Venice Coastal Zone: Share Your Thoughts On Saving Historic Sites

VENICE, CA — The fight to save historic sites in the Venice Coastal Zone, including a historically Black church in the Oakwood neighborhood in Venice, continues Monday night with a public meeting.

Locals are invited to share their thoughts on historical preservation in the first of several public meetings "to provide the community an opportunity to share feedback and suggestions about historic places, people, and events located specifically in the Venice Coastal Zone."

The Venice Neighborhood Council shared this information:

A resurvey of historic resources in the Venice Coastal Zone Area is being conducted as part of the Venice Community Plan Update effort. The Los Angeles City Planning’s (City) survey team is seeking your input.

The Venice Planning Team, in coordination with its consultant ICF and the City of Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Resources (OHR), is hosting a series of public meetings with the Venice community about historic places located within the Venice Coastal Zone Area. The first of these public meetings is on Monday, November 16th, 2020.

The purpose of this first meeting is to hear from the community about historic resources in their neighborhoods as we start the process to update the 2015 Venice SurveyLA results. The City’s team will also be available to answer questions about methodology, definitions, and what historic status means for property owners. We look forward to your input and hope you can join us!

In a message from Mike Bravo in Venice to activists and community members involved in Save Venice, Bravo described several important points ahead of the Monday night meeting.

"As you know there are many facets to the fight for the First Baptist Church of Venice," Bravo wrote. "It is the symbol for the struggle for equity, and racial and economic justice in Venice. We could really use your public comment which will not affect the FBCV but the entirety of the fight for equity and justice in our neighborhood."

Amid the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement, the church and community have continued to gather and push for racial and social equality.

Activists Monday plan to push for equity and social justice, seeking more historical representation and future resources.

Venice Planning Team Public Meeting on Venice Coastal Zone Area will be at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

People can RSVP to sign up and ask a question.

Join Zoom Meeting https://planning-lacity-org.zoom.us/j/89188739814
Meeting ID: 891 8873 9814
Password: 520411