{"id":7862,"date":"2016-10-17T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T21:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=7862"},"modified":"2016-10-18T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T21:20:06","slug":"venice-vs-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/17\/venice-vs-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Venetian First, Angeleno Second"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The LA Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

As Venice booms, some residents wonder whether L.A. is holding them back<\/h1>\n

by\u00a0Sarah Parvini<\/p>\n

\"Venice<\/p>\n

There are few places so ingrained in the identity of Los Angeles as Venice \u2014\u00a0the quirky artistic\u00a0vibe, the bustling boardwalk and the\u00a0designer\u00a0real estate.<\/p>\n

For decades, the beach district has served as a cultural touchstone for the larger city, from the days of\u00a0beatniks, Jim Morrison and the Z-Boys to the upscale Venice of today, with its Silicon Beach money, trendy restaurants and avant-garde homes\u00a0profiled in architecture magazines.<\/p>\n

Now, some Venice residents believe the connection to Los Angeles is holding the neighborhood back and\u00a0are exploring a cityhood effort that would break free from L.A. government.<\/p>\n

Though even backers say secession is a long shot, it has heightened a long-running debate in Venice about the future direction of the community, a reckoning for the once counter-culture stronghold that has grown into an affluent hot spot with some rough edges.<\/p>\n

Venice residents speak less of specific issues than a general feeling that City Hall \u2014\u00a0about 20 miles to the east \u2014\u00a0isn\u2019t serving their needs and that local government would serve residents better.<\/p>\n

Some cityhood supporters look to Santa Monica as a model for an independent government, with its booming shopping district and innovative focus\u00a0on environmentalism and sustainability. Cityhood skeptics, on the other hand, see their upscale neighbor to the north as exactly what Venice doesn\u2019t want to become.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Venice was its own city, it wouldn\u2019t be encumbered by all of Los Angeles\u2019 issues,\u201d said Nick Antonicello, chairman of the ad-hoc neighborhood council committee on cityhood. \u201cThere\u2019s a great pride of living here, and I think people believe the services are lacking \u2014\u00a0whether it\u2019s repaving or public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople perceive themselves as Venetian first and Angeleno second,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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from The LA Times As Venice booms, some residents wonder whether L.A. is holding them back by\u00a0Sarah Parvini There are few places so ingrained in the identity of Los Angeles as Venice \u2014\u00a0the quirky artistic\u00a0vibe, the bustling boardwalk and the\u00a0designer\u00a0real estate. For decades, the beach district has served as a cultural touchstone for the larger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-los-angeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}