1:30 p.m. at Sheila Bernard's apartment.

  • L.A. Planning Commission Hearing
    City Hall, Room 1010
    200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles
    Thursday, December 14
    3:00 p.m.

     Planning Commission will discuss proposed legislation on condo conversions and demolitions. We are urged by Larry Gross of CES to attend.

    The proposals coming before the City Council and Planning Commission include:

    -- Determining the implemention of the vacancy rate provision on condo conversions to allow for denial of a tract map approval when the vacancy rate is below 5%

    -- Placing an annual cap on condo conversions of 734 units, based on the average number of conversions over the last 5 years

    -- Raising relocation assistance to $4,575 and $12,615 for tenants who are seniors, disabled or have dependent children

    -- Providing tenants facing eviction with a Relocation Assistance Provider, paid for by the landlord, who would provide lists of vacant units, drive tenants who need it to view vacant units and hire an ambulance to assist disabled tenants looking at new housing

    -- Providing relocation payment for tenants who voluntarily move from a unit proposed for condo conversion

    -- Raising the Rental Housing Production fee for condo from $500 to $1,492 per unit.

    The key issues that appear to still present a problem:

    -- There is no proposal dealing with restricting demolitions or small lot conversions. We understand that the City Attorney will present options on December 19, but we don't know what they are at this time

    -- There are still questions on how the cumulative effect on the rental housing of part of the condo vacancy rate provision will be implemented

    -- The condo conversion cap is too high. It is based on the conversion average over the last 5 years when conversion was highest. Thus, they are proposing the number the has provided our crisis and setting it as the standard

    -- While the Relocation assistance is higher, which clearly is better, it should be higher. It still doesn't cover the impact on tenants finding new affordable housing

    -- The Rental Housing Production Fee is way too low. Other cities base it on formulas tied to rents, sales price, value, etc. For example, South San Francisco has a minimum fee of $5,000 per unit.
  • Hearing at Santa Monica Courthouse, Dept. B
    1725 Main Street between Pico Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
    Monday, December 4
    2:30 PM

    Everyone is welcomed to come to the hearing on Monday, December 4 at 2:30 PM in Dept. B at the Santa Monica Courthouse. As you recall, on November 1, Judge Collins denied AIMCO's Motion for Summary Judgment, thus allowing 13 cases of Group E to have their trial. However, AIMCO doesn't want us to have a trial and they filed a Motion for Reconsideration, claiming that they have "new or different facts, circumstances or law" which should be considered which would cause the judge to change her decision.

    At the heart of the matter is whether the March 20, 2006 meeting at Diane Akins' house with other LP tenants was part of the settlement negotiations which began on April 13 or just a "design inquiry" conducted by Patti Shwayder and their architect, David Tryba. We are optimistic that the judge will not change her ruling (which denied AIMCO's Motion for Summary Judgment) because even if AIMCO produced "new or different facts, circumstances or law", AIMCO's attorney failed to raise an evidentiary objection, both in their papers and during oral argument, which is required by statute.

    If Judge Collins does not change her decision, then a trial date will be set for 13 of the 14 households still living at Lincoln Place. If Judge Collins does change her decision and grant AIMCO their Motion for Summary Judgment, then this group of cases will not proceed to trial and a Judgment will be granted in favor of AIMCO. More about this after Monday's hearing.

  • LPTA Meeting in the Park
    Penmar Park, Venice, CA
    9:30 to 12 noon

    We will begin our meeting promptly at 10 and will conclude with fellowship. Please come early. Everyone is welcome.
  • L.A. City Council meeting
    City Hall, 200 N. Spring St.
    Council Chambers, Room 340
    Tuesday, November 14, 10 a.m.

    L.A. Councilmember Herb Wesson's Motion to have a report prepared within 45 days regarding implementing an L.A. municipal law which has been around for years but was not being enforced by the City Planning Department.

