URGENT: HEAR THE VENICE BREEZE SUITES COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!

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URGENT: This case will set a precedent for the 1,000+ Venice Apartments that have been converted to short-term rental units!

With all that's at stake, the voice of Venice must be heard!

Dear Coastal Commissioners and Councilman Bonin:

We recently learned that the Coastal Commission has scheduled the appeal for 2 Breeze Ave. (Venice Breeze Suites) to be heard at their November 2015 meeting in Half Moon Bay, CA. This is the same case that was previously scheduled to be heard in San Diego, and then in Long Beach—both Southern California locations.

This case involves a boardwalk apartment building whose landlord wants to convert 31 rent-controlled apartments into permanent short-term-rental (AirBnB) hotel rooms. This case, whatever the outcome, will be precedent-setting for Venice. Dozens of Venice residents and organizations have written letters regarding the case. Dozens more Venetians have been waiting for months to attend this hearing, and their voices must be heard. The Coastal Commission should hold the hearing for this case in an area that is accessible to everyday Venetians. After months of waiting, however, we have learned that the Coastal Commission has put the 2 Breeze Ave. appeal on the agenda for the upcoming meeting in Half Moon Bay—almost 400 miles away from Venice! 

Move the Venice Breeze Suites Hearing back to Southern California!

 

This petition sponsored by People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER)

See who else is signing:
Brian Wald
catharine takemoto
Travis Casper
Cristina Perruccio
David King
Jeffrey Levine
Barbara Blinderman
Barbara Blinderman
Donna Grillo
Robert Schlesinger
Al Mohajerian
Susanna Schick
Deborah Nitasaka
melodie meyer
Tom Drew
carlene martinez
Rebecca Prus
Marc Cavanaugh
Roy Samaan
Joan Thompson
Garrett Smith
Casey Maddren
JoAnn Matyas
Marie Kennedy
Kendra Inman
Stacy A. Herkert
Gina Maslow

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Reactions

  • Brian Wald
    signed 2015-10-22 12:52:30 -0700
    This moving of a hearing is akin to Venue manipulation in a court house. We cannot expect enough affected people to travel to their own hearing at such a distance. The venue is Los Angeles. Do your job.
  • catharine takemoto
    signed 2015-10-22 12:42:17 -0700
    The Coastal Commission, YOU certainly have an obligation to figure out how to have a safe public hearing for the Venice Breeze Suites that are rent-controlled no less in the city of Los Angeles. Venice land owners deserve to be heard. Do your job. BE FAIR!
  • Travis Casper
    signed 2015-10-22 12:05:45 -0700
    AirBnB, HomeAway will ruin every neighborhood they can. These are the greediest of monsters today. Don’t let them destroy the American Dream for all generations to come.
  • Cristina Perruccio
    signed via 2015-10-22 12:00:31 -0700
  • David King
    signed 2015-10-22 11:53:33 -0700
    Neighborhoods in Austin, TX are fighting to get commercial short-term rentals out of our neighborhoods. Airbnb and Homeaway are harming our neighborhoods for profit! We support neighborhoods in other cities that are fighting to stop commercial short term rentals!
  • Jeffrey Levine
    signed 2015-10-22 11:44:23 -0700
  • Barbara Blinderman
    signed 2015-10-22 11:34:39 -0700
    Holding a hearing to discourage local residents from appearing is an insult. Another example of denigrating the value of community in order to benefit big corporations. Their paid representatives will appear. Doesn’t fairness count for anything?
  • Barbara Blinderman
    signed 2015-10-22 11:34:39 -0700
    Holding a hearing to discourage local residents from appearing is an insult. Another example of denigrating the value of community in order to benefit big corporations. Their paid representatives will appear. Doesn’t fairness count for anything?
  • Donna Grillo
    signed 2015-10-22 11:28:46 -0700
  • Al Mohajerian
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-10-22 11:27:53 -0700
    Sign the petition: HEAR THE VENICE BREEZE SUITES COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!
  • Al Mohajerian
    @mohajerianlaw tweeted link to this page. 2015-10-22 11:27:50 -0700
    Sign the petition: HEAR THE VENICE BREEZE SUITES COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA! http://wela.nationbuilder.com/ccc_2_breeze_petition?recruiter_id=1708
  • Robert Schlesinger
    signed 2015-10-22 11:26:54 -0700
    Move the hearing back to Venice. This is nothing but a ploy trying to avoid the input of the community that will be affected by this move.
  • Al Mohajerian
    signed 2015-10-22 11:26:52 -0700
  • Susanna Schick
    signed 2015-10-22 11:16:56 -0700
    This is a local issue, it should be tried in a local court!
  • Deb Nitasaka
    @pinkuredi tweeted link to this page. 2015-10-22 11:07:25 -0700
    Sign the petition: HEAR THE VENICE BREEZE SUITES COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA! http://wela.nationbuilder.com/ccc_2_breeze_petition?recruiter_id=1702
  • Deborah Nitasaka
    signed 2015-10-22 11:07:06 -0700
    Destroying communities by permitting tricksters to prevail with tactics intended to undermine rent stabilization is terribly irresponsible. Destroying neighborhoods and communities by turning homes into playgrounds (short-term vacation rentals) is about opting for jurisdictional revenue generating public policies over the health, safety, and welfare of long-term residents. All deeply concerning as fiscally and socially reprehensible governance.
  • melodie meyer
    signed 2015-10-22 11:01:59 -0700
  • Tom Drew
    signed 2015-10-22 10:58:23 -0700
  • carlene martinez
    signed 2015-10-22 10:55:06 -0700
  • Rebecca Prus
    signed 2015-10-22 10:51:31 -0700
  • Marc Cavanaugh
    signed 2015-10-22 10:28:12 -0700
  • Roy Samaan
    signed 2015-10-22 10:26:45 -0700
  • Joan Thompson
    signed 2015-10-22 10:24:22 -0700
    Keep So Cal – related property hearings IN Southern California!!!!!! No exceptions!
  • Garrett Smith
    signed 2015-10-22 10:13:32 -0700
    Neither pro or opposed to this project but anytime a hearing is held that impacts a neighborhood, it should be held near those most impacted. This hearing seems like it is being in violation of the Brown act or should be.
  • Casey Maddren
    signed 2015-10-22 10:06:35 -0700
  • JoAnn Matyas
    signed 2015-10-22 10:05:22 -0700
  • Marie Kennedy
    signed 2015-10-22 10:00:32 -0700
  • Kendra Inman
    signed 2015-10-22 09:59:55 -0700
    Why would you schedule a hearing for the community outside of the city much less the neighborhood that will be directly impacted by this decision? This hearing should be held in LA so that ALL voices can be heard. Which I believe is the point of a hearing in the first place.
  • Stacy A. Herkert
    signed 2015-10-22 09:46:07 -0700
  • Gina Maslow
    signed 2015-10-22 09:37:40 -0700