A documentary film-in-progress
Where Has All The (affordable) Housing Gone?
A series of photos from the project in order going down the page:
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Developing and installing the exhibition;
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Receiving a Certificate of Recognition from California Assemblymember Tina McKinnor – photo on left by Suzanne Thompson;
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Activity in the gallery spaces- photo on left by Cindy Bendat;
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Members of the LA Tenants Union talking about the first courtroom victory against the Ellis Act;
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Panel at exhibition closing with activists from the LA Poverty Department, Corbett-Clemson Housing, First Baptist Church in Venice, United to House LA, and the CD11 Coalition For Human Rights – photo by Cindy Bendat;
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Visitors at the map – photo on left by Cindy Bendat, photo on right by Ivan Salinas;
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A timeline of a Venice property from 2015 – 2023 by Maya Wali-Richardson;
Photo by Suzanne Thompson
Photo by Cindy Bendat
Photo by Cindy Bendat
Photo by Cindy Bendat
Photo by Ivan Salinas
Montage by Maya Wali-Richardson
STORIES & MEDIA COVERAGE
April 2023 article on the project, Venice Beachhead
Reading and panel about The Battle of Lincoln Place, a book by Dennis Hathaway. May 27, 2023 and transcript/story (with link to 8-minute video about the Lincoln Place lock-outs)
KPFK Poets Café recording - August 2023
https://soundcloud.com/poetscafe/venice-housing-poetry-discussion-poets-cafe-kpfk-072623
Photo by Stephon Litwinczuk
Photo by Stephon Litwinczuk
Venice Library, Summer 2024
Exhibit opening & reception for an installation (May 17, 2024-July 30, 2024) by Aanti Sumaiyya and Judy Branfman of “Where Has All the (affordable) Housing Gone?”; with poets Naomi Nightingale & Ivan Salinas, land acknowledgement by Lydia Ponce, and conversation between John Raphling, senior researcher with Human Rights Watch, and Becky Dennison, Executive Director of Venice Community Housing, about Raphling’s report on the criminalization of unhoused people. This event made the link between the escalating loss of affordable housing, increasing numbers of evictions, and the growing reality of homelessness in Venice/Los Angeles.
RESOURCES FOR TENANTS
StayHousedLA: https://www.stayhousedla.org/
Tenant Power Toolkit: https://tenantpowertoolkit.org/
LA Tenants Union: https://latenantsunion.org/en/resources/
Eviction Defense Network: https://edn.la/
CREDITS
Thanks to:
Beyond Baroque: Quentin Ring, Eric Ahlberg, Ivan Salinas, Jimmy Vega, Jody Zellen, Dan McNay, Genesis Perez, Michele Raphael, Katherine King, Conner Wilson, Stevie Greco, Nicholas Forman.
Participants/photographers: Pat Raphael, Maya Wali Richardson, Tom Laichas, Nicole Karsin, Aanti Sumaiyya, Suzanne Thompson, Mike Suhd, Brian Sonia Wallace, Kelly Kuvo Richardson, Grant Lu, Marilyn Ramirez, Cindy Bendat, Pangea, Steven Bowers, Noreen Ahmed, Paige Parsons, Raman, Michael Lindley, Jon Wolff, Laddie Williams, Naomi Nightingale, Chris Giamarino, Erin Aubrey Kaplan, Eileen Archibald, Alejandro Arroyo, Dexter O’Connell, Yatin Parkhani
Funders: California Arts Council, California Humanities, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, The County of Los Angeles
Community Partners: Venice Arts Council, Venice Community Housing, Veterans For Peace – Los Angeles, Westside Local-LA Tenants Union, Keep Neighborhoods First, The Venice Beachhead, Jane Taguchi Graphic Design, KPFK
Many thanks: John Urquiza, Madi Hamilton, Brendan Leech, Esteban Pulido, Jerolyn Crute, Luis Garcia Chavez, MB Boissonnault, Ingrid Mueller, Becky Dennison, Judy Goldman, Dennis Hathaway, Laura Silagi, John Raphling, Jack Ross, Christopher Hawley, Sheila Bernard, Amanda Seward, Michael Shaw, Barbara Hope, Doug Eisenstark, Tony Murphy, Hunter Deckelman, Kyle Nelson, Stephon Litwinczuk, Nick Aldridge, Bill Megalos, John Malpede, Jose Lopez, Joe Donlin, C.C. deVere, Gilda Hasse, Ron Rouda, Pete Savino, Mia Amuri, Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, Jenna Couch, Marie Kennedy, Monona Wali, Carol Wells, SAJE – Strategic Actions For A Just Economy, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Better Neighborhoods LA, KPFK Poets Café, Samy’s Camera