    We believe this is just another delay tactic that Wesson is using. We also believe that demolition of rental units for condos should also be halted if the vacancy rate is below 5% (which it is) in a Planning Area and the cumulative effect of the loss of that rental housing is significant.

    Please come out and add your voice. Below is a message from Larry Gross reminding us of this important opportunity to get the City Council to act now to stop the loss of rental units affordable to the middle class.

    MESSAGE FROM LARRY GROSS:

    Tuesday, November 14, starting at 10 a.m., at the L.A. City Council meeting, the following motion is listed as Agenda Item #52:

    06-1772-S1
    CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (WESSON - REYES - ROSENDAHL) relative to the enforcement of Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.95.2(F)(6) with regard to the denial of a condominium conversion based upon the Vacancy Rate and the cumulative effect on the rental housing market in a Planning Area.

    Recommendations for Council action:

    1. INSTRUCT the Planning Department, with assistance from the City Attorney, to report within 45 days with a plan to implement LAMC Section 12.95.2(F)(6) with regard to the Vacancy Rate and the cumulative effect of the rental housing market in a Planning Area, including procedures to be implemented during the application of a tentative map or preliminary parcel map, information to be included in an Advisory Agency staff report, and the standard of significance that should be required for denial by the Advisory Agency.

    2. INSTRUCT the Planning Department report to the Housing, Community, and Economic Development Committee and the Planning and Land Use Management Committee within 45 days on the Vacancy Rates for each Planning Area over the last 2 years by fiscal quarter.

    This is the motion Wesson introduced in response to tenant and advocate testimony and Garcetti's drilling of the City Attorney. It's something we advocated for, but don't believe it needs 45 days for a report back. It's current law and should be implemented immediately. Actually, the City Attorney had told the Planning Dept this and the Planning Dept is supposedly in the process of implementing it.

    Those testifying should state this and urge that it be extended to also cover housing demolitions.

    LARRY GROSS
    Executive Director
    COALITION for ECONOMIC SURVIVAL  (CES)
    514 Shatto Place, Suite 270

 

 

  • New LPTA meeting schedule

    We are now having once-a-month LPTA meetings at Penmar Park. Our next Sunday meeting will be on December 3, 2006 from 9:30 to 12 noon.

    However, this week we started a weekly Wednesday gathering at Tent City (corner of California and Frederick) between 12 noon to 1:30.  Since we are no longer having the weekly Sunday meetings, it was decided that having a weekly Wednesday meeting would provide the current and former tenants, as well as the community, an opportunity to catch-up on the news and share some fellowship. Sheila Bernard and Carol Beck, among others will be attending regularly. Everyone is welcome.

    Thanksgiving will soon be here, and we wish you and your loved ones a time of joy and reflection.

    We miss all of you and still dream of a time when Lincoln Place will once again be full of happy voices and the apartments are filled with people who appreciate and love living in our community known as Lincoln Place.
  • City Council Housing, Community Economic Development Committee Hearing
    Los Angeles City Hall, Rm. 1010
    200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles
    October 31, 2006
    8:30 a.m.

Support a moratorium on condo conversions and housing demolition!
Save affordable housing! Prevent more evictions!

Attend and testify at the City Council Housing, Community Economic Development Committee Hearing.

The Housing Dept will be reporting back to the City Council HCED Committee on the various Herb Wesson Condo/Demolition Motions.

We need a large turnout. People are urged to testify that none of these motions address the real problem of housing loss and displacement and that we still need a moratorium on condo conversions and demolitions to enable time to develop real meaningful ordinances to restrict conversions, demolitions and evictions.

We must urge that, at the minimum, they take immediate action to schedule Councilmember Bill Rosendahl's moratorium motion for Council District 11 for the next HCED agenda. Councilmember Herb Wesson, Chair of the Housing Committee, has refused to place Rosendahl's motion on the agenda in attempts to defeat it.

YOUR ACTION NEEDED NOW!!!

