Venice Community THE STORYHousing OF US Venice Community 1988 Housing– 2013

Venice Community Housing

2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 1 3/13/15 12:34 PM Venice Community Housing Venice Community Housing TABLE OF CONTENTS 2013 Board of Directors 2013 Young Professionals Board of Directors Letter from our Founders ...... 3 Our Founding ...... 4 Chairperson Directors Skye Allmang Marie Kennedy Indico Arnell Indico Arnell Housing ...... 6 Randy Brook Adam Cowing Westminster Transitional Living Center ...... 10 Vice Chairperson Robert Greenwald Jeffrey Fischer Jataun Valentine 25 Years of Responding to the Needs of the Community ...... 12 Robert Jay Grossman Linnea Koopmans Venice Youth Build ...... 16 Secretary Jeffrey Levine Kevin Michini* Mindy Meyer After School Program ...... 20 Mike Suhd Ashley Powell Barbara Milliken 25 Years of Celebrations ...... 24 David Sway Treasurer Susan Nakaoka Eugene Travnikoff 2013 Financial ...... 26 Doris Oliker Dana Newman 2013 Supporters ...... 28 Michele Prichard Whitney L. Morris John Raphling Thank You...... 30 Neal Richman *VCH Staff Vision for Our Future ...... 31 Maury Ruano Anne Zimmerman

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 2 3/13/15 12:34 PM What can we do?

That was the question on the minds of a group of young Venetians troubled by rising numbers of homeless people in their community and throughout Los Angeles. In the 1980s a deteriorating national economy along with federal cuts to low-income housing and social services led to a sharp increase in homelessness across the country, including unprecedented numbers of homeless people in Los Angeles.

The eventual founders of Venice Community Housing sought the input of housing, social services and mental health experts and came to understand that a combination of affordable housing and supportive services was the key to not only preserving the racial, economic and social diversity of Venice but also to saving the lives of chronically homeless people.

Twenty-five years later, Venice Community Housing owns and manages 14 affordable housing properties. We recently acquired a fifteenth property that we will develop into 21 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless people who are frequent users of the medical system. Our responsive programming includes a nationally-recognized YouthBuild program, academic- focused after school programs serving over 100 low-income elementary school students, and a 100% volunteer-led project providing free storage to the homeless on Venice Beach.

The results? Over 1,300 lives were touched by our work this year.

It is our pleasure to present you with our 2013 Annual Report, which not only highlights our achievements over the past year, but also celebrates Venice Community Housing’s quarter century of building community.

Marie Kennedy Steve Clare

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THE YEAR WAS 1988. Ronald Reagan was president, George Deukmejian was Governor, Tom Bradley was our Mayor, postage stamps were 24 cents and movie tickets were $3.50 and most importantly eight committed Venice community members were gathering to discuss the gentrifi cation of their beloved community; the rising rents, increase of homeless people and their desire to start a movement to address these issues. Searching for answers on the causes of these matters they created a group called “Neighbor to Neighbor” and decided to educate themselves by inviting experts from local agencies focused on social services, mental

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health, and those serving the homeless and inclusive community. The result of their From left: Arlene Hendler, Steve Clare, Susan Millman, Mike Suhd, low income residents. Asking what can we vision was the creation of Venice Community Penny Pettler-Jennings, Teresa do? They soon realized the key to addressing Housing Corporation. Reese, Morise (Moe) Stavnezer: these needs was affordable housing and not pictured, Rick Davidson supportive services. The organization we have today, 25 years (passed away in 1999) later, is because of the vision, wisdom, and While not one of these eight people had commitment of Steve Clare, Rick Davidson, any experience with affordable housing, Arleen Handler, Penny Jennings, Susan they did have a commitment to building Millmann, Teresa Reese, Mike Suhd, and community. They focused not just on creating Moe Stavnezer. a housing development corporation, but a true community development organization This 2013 Annual Report is dedicated to our grounded in the belief that addressing founders with sincere gratitude from the VCH the needs of the whole person is vital and Board, Staff, Residents, Students, and most necessary to preserving a diverse and of all our greater Venice Community.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 5 3/13/15 12:34 PM Housing Stats - 2013 Improvements have included: installing new as a “family building,” the Beach Avenue property • In the City of Los Angeles there were 29,682 flooring, adding three-in-one sinks, cabinet and will be designed to provide permanent supportive homeless people in 2013, an increase of 26 refrigerator units, adding ceiling fans and HVAC housing for chronically homeless people who are percent since 2011 (LAHSA 2013 Greater systems, replacing old plumbing, upgrading old frequent users of the healthcare system. Los Angeles Homeless Count). railing systems, and installing an energy-star rated roof. We hope to complete construction by Spring • In 2013 we housed over 500 people in 2016 and to fully lease the units within 60 days We have partnered with a Venice-based landscape of completion. Once complete, the property will HOUSING 195 units of non-profit affordable housing, including 386 adults and 145 children. architect who has volunteered to design aesthetic include parking, an on-site property manager and improvements to several of our housing properties on-site supportive services. • We provided permanent supportive housing as well as our administrative and program to over sixty formerly chronically homeless headquarters at 720 Rose Avenue. Improvements We are partnering with three seasoned individuals through our Shelter + Care are scheduled to begin in early 2014. organizations on this project: Los Angeles-based program. architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa to design the Beach Avenue Construction new property, Hollywood Community Housing Corporation as a development partner, and St. Capital Improvements In August 2012 Venice Community Housing purchased a two-story commercial building located Joseph Center as a service partner. “We are embracing a new standard for our at 13368 Beach Avenue in Del Rey. We acquired housing.” – Maxwell Harris, Director of Housing & the adjacent property, 13366 Beach Avenue, in Asset Management July 2013. The combined two-lot parcel is large enough to feasibly develop 21 units of permanent In order to maintain safe, comfortable and supportive housing. attractive conditions at its existing affordable housing properties, our Housing and Maintenance This will be our first new construction project since Departments have continued with scheduled developing Washington Courts in the 1990s. capital improvements at several of our affordable While the Washington property was built primarily housing properties.

