PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION

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HELP PROTECT THIS RENT-STABILIZED BUILDING FROM BEING CONVERTED INTO A HOTEL! 

The Los Angeles Department of City Planning needs to hear your voice in support of the residential zoning of the 58-unit Ellison Apartments in Venice. Property owner Lance Robbins is appealing the City's decision that The Ellison is and always has been zoned for residential use not commercial use. Over the past several years The Ellison at 15 Paloma Avenue has been stealthily converted into a non-permitted, unlicensed and unregulated short-term hotel. This de facto hotel has removed 48 affordable housing units (except for 10 longterm tenants hanging on) and replaced Venice locals with a never ending flood of strangers.  

Robbins is now asking the City to legalize this unlawful activity by granting his appeal to convert the Ellison into commercial use in the midst of an LA housing crisis and permanently remove all 58 apartments from the rental market. We cannot allow this to happen. 

Next Hearing:

West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission
Henry Medina West LA Parking Enforcement Facility
11214 W. Exposition Blvd. - 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90064

 

Date: May 15, 2019
Time: 4:30 pm

Find the agenda here

Sign our petition to tell the L.A. Department of City Planning to KEEP THE ELLISON zoned as for RESIDENTIAL USE not an illegal hotel!

ALSO, PLEASE CONSIDER SENDING A LETTER TO THE ZOMING ADMINISTRATOR IN SUPPORT OF THE ELLISON TENANTS BY CLICKING HERE 

   

See who else is signing:
Robin Rudisill
Todd Darling
John Motter
Dennis Hathaway
John Stein
Kevin Keresey
Rick Garvey
Robert Aronson
Steve Bevilacqua
Brad Neal
Emily Winters
William Friedman
Ian Carr
Lisa Kwon
Linda Lucks
Anthony Alexander
Patricia Portuga!
Freidel Kushman
Kyle Scott
Jonny Coleman
Elana Eden
Jonathan Hirschberg
Eric Sheehan
Anne Orchier
Angel Castillo
dolores deluce
Melanie Garcia
Brooke Jacobovitz
Ron Mayhew
Barbara Lonsdale

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  • Robin Rudisill
    signed 2019-05-13 13:57:17 -0700
  • Todd Darling
    signed 2019-05-13 13:32:26 -0700
  • John Motter
    signed 2019-05-13 12:39:25 -0700
    Housing is a human right
  • Dennis Hathaway
    signed 2019-05-13 12:36:37 -0700
  • John Stein
    signed 2019-05-13 12:34:00 -0700
  • Kevin Keresey
    signed 2019-05-13 12:32:18 -0700
  • Rick Garvey
    signed 2019-05-13 11:55:02 -0700
    Rick Garvey
  • Robert Aronson
    signed 2019-05-13 11:36:42 -0700
  • Steve Bevilacqua
    signed 2019-05-13 11:21:03 -0700
  • Brad Neal
    signed 2019-05-13 11:19:30 -0700
  • Emily Winters
    signed 2019-05-13 11:17:16 -0700
  • William Friedman
    signed 2019-05-13 11:15:37 -0700
  • Ian Carr
    signed 2019-05-13 10:51:50 -0700
  • Lisa Kwon
    signed 2019-05-13 10:48:26 -0700
  • Linda Lucks
    signed 2019-05-13 09:31:48 -0700
  • Anthony Alexander
    signed 2019-05-13 09:14:06 -0700
  • Patricia Portuga!
    signed 2019-05-13 07:57:23 -0700
  • Freidel Kushman
    signed 2019-05-13 07:02:16 -0700
    Freidel L Kushman
  • Kyle Scott
    signed 2019-05-12 20:47:43 -0700
  • Jonny Coleman
    signed 2019-05-12 19:54:57 -0700
  • Elana Eden
    signed 2019-05-12 17:27:31 -0700
  • Jonathan Hirschberg
    signed 2019-05-12 16:36:08 -0700
  • Eric Sheehan
    signed 2019-05-12 16:31:31 -0700
    ERIC SHEEHAN
  • Anne Orchier
    signed 2019-05-12 16:27:22 -0700
  • Angel Castillo
    signed 2019-05-12 16:23:44 -0700
  • dolores deluce
    signed 2019-05-12 09:20:47 -0700
    I live directly across from this iconic building and it effects me greatly. What made Venice fabulous is being stripped away.
  • Melanie Garcia
    signed 2019-05-12 09:15:06 -0700
  • Brooke Jacobovitz
    signed 2019-05-12 08:07:21 -0700
  • Ron Mayhew
    signed 2019-05-11 19:27:37 -0700
  • Barbara Lonsdale
    signed 2019-05-11 13:22:32 -0700