Call, write and email members of the City Council Housing and Community Development Committee list below and urge that he/she support and introduce an immediate moratorium to stop all condo conversions and demolitions. Also, urge that they agreed to place Council Member Bill Rosendahl's conversion and demolition motion on the next Housing Committee agenda.

Write and mail to:

LA City Councilmember ____ [see below]
LA City Hall, Room ____ [see below]
200 N. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Email and call:

HERB J. WESSON     
213-473-7010
Room 430
councilmember.wesson@lacity.org

ED P. REYES                      
213-485-3451
Room 410           
councilmember.reyes@lacity.org

ERIC GARCETTI                
213-473-7013
Room 470
councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org

TONY CARDENAS
213-473-7006
Room 455
councilman.cardenas@lacity.org

JAN PERRY
213-473-7009
Room 420
councilmember.perry@lacity.org

  • Hearing for Motion of Summary Judgment
    Santa Monica Courthouse, Dept. B
    Monday, October 30, 2006
    8:30 a.m.

This Monday, October 30 at 8:30 a.m. in Department B in the Santa Monica Courthouse, we will be having our Motion for Summary Judgment hearing before Judge Patricia Collins. We had been scheduled for the MSJ hearing last Tuesday, but the judge rescheduled the date in order to give her more time to read the papers (isn't that a refreshing concept!).

We encourage anyone who would like to attend this hearing to come.

If we win, AIMCO's request for a Summary Judgment will be denied and the Group E tenants will be entitled to a trial. We asked for a jury trial and it should be scheduled quickly.

If we lose, AIMCO's request for a Summary Judgment will be granted and the judge can immediately rule on the issues. If Judge Collins rules in favor of AIMCO, then the judge will sign a judgment, the court clerk will be required to prepare the minute orders for each case (there will probably be 13 heard on Monday), the files will be transferred to the Writ of Possession clerk for preparing the Writ which will then be given to the Sheriff.

Once the Sheriff has the Writ of Possession, they will schedule a time to come out to Lincoln Place to put the 5-Day Notice on the doors of the remaining tenants.

While we cannot predict how quickly the courts or the Sheriff will respond, we guess that if the judge rules against us on Monday, October 30, it will take about 10-14 days before the Sheriff will be posting the 5-Day Notice.

The counting of the 5-days begins the day after the Notice is posted to your door. On or after the 6th day, AIMCO could authorize the Sheriff to change the locks on your door.  We would guess that this could happen sometime after November 15.

Once the locks are changed on your door, you can no longer live or sleep in your apartment. You do have 15 calendar days to finish cleaning out your apartment, however, now that AIMCO has possession of our unit, you will need to schedule an appointment with Maria Lopez to open up your apartment.

AIMCO will require a property staff person to be present at all times while you are in your apartment. At this stage, cleaning out your apartment also includes cleaning out your garage and/or carport.

We know AIMCO is going to continue to board up stairwells and fence off buildings as the units are vacated. AIMCO also intends to fence off access to garages, so be sure to clean out all garages and carports as soon as possible.

  • CEQA lawsuit hearing to determine legality of evicting remaining LP tenants
    Los Angeles Superior Court, Dept. 86
    L.A. Stanley Mosk Courthouse, between Grand and Hill St.
    August 16, 2006
    9:30 a.m.

Read our court pleadings

The CEQA hearing has been rescheduled to August 16 (from the original date of July 12). We opposed the rescheduling of the hearing. We are very much concerned about the stress the current tenants at Lincoln Place are under and believe they need as much time as possible before September 1, 2006 (the earliest date of the next round of AIMCO lockouts) to make decisions. Here is what happened.

The lawsuit we are filing is suing the City of Los Angeles, the L.A. City Council, the L.A. Planning Dept., and the L.A. Housing Dept. for failing to enforce the mitigating measures as required by law under CEQA and asking the City to withdraw their stamp of approval on the evictions. We are asking the City to declare that the eviction notices are illegal just like the demolition permits were illegal when the City gave them to AIMCO in 2003.