1993 1994 1994 1994 1996 1997 1998 2000 Westminster Navy Apartments 511 Brooks Avenue 5026 and 5032 Construction Washington Place 920 6th Avenue 200 Lincoln Blvd. Transitional Living completed acquired Slauson Ave. completed on Tabor developed and purchased purchased Center purchased Courts completed

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 6 3/13/15 12:34 PM HOUSING 102 NAVY APARTMENTS VCH applied for and received a federal Shelter + Venice Care contract for 14 units, 8 of which are located 5 singles, 9 one-bedroom units in the Navy building. These units are designated for permanent supportive housing for chronically Venice Community Housing acquired this property homeless individuals who struggle with a combi- with the support of the Los Angeles Community nation of mental health issues, substance abuse Redevelopment Agency. and/or chronic medical conditions. We partnered with St. Joseph Center to provide the counseling The sale was negotiated by then- City Council- and case management that help these tenants woman Ruth Galanter as a condition of approval to stabilize their lives, maintain their housing, and of the owner’s plan to eliminate rental units at reintegrate into the community. Gingerbread Apartments on Ocean Front Walk and use the property for commercial use.

VCH partnered with the Los Angeles Community Design Center (LACDC), now Abode Commu- nities, to develop the property, and contracted Levine Management Company for property man- agement; we have since brought all of our property management in house.

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2000 2003 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 640 Westminster Pacific Apartments 4216 Centinela Horizon Apartments Horizon Apartments 13368 Beach Ave. 13366 Beach Ave. purchased purchased purchased purchased remodeling com- purchased purchased plete, units leased

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TABOR scenes of life under water on Floor 1, life on land COURTS on Floor 2 and life in the air on floor 3. Bill and the Venice youth created the ceramic tile entry floor and the tile door surrounds and Bill created and installed Tabor Courts the totem at the front entrance. was the first affordable housing Noel contacted the parents of families selected construction project that Venice Community for tenancy and offered to create a ceramic arts Housing did on its own, with the support of program on site during construction. About 14 then- City Councilwoman Ruth Galanter. VCH kids joined the program, which included learning completed construction in 1996, naming the to work with clay and learning about marine life building after one of the first African American through field trips and meetings with a local marine families to move into the neighborhood around the biologist. The kids were instructed to make sea turn of the twentieth century. animals that were fired and glazed by Noel and installed into a wall mural in the first floor hallway. A war between two rival Venice gangs had just These positive experiences motivated VCH to start concluded and we wanted to offer on-the-job Clayworks, a ceramic tile making and installation construction training to Venice youth. With the program for at risk youth which operated support of the Housing Department, we were able successfully for about eight years. WASHINGTON PLACE to hire five Latinos affiliated with the Venice 13 Mar Vista gang and five African American youth from the 23 Family Units Venice Shoreline Crips to work with the general contractor on the project. This collaboration Venice Community Housing would eventually evolve into our current Venice purchased 13 lots orga- YouthBuild program. nized into five parcels from a land trust in 1994. There While the project was under construction, two were several buildings on the property, most of Venice ceramic artists, Bill Attaway and Noel which were vacant and boarded up. For years, Mar Osheroff, contacted VCH to get involved. Bill Vista residents gave the dilapidated buildings a wanted to work with the youth and Noel wanted wide berth. They were a magnet for gang activity, to create an art program for kids who were going graffiti and other crimes. Our goal was not only to to move into the building when it was completed. provide quality affordable housing at this site, but They and the architects agreed to a theme for the also to use that housing as a vehicle to transform building: “the web of life” which translated into the neighborhood.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 8 3/13/15 12:34 PM We encountered significant resistance to the HORIZON APARTMENTS project from neighbors who opposed having an Venice affordable housing project in their community, but we persevered through hearings, appeals, and We purchased this 20-unit apartment building in even a fire set to the property, and we eventually 2009 to create permanent supportive housing for were able to proceed with the project. chronically homeless people. We completed reno- vations on the property and fully leased the units in We cleared all but one of the existing structures – August 2011. 12561 Washington Place, where we rehabilitated seven units – and constructed 23 new units of We partner with St. Joseph Center and the De- family housing. partment of Mental Health to provide supportive services to the tenants. We completed the Washington Courts project in 1997. The average length of homelessness for a tenant at Horizon Apartments was eight years. In addition to affordable housing, Washington Courts serves as one of two sites for our Study Lounge program, offering both our tenants and lo- cal low-income families an academic-focused after school program for their children.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 9 3/13/15 12:34 PM WESTMINSTER TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER

