Up to 83 one and two bedroom apartments will be reoccupied by tenants who were unceremoniously evicted by AIMCO (Apartment Investment and Management Company), the large corporation that owns Lincoln Place. AIMCO and the tenants’ association have reached a tentative agreement that will restore many of the 80 renters who were removed from their homes [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Tenants/Lincoln Place’
March 1, 2009
Threat to Holiday Venice Sparks Oakwood Vigil
More than 200 low-income families from the Holiday Venice Apartments held a march and rally in Oakwood, Feb. 19, to protest the loss of affordable housing in Venice.
The vigil was held on the first anniversary of “Operation Oakwood,” when 300 LAPD and federal officers kicked down doors and terrorized seniors in an early morning para-military [...]
December 4, 2008
Negotiations Underway to Buy Lincoln Place
Two sources have confirmed to the Beachhead that negotiations are taking place between AIMCO (Apartment Investment and Management Company), the infamous owner of Lincoln Place Apartments and the tenants association. The subject of the negotiations is the purchase of Lincoln Place by a buyer lined up by the tenants, or a combination of an individual [...]
November 5, 2008
A Day in Court for Lincoln Place
By C.V. Beck
The Complex Court had a h#earing on October 16 in which AIMCO had filed their demurrer and Judge Carl West made it clear that we are dealing with the preliminaries at this point. It is not anticipated that anything of substance will be reached prior to the new year. At that time, seniors/disabled [...]
October 1, 2008
What’s Cookin’ At Lincoln Place – We’re Not Dead Yet!
By C.V. Beck
Here at Lincoln Place we residents who remain continue to be treated as if we are invisible and/or gone already. This is quite a blow to our self-esteem, this being treated as though we are already dead and gone, when we are not. We are still alive,actively living our lives in Venice, Bohemian [...]
September 1, 2008
September 2008 – Lincoln Place – Housing the Community
By C.V. Beck
Ongoing events at Lincoln Place continue to be that of aggressive dog-walking trespassers and more delays in our very complex legal process.
A neighbor attended an open house on Lake Street where the realtor said, why don’t they just pay them off and get them out of there so they can redevelop thereby indicating [...]
September 1, 2008
September 2008 – Update on Recent Events at Lincoln Place
A: Building and Safety – Compliance with Dept. of Building and Safety Notices:
With the help of the office of Councilman Rosendahl, Council District 11, February 13, the Dept. of Building and Safety issued a Notice to Abate Vacant Structure on all 35 parcels at Lincoln Place with vacant buildings. It said that the owner, AIMCO, [...]
August 1, 2008
August 2008 – Lincoln Place: Venice Gulag?
By C.V. Beck
What is going on with Lincoln Place, you might enquire? Well, let me tell you. It is very quiet over here, too quiet! many might say. It’s like that episode of the Twilight Zone, you know, the one where the bank teller, Burgess Meredith, goes to sleep in the bank vault and wakes [...]
July 1, 2008
July 2008 – Lincoln Place Still Fighting Back
By Amanda Renner
The Lincoln Place Tenants Association held a fundraiser, June 21, in celebration of its recent legal victories.
Sheila Bernard, president of the Association, was there to answer questions, update guests on the case and inform them about the future of Lincoln Place.
Originally there were 795 units in Lincoln Place, however 100 were illegally demolished. [...]
May 1, 2008
May 2008 – Housing, Homelessness, And The Butt End Of The City Budget
By Peggy Lee Kennedy
If you follow the news you know that the Mayor came out strongly in favor of “Public Safety,” in the city’s 2008-09 budget, which includes increasing the LAPD by 1,000 police and decreasing other needed services.
Unfortunately, nested within this Public Safety budget is a police budget of over $1.3 billion (around one [...]