In July 2005, the Court of Appeals said AIMCO cannot piecemeal CEQA by getting demolition permits without first complying with the mitigation conditions as they pertained to the buildings. Now AIMCO is piecemealing CEQA and not complying with the mitigating conditions as they pertain to the tenants. The Court of Appeals required the trial court judge to void all demolition permits granted in 2003 and to place a permanent injunction on all future demolition permits until AIMCO complies with the pre-conditions on demolition as required by the VTT or those pre-conditions are modified or deleted following the issuance and consideration of a new supplemental EIR (Environmental Impact Report) for the Lincoln Place redevelopment project. (We call this July 2005 case the "Alliance" case.)

The current CEQA lawsuit is before Superior Court Judge David Yaffe, the same trial court judge referred to above, and we are asking Judge Yaffe to stop AIMCO from filing Unlawful Detainers against the current tenants for the reasons stated above.

The hearing to decide whether an injunction will be granted was originally scheduled for July 12. John Murdock got a call from the City Attorney informing us that their lead CEQA attorney, Susan Pfann, would be on vacation until July 4 and that they needed to extend the hearing to August 31. They wanted us to agree to the new hearing date and we said we couldn't do that. We explained the situation and said that the tenants needed to know as soon as possible whether Judge Yaffe would grant the injunction.

The City Attorney then filed an Ex Parte Motion before Judge Yaffe for Thursday, June 22, asking that the hearing be moved to August 31. (Ex parte means "on one side only" and an Ex Parte Motion is used when one party wants to have the judge hear and decide a motion quickly.)  During the Ex Parte Motion hearing, John Murdock explained the urgency of the situation
and the importance of not extending the date into August. The judge looked
at his calendar and the earliest he could hear the request for the injunction was on August 16.

We realize that this does not give the current tenants the desired cushion we and they wanted and that it is stressful and difficult. We hope tenants will be able to endure this additional stress and pressure. On August 16 we will know whether the judge will stop the evictions.

And if Judge Yaffe does not grant the injunction on August 16, we have a backup plan.

As you know, the Marlin v. AIMCO case lost at the trial level and we are now in the Court of Appeals. We found out this week that the Marlin case will be heard in Division Seven, the same division that decided the Alliance case in July 2005. (At this time we don't know which judges in Division Seven have been assigned to the Marlin case but Division Seven knows that the Marlin case and the Alliance case are related.)

We filed the opening brief for the Court of Appeals case, Marlin v. AIMCO. AIMCO will have 30 days to file their responding brief. We may or may not file a reply brief. Once the briefing is completed, the hearing date will be scheduled. Today we also filed a Motion for Calendar Preference, namely, that due to the exigent circumstances of the Marlins (age, health and possible eviction) this case needs to be heard as soon as possible.

In the Court of Appeals, a Motion for Supersedes is the same thing as an injunction. Thus, if Judge Yaffe does not enjoin AIMCO from filing Unlawful Detainers on September 1, we will ask the Court of Appeals to enjoin AIMCO from filing Unlawful Detainers on September 1. So we will have two chances to stop AIMCO from filing Unlawful Detainers.

What happens if both Judge Yaffe and the Court of Appeals do not stop AIMCO from filing Unlawful Detainers on September 1? The current tenants have two choices. They can leave or they can remain and fight in eviction court (assuming AIMCO does file Unlawful Detainers against you on or after
September 1).

If you want to leave at this time, you can approach AIMCO and inform them that you have decided to leave Lincoln Place. AIMCO will give you the Ellis Act relocation money (either $3,200 or $8,000 per unit), you will agree to a 30- or 60-day period in which to find an apartment, pack and move, and AIMCO will dismiss the Unlawful Detainer against you.  (For those of you who are represented by Eviction Defense Network, Elena Popp will work with you and AIMCO in drafting up the necessary settlement agreement.) Regardless, you are not required to waive your rights to return to Lincoln Place or to sue AIMCO in the future.

We hope this helps in explaining why the July 12 hearing was rescheduled
to August 16. We encourage you all to attend this hearing.

