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Liz Forer, the executive director of the Venice Family Clinic, attributes this growth to the kind generosity of its patients, who show their gratitude through donations and volunteer shifts.
Lincoln Place Apartments in Venice were built to address not only the post-Second World War housing shortage.
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Dr. John, a homeless resident here, is the self-proclaimed Mayor of Venice. He organizes and tries to build a resistance to LAPD's efforts to kick homeless out of Venice.
The Venice Recreation Center is a place for many forms of exercise. Its facilities include a weight pin, a skate park, basketball, handball, and paddle tennis courts and the famed muscle beach.
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The Venice Pavilion originally built as recreation facility in the 1960's has played a multitude of roles based on its many contributing forces.
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The list of accomplishments linked to Ruth Galanter during her 15-year stint as a councilwoman in Venice are astonishing.
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Guy Okazaki is a seasoned shaper and carves each board by hand, a trade passed on through his father.
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Swami X belongs to an older generation of boardwalk performers from the 1970's. He felt his intellect was on display and poetry on the boardwalk was more than a mere gimmick as he feels boardwalk is now.
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Jeff Ho is the embodiment of Venice surf and skate and in many ways can be considered one of the godfathers of modern skateboarding.
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The Dennis "Polar Bear" Agnew Memorial Skate Park came to life on October 3rd, 2009, with the vibration of hundreds of poly-urethane wheels hitting the pavement.
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Chicano activist Debra J.T. Padilla drove her mint-condition 1964 Ford Galaxy from Deming, New Mexico, to Venice to become the new Executive Director of SPARC in 1993
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Laws passed by city council often have little to do with the neighborhood they represent and many opinions differ over issues of privacy, parking, and homelessness.President of the Venice neighborhood council, Mike Newhouse mediates these meetings.
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