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:
Bill Megalos
Karen Brodkin
Judith Roth Goldman
Laura Denny
Victoria Manassero
Ingrid Mueller
Adolfo Bermeo
Del Hunter-White
Kelly Adams
Alison Bean
Elaine Spierer
Barbara Davies
Charles Carnow
campbell scott
Sarah Garcia
Matt Garcia
Dawoud Farahani
Suzan Hayes
Rosa Diaz
Dorit Hanover
Michael Greer
Jennifer Tanner
Mary Beth Trautwein
Gai Klass
Tim Kolesnikow
Robert Vaghini
Andrea Leon-Grossmann
Donna Coste
Anna Muraco
Jonathan Feingold

Will you sign?

Reactions

  • Bill Megalos
    signed 2018-09-14 20:58:23 -0700
  • Karen Brodkin
    signed 2018-09-14 19:21:34 -0700
  • Judith Roth Goldman
    signed 2018-09-14 19:20:57 -0700
  • Laura Denny
    signed 2018-09-14 19:07:48 -0700
    Here we go again.
  • Victoria Manassero
    signed 2018-09-14 18:37:38 -0700
    Redidents need to be protected ftom unfettered greed!
  • Ingrid Mueller
    signed 2018-09-14 17:57:39 -0700
  • Adolfo Bermeo
    signed 2018-09-14 17:49:22 -0700
  • Del Hunter-White
    signed 2018-09-14 17:19:06 -0700
  • Kelly Adams
    signed 2018-09-14 16:57:49 -0700
  • Alison Bean
    signed 2018-09-14 16:56:17 -0700
  • Elaine Spierer
    signed 2018-09-14 16:43:03 -0700
  • Barbara Davies
    signed 2018-09-14 16:40:13 -0700
    The Ellison should remain an apartment building. My home is

    my sanctuary. It is sad to constantly hear the wheels of rolling suitcases and see strangers wandering in and out like a revolving door. We need the security of what once was a great Ellison community…
  • Charles Carnow
    signed 2018-09-14 16:37:43 -0700
  • campbell scott
    signed 2018-09-14 16:28:14 -0700
  • Sarah Garcia
    signed 2018-09-14 13:54:58 -0700
    Sarah H Garcia
  • Matt Garcia
    signed 2018-09-14 12:51:42 -0700
    MATT Garcia
  • Dawoud Farahani
    signed 2018-09-14 11:37:22 -0700
    Dawoud Farahani
  • Suzan Hayes
    signed 2018-09-13 21:04:12 -0700
  • Rosa Diaz
    signed 2018-09-13 18:18:30 -0700
  • Dorit Hanover
    signed 2018-09-12 15:44:26 -0700
  • Michael Greer
    signed 2018-09-12 13:29:18 -0700
    Michael E Greer
  • Jennifer Tanner
    signed 2018-09-12 12:50:18 -0700
  • Mary Beth Trautwein
    signed 2018-09-12 11:42:45 -0700
    marybeth trautwein
  • Gai Klass
    signed 2018-09-12 11:40:43 -0700
  • Tim Kolesnikow
    signed 2018-09-12 10:16:54 -0700
    Tim Kolesnikow
  • Robert Vaghini
    signed 2018-09-12 10:06:05 -0700
    We need to start prioritizing people over profit. Los Angeles and California needs more affordable housing not less this story is beyond infuriating.
  • Andrea Leon-Grossmann
    signed 2018-09-12 09:46:31 -0700
  • Donna Coste
    signed 2018-09-12 08:10:21 -0700
  • Anna Muraco
    signed 2018-09-12 07:54:29 -0700
    Anna Muraco
  • Jonathan Feingold
    signed 2018-09-12 07:34:13 -0700