  • Fundraiser to Protect Tenants Rights, Preserve Affordable Housing, and Save Lincoln Place!
    At the home of Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum, Brentwood, California
    (contact thompsonsuz@comcast.net for directions to Sheinbaum residence)
    Saturday, August 5, 2006
    4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Hosted by Susan Adelman, Jodie Evans, Jane Fonda, Don Geagan, Elliott Gould, Gary Phillips, Amanda Seward, Betty & Stanley Sheinbaum, and Suzanne Thompson

Host donation: $1,000
Co-host donation: $500
Individual donation: $100
Make checks payable to: Lincoln Place Tenants Association
Send order to: LPTA, P.O. Box 1312, Venice, CA 90294

Checks payble to LPTA are tax-deductible.

The struggle to save Lincoln Place highlights important issues faced by the citizens of Los Angeles, including an unprecedented and worsening shortage of affordable housing, and the threat of eviction facing thousands of tenants each year as their affordable apartments are converted to luxury condominiums. The CEQA lawsuit by Lincoln Place Tenants Association provides a potential key to the prevention of more mass evictions as our city’s density increases.

Lincoln Place Tenants Association Sheila Bernard will give a presentation on the CEQA lawsuit filed against the City of Los Angeles and AIMCO.

 

  • Demonstration to Protest the National Condo Conversion Conference
    in front of the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel
    2025 Avenue of the Stars
    Century City, California
    Thursday, July 13, 2006
    10:00 a.m.

Read Los Angeles Daily News article about the protest
Read Los Angeles Times article about the protest

Condo converters from throughout the nation will converge on Los Angeles for a two-day conference to discuss easy ways to convert affordable housing to condominiums.

For the first time, tenants' rights organizations and affordable housing advocates will be raising the slogan, "Not In My Backyard." These affordable housing destroyers must be told that their ideas and actions are not welcome in Los Angeles.

In a city facing the most severe affordable housing crisis in the country, where over 11,000 affordable housing units have been lost in just the last 5 years (7,000 since 2005!) because of condo converters such as those meeting at this conference, it is totally inappropriate for this conference to take place in our city. Thus, we urge people to join in this rousing protest in opposition to condo conversions and affordable housing demolition.

We also urge the City Council to enact an immediate moratorium on condo conversions and housing demolition to enable the time to develop and ordinance to protect tenants and affordable housing.

For more information, contact:
Coalition for Economic Survival (CES), ACORN
(213) 252-4411
(213) 748-4211 x212
contactces@earthlink.net
caacornlaro@acorn.org
Web: http://www.CESinAction.org

Demonstration organized by:
Association of Communities Organized for Reform Now (ACORN)
Coalition for Economic Survival (CES)
Collective Space
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
Eviction Defense Network
Inquilinos Unidos
Lincoln Place Tenants Association
LA Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness
LA Community Action Network
Housing Partnership
Parents Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER)
Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH)
Strategic Alliance for a Just Economy (SAJE)
Venice Community Housing Corporation



  • PLUM Committee - Decision on Condo Development Moratorium
    L.A. City Hall
    200 N. Spring St., Room 350
    Los Angeles, California 90012
    Tuesday, June 27, 2006
    10:00 a.m.

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At the PLUM (L.A. City Council Planning and Land Use Management) Committee downtown, item 4 is an interim control ordinance (ICO) stopping all permits for demolition and development in the districts of Herb Wesson and Ed Reyes. This strengthens our contention that a citywide moratorium is both possible and beneficial.

  • "Clean Money" Town Hall Meeting
    Walgrove Elementary School
    1630 Walgrove Ave.
    Los Angeles, California 90066
    Monday, June 26, 2006
    6:30 p.m.

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Los Angeles City Councilmembers Bill Rosendahl, Wendy Greuel, and Eric Garcetti are hosting a forum on "Clean Money" at Walgrove Elementary School. We need to send them the message that the dirtiest money
we have seen in Los Angeles is developer money that gets tenants evicted from their homes to make way for luxury condominiums in the middle of a housing crisis.