LIEUCAP had been operating a women’s shelter and transitional housing program for women and children, and Vera Davis wanted to create another transitional facility to allow for a longer transition period for women who needed it. VCH agreed and partnered with LIEUCAP and the Brentwood Presbyterian Church to raise funds and develop the property on Westminster for these purposes.

The result was a facility with three 3-bedroom apartments, and shared laundry and community room.

Westminster TLC provides up to 24 months of The Westminster Transitional Living transitional housing for eight formerly homeless Center was Venice Community Housing’s first families of women and their children. project. Then-City Councilmember Ruth Galanter helped VCH to secure a city-owned, vacant lot Construction was completed in 1993. Following on Westminster Avenue, across the street from the passing of Vera Davis in 2000, LIEUCAP the Low Income and Elderly United Community closed its doors, deeding an adjacent property Assistance Project (LIEUCAP) – a community on Westminster to VCH. VCH and Housing based social service agency run by longtime Options for People to Excel – a separate activist and community leader, Vera Davis. but related nonprofit entity of the Brentwood Presbyterian Church – have continued to operate Westminster TLC in partnership ever since.

Annual Art of Giving Event hosted by Dana and Eric Newman benefitting the Westminster TLC.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 10 3/13/15 12:34 PM WESTMINSTER TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER

6,809 adult females and 3,153 children were homeless in the City of Los Ange- les this year (LAHSA 2013 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count Results).

Families need housing first and foremost as a means of stabilization, but they also face multiple barriers to long-term self-sufficiency. Domestic violence, lack of education, unstable work history, and multi-generational poverty are just a few of the barriers women and their children must overcome as they seek to transform their lives. The Westminster Transitional Living Center exists to facilitate that transformation by providing homeless women and their children a safe, nurturing home environment while they work to secure permanent housing.

In 2013 fifteen families resided at Westminster TLC.

Seven families transitioned from the TLC program into permanent housing.

In 2013 we launched our Mother’s Day card cam- paign – an opportunity for individuals to support the mothers in TLC while honoring the mothers in their lives with a card designed by students from our Study Lounge program.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 11 3/13/15 12:34 PM 25 YEARS OF RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY Handyworker 1998-2011 Infant Toddler Center 2000-2010 Teen Court 2001-Present Under contract with the Los Angeles Housing The Infant Toddler Center provided free daycare Since the 2001-2002 school year VCH has part- Department, the Handyworker program provided for 24 children ages three months to three years nered with the Los Angeles Superior Court, Coun- free minor home repairs to low-income, elderly, and while their low-income parents worked or went to ty Probation Department, and Venice High School disabled homeowners. school. The program was operated in partnership to host Teen Court, a peer-based alternative to the with St. Joseph Center. criminal justice system for first time juvenile offend- ers, serving hundreds of high-school aged youth each year. Teen Court at Venice High was the first Teen Court program on Los Angeles’ Westside.

