Defend Venice

05/29/2026

Check it out, this Sunday. Contact for more info 💙

05/28/2026

Since people have been asking, we are sharing our election recommendations along with our reasoning. Our Los Angeles election recommendation doc is in our bio Ink. Its Venice/West Los Angeles centered of course. Not every position is listed just the city, county, and state positions that are most on our concern.

🔗 Link is in bio

And of course, a disclaimer/reminder… No candidate can save you. Being informed, active, and organized and some former fashion, no matter how small, is mandatory if you’re serious about affecting even the most minimal changes in your zone. Aside for our recommendation of Kenneth Mejia for a city controller, we don’t feel 100 about some of our recommendations, but it’s about, given the options, who will provide the most fertile ground for us to advance our equality, anti-incarceration, anti-racism, economic and housing justice initiatives.

Also wanna make a special note to all my Mexican, Chican@p and other Brown Spanish-speaking Mesoamerica diaspora peoples… We continue to get the short end of the stick and mostly used as cultural tokens and props while our legitimate leaders and initiatives get dismissed. We need to be organized before any of our advancements can be realized.. hence the Venice Chicano Manifesto.. please DM us if you want copy, we will be printing more soon.

05/28/2026

05/27/2026

Big News! A win for Venice Dell. The LA County Superior Court ruled in favor of Venice Community Housing and , finding that the Board of Transportation Commissioners exceeded its authority when it attempted to block the affordable housing project. Thank you, for representing us!

This decision is a major victory for affordable housing, supportive housing, and the future of Venice.

Venice Dell will provide 120 affordable and supportive homes for individuals and families on a City-owned lot identified for affordable housing development nearly a decade ago.

After years of delays, we are one step closer to breaking ground.

05/27/2026

Just one of the many reasons why you should NOT vote for Traci Park.

Examining Traci Park's tokenization of Spanto's death and her alignment with policies that betray the culture bearers of Venice

05/27/2026

West Los Stories would like to send our deepest condolences to Frankie Duarte's family for his passing yeterday.

We had the great privilege of doing an interview with him a couple of years ago, and also had a future one scheduled.

Frankie was an undisputed West Los Angeles treasure. So many dope and accomplished people in our communities don't get their due visibility and flowers which is one of the main reasons we do what we do here.

Much respect, Frankie. Thank you for everything. May you rest in power. 💐🕊️

05/23/2026

That’s one for the books. Thanks everyone who came out to our book release and signing for the brother Gregorio. . ✌🏽