  • Protest the Loss of Affordable Housing in Venice and Los Angeles
    Corner of Lincoln Blvd. and California Ave. in Venice
    Sunday, May 28, 2006
    4:00-6:00 p.m.

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Current Lincoln Place tenants and former tenants invite all to a vigil and demonstration during Memorial Day weekend. Together with supporters from the Venice community, we are protesting the ongoing crisis at the 696-unit complex and the housing crisis that affects all of Los Angeles.

Lincoln Place was built shortly after World War II in 1950 as a response to the housing crisis brought about by returning veterans. Since December 6, 2005, more than 81 households have been evicted and/or locked out of their apartments after the Denver-based apartment rental giant AIMCO filed Ellis Act eviction notices on the tenants claiming they are going out of the rental business, when in fact they are not.

50 households of elderly and disabled tenants may be served with Unlawful Detainer notices as early as June 1. AIMCO has refused further mediation with the Community, City and current tenants after historic designation was restored to Lincoln Place Apartments on May 5.

Over the last two decades, the Lincoln Place tenants and the Venice community have fought real estate speculators' intent to demolition Lincoln Place.  For the past year, with the help of L.A. 11th District Councilman Bill Rosendahl, tenants have been holding weekly meetings, organized rallies, created a "tent city" and attended City Council meetings in an effort to protect their homes.

Tenants in Valley Village, Studio City, West Hollywood, Silverlake and Koreatown are watching the Lincoln Place situation closely, as they also face the same threat of evictions under the Ellis Act.  Los Angeles is currently experiencing an epidemic of evictions, destroying communities of both low-income and middle-class citizens while apartment owners scramble to cash in on the real estate boom of the past five years.

Mayor Villaraigosa's stated goal of having more affordable housing along transit corridors has been for Lincoln Place a reality for 50 years. Designed by African-American architect Ralph Vaughn in his trademark Hollywood-stylized version of modern architecture and rooted in the English Garden City Movement, Lincoln Place Apartments has received worldwide recognition for quality housing at reasonable rents.

Please join us!

  • PLUM Committee Meeting (Planning and Land Use Management)
    Tuesday, May 23, 2:00 P.M.
    Los Angeles City Hall
    200 N. Spring St. (enter from Main St.)
    Rm. 345 (Board of Public Works Hearing Room)

Councilman Bill Rosendahl needs our support for his motion to record the conditions of the Lincoln Place Tract Map. This measure affects our neighborhood in a number of ways:

  • The motion protects the tenants from eviction.
  • The motion expresses the City's will to prevent developers from holding tenants hostage to extract greater development rights than the City and the community want to give.
  • The motion brings the City into line with the ruling of the appellate court that the City must enforce conditions of approval of development projects. This should have a major positive impact for the whole city.

Our presence at the hearing shows AIMCO that our community will not be bullied, suckered, or blackmailed into accepting more density than we have the infrastructure to support. Our presence shows AIMCO that the tenants and the homeowners recognize our common interest and cannot be divided against one another.

$5 all-day parking is available at the southeast corner of Los Angeles and 2nd St., 2 1/2 blocks from City Hall (across 2nd St. from New Otani Hotel).

See you downtown!

  • City Public Hearing on Loss of Rental and Rent-Controlled Units to Condo Conversion
    May 22, 2006, 6 p.m.
    Walgrove Elementary School
    1630 Walgrove Ave.
    Mar Vista, CA

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From a press release from the office of 11th District Councilman Bill Rosendahl:

The 11th District is facing an epidemic that threatens our neighborhoods and our quality of life. With increasing frequency, developers are converting rental units into high-priced condos, throwing renters out of their apartments and worsening the affordable housing crisis.

It is time to address this problem.

I am very excited to report that, thanks to the leadership of Councilman Herb Wesson and Councilman Ed Reyes, the City is getting to act. This morning, they announced citywide hearings into the loss of rental and rent-controlled units to condo conversions, demolitions and new for-sale units. The hearings will be joint meetings of the Planning and Land Use Committee, chaired by Councilman Reyes, and the Housing Committee, chaired by Councilman Wesson.

Please save the date to attend a public hearing on this issue, right here in the 11th District:

6 p.m., Monday, May 22
Walgrove Elementary School
1630 Walgrove Ave
Mar Vista, CA

I am extremely grateful to my colleagues for demonstrating leadership on this issue and welcome the fact that they will be meeting in our district, where the problem is particularly acute. A majority of our residents are renters and condo conversions are skyrocketing.

I will attend the hearing May 22, and I invite you to join me.

  • Second Annual Spring Fling
    April 30, 2006
    Lincoln Place Apartments at Elkgrove Circle
    Venice, CA

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The Second Annual Spring Fling at Lincoln Place will be a celebration of new life, new resolutions, and a big welcome home to current and former tenants. On April 30, 15 days past the deadline for mediation, let us gather together the fragmented yet bonded-for-life community of tenants, friends, and family and have ourselves a much-deserved good time!

An eclectic mix of artists and musicians will be present for an unforgettably joyful event. In the heart of Lincoln Place, Elkgrove Circle displays the Spring-infused gardens beautifully complementing the Modern architecture of the buildings. The many artists of Lincoln Place will have paintings, photography, and sculpture on display. There will also be a silent auction of donated items.

Musicians from Lincoln Place will include Spike Marlin, The Trees, Electric Brown and more from the Venice and Los Angeles communities. The evening will culminate with a screening of a documentary about Lincoln Place named "Venice Lobotomy" for the aerial view of the 35-acre property.

For more information please contact:
Erin Grayson
(310) 990.9308
eg@eringrayson.com

 

  • Weekly Silent Vigil for Community and Nonviolent Action
    Sundays from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.
    Corner of California Ave. and Frederick St.,
    One block east of Lincoln Blvd., in Venice, California

    Map

    NOTE: SUNDAY VIGILS HAVE ENDED.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!

On Dec. 6, 2005, 52 families were locked out of their apartments by armed sheriffs from Lincoln Place Apartments in Venice. It was the largest single-day mass eviction in the history of Los Angeles. In May 2006, 80 more families at Lincoln Place are facing the same possible fate in a single day, all to create a massive new luxury development to profit the large national corporation AIMCO.

It is clear: After Lincoln Place is destroyed, Oakwood, Ocean Front Walk and other places in Venice are next.

From 1:30 to 2:45 p.m., at the corner of California and Frederick (behind the Ross store) -- in the area also known as Lincoln Place Tent City -- area residents will begin a weekly gathering. There will be for a silent meditation on the positive power of our united community and nonviolent action to remake Venice and to stop the gentrification and destruction taking place. Afterward, participants are invited to join a silent protest on Lincoln Blvd.

All are invited to come to the gathering. For more information, please visit http://www.lincolnplacevigil.net/

See pictures of past vigils

Read Elena Popp's letter about the vigil

  • "California Suite: A Snap Shots Cabaret"
    Wednesday, January 18 at 7:15 pm
    Warszawa Restaurant
    1414 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA

    Hosted and directed by Eric Vollmer, "California Suite: A Snap Shots Cabaret" is a variety show featuring actors, musicians, and writers who "explore the novel, sometimes farcical state of our lives in California." Artist and locked-out Lincoln Place tenant Erin Grayson will be a featured guest and will "present a cautionary tale for our times."

    For info, contact Eric Vollmer at (310) 485-0334.

Sponsored by:

Live music by:

  • Suzy Williams
  • Eric Ahlberg
  • Electric Brown

Dear Community:

Come join us for a rally and celebration with art and live music at the California State Historic Lincoln Place Garden Apartments. AIMCO, the largest housing corporation in America, has thrown nearly 100 people out of their homes this holiday season.

***Rally to celebrate Dr. King's life and vision
***Rally to reverse the evictions
***Rally to save nearly 700 units of rental housing

Ralph Vaughn and Dr. King both had a dream to unite people of all walks of life. Vaughn, an African-American architect and set designer for MGM, was successful in this goal with his architecture and site planning of Lincoln Place and other recognized buildings throughout the city of Los Angeles. His talents ranged from high-end homes for movie moguls to 15-to-38 acre FHA garden-style apartments for returning WWII veterans.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., used his powerful voice and unforgettable speeches to guide millions of people towards positive change. To quote Dr. King, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

They had a dream; they had a vision. Help us keep the dream alive!

Restore the Dream -- Save Lincoln Place!

For sponsorship and other information, call (310) 399-8685 or (310) 664-1142

Many thanks to all the wonderful sponsors for their active support!

  • Free Walking Tour of Lincoln Place Garden Apartments
    Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 2 p.m.
    Meet at corner of California Ave. and Frederick St. (1 block east of Lincoln Blvd.)
    Venice, CA 90291

    Join the Los Angeles Conservancy, preservationist experts, locked-out Lincoln Place residents, urban planners, local residents, and community leaders on a walking tour of Historic Lincoln Place Garden Apartments with discussions of vital issues that affect the fate of our communities and neighbors. Learn about the history and current situation. Learn what you can do to help save this state historic garden apartment complex and its residents.

For more information, you can call:

  • Clare Sassoon - (310) 403-0941
  • Laura Silagi - (310) 490-2872
  • Judy Branfman - (310) 486-2595

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  • Celebrate Mass at the Lincoln Place Tent City
    Friday, December 9, 2005
    Arrive at 6:30 p.m. -- Mass at 7 p.m.
    Corner of California Ave. and Frederick St. (1 block east of Lincoln Blvd.)
    Venice, CA 90291

More than 60 adults and 20 children were illegally locked out of their apartments early Tuesday morning by AIMCO. Please join them, see the historical Lincoln Place Apartments if you haven't already, and learn more about their struggle and the struggle for affordable housing in Los Angeles.

Father Tomas of St. Clement Catholic Church has volunteered to lead an ecumenical mass at our Tent City. Arrangements are also being made to have representatives from other faiths as well. So bundle up, bring candles, and come to support those who have been locked out of their homes by AIMCO, who refuses to continue negotiations with Lincoln Place tenants.

For more information, you can call:

  • Clare Sassoon - (310) 403-0941
  • Laura Silagi - (310) 490-2872
  • Judy Branfman - (310) 486-2595

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  • Protest Lincoln Place Lockouts
    Tuesday, December 6, 2005 when sheriffs arrive
    Lincoln Place Apartments, throughout the property (Elkgrove Ave.)
    Venice, CA

View photo essay of the lockouts

  • Tent City Protest at L.A. City Hall
    Friday, December 2, 2005 at 9:30 a.m.
    L.A. City Hall
    On Main St. at First St. corner in front of L.A. City Hall

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Read press release

Read the Los Angeles Times article on the demonstration.

Read the Los Angeles Independent Media Center article on the demonstration.

  • Protest LAPD Lockouts at Lincoln Place Apartments
    Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 6:00 a.m.
    At the corner of Lake St. and Elkgrove Ave. in Venice, CA

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Read the article in the Santa Monica Mirror.

  • Tent City Protest at L.A. City Hall
     Wednesday, November 30, 2005
    L.A. City Hall
    In front of the main building on 2nd St. in downtown L.A.
  • Demonstration at L.A. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's Home
    Friday, November 25, 2005
    Rocky Delgadillo's residence

Read the Venice Paper's article on the demonstration.

Read the article in LA Observed on the demonstration.

  • Demonstration at L.A. City Hall
    October 7, 2005 at 9:00 a.m.

Read the LA Weekly's article on the demonstration.

View photos of the demonstration.

Read more about our message at the demonstration.

 

 


  
 

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