Teen Court is a peer based diversion of first- time juvenile offenders from the traditional juvenile justice system and offers alternative sentences that respond to the root causes of crime. Its primary purpose is to intervene at the first signs of unlawful activity to prevent youth from developing a pattern of lawbreaking behavior. Additionally, it serves to educate student jurors and observers about the legal system, their rights and responsibilities, and career paths in the field of law. Youth act as jurors and determine the guilt or innocence of the accused. If guilty, they determine a sentence that generally includes referrals to counseling, tutoring, community service, and writing letters of apology. Youth convicted in Teen Courts are dismissed from probation with no criminal record as long as they have completed the tasks set forth in their sentence.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 12 3/13/15 12:34 PM 25 YEARS OF RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY Westside Repairs and Painting Services (WRAPS) 2007-2011 WRAPS offered home repairs for a fee to people who were ineligible for our Handyworker program. We often employed students from our YouthBuild program to provide on-the-job training for those interested in pursuing careers in construction.

In 2013 257 students at Venice High School partici- pated in the Teen Court program.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 13 3/13/15 12:35 PM 25 YEARS OF RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY Fiscal Sponsorships In February our Resident Services Department “The results of the count will help agencies created a small donation center at our administra- Venice Community Housing like ours better understand the nature of has been the fiscal sponsor to tive site to organize the donations we receive and several local arts and community to ensure they are distributed to those who need homelessness in our area and subsequently groups over the years. We are them the most. provide appropriate services.” currently the fiscal sponsors for the Venice Arts Council, a Every third Friday of the month Resident Services – Timothy Sweeney, Director of Programs network of artists and individuals passionate about hosts a “Shop Day” when both our tenants and community members in need can visit the preserving and creating art in the Venice commu- Victory against Overnight Parking Districts nity, and the Venice Japanese American Memorial donation center. Marker (VJAMM) Committee, whose aim is to erect a For the third time since 2009, Venice Community memorial to honor Venice-area Americans of Japa- Venice Housing and its allies successfully rallied against nese descent who were interned at Manzanar War Homeless the City of Los Angeles’ proposal to establish Relocation Authority Camp during World War II. Count overnight parking districts (OPDs) in Venice. Every two years VCH and other community members were Donation Center the Los Ange- concerned by the impacts OPDs would have Over 100 homeless and low-income people se- les Homeless on Venice: costing residents money without cured food, clothing, toiletries and household Services Au- guaranteeing them parking, forcing unhoused goods through the monthly Donation Center. thority (LAHSA) people out of the community they call home, and coordinates a further limiting the amount of parking available to “Although successfully housed, County-wide homeless count. This count is done Venice Beach visitors. some of our newer tenants are still as a sample; LAHSA does not release detailed numbers for specific areas such as Venice. VCH and other committed advocates against challenged with meeting the everyday OPDs spent countless hours reaching out to oth- needs that accompany being housed. On January 30th Venice Community Housing ers in the community, and dozens traveled down organized a Complete Count of Venice so that to Long Beach to testify at the June 13th meeting The donation center allows them we would be able to get real, current data on the of the California Coastal Commission. From young to get items they need to support homeless population in our community. From 8 professionals to 40-year residents of Venice, their themselves and their families and p.m. to past midnight over 60 volunteers combed united opposition to OPDs helped preserve The through Venice and the surrounding area to count People’s Beach! make their new homes feel more like the homeless population. home.” – Family & Community Services Director Bridgett Bell

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Free Storage Program Holiday Food and Toy Drives In partnership with the City of Los Angeles and The holidays can be a difficult time for our tenants Council District 11, and with the support of the and other clients. During the 2013 holiday season, Venice Family Clinic, Occupy Venice and other Venice Community Housing’s Resident Services Venice residents, we launched a pilot program to Department, our Young Professionals Board, store the personal property of homeless people Gateway Christian Church, and members of the who wished to go to the City’s winter shelter in Voice of Canals. Secured donations of food to West LA but had too many belongings to take with distribute to our residents as well as enough new them to the facility. toys and gift cards to provide a holiday gift to all the children living in our buildings or participating The free storage program, originally named Check- in one of our programs. In Storage Venice, began on Saturday January 26th and ended on March 1st when the Winter Shelter program ended.

Shelter guests were allowed to bring with them only personal property they can carry on their laps on the bus. Because of this limitation, many people who would have liked to go to the shelter opted out because they would be forced to leave their personal property unattended.

“Although Check-In Storage is a narrowly focused pilot project, we intend to build on this experience and work toward creating a year-round voluntary storage program for unhoused residents of our community.” – Steve Clare, Executive Director The city provided VCH with a storage container next to the police station on Venice Beach and 25 bins. The program relocated to its current site behind the paddle tennis courts in late 2013. (pictured above)

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Fall 1993 – June 1994 Gang warfare between V-13s and Shoreline Crips leave 17 dead and 55 wounded in Venice’s Oakwood neighborhood.

1997-2000 2000 Venice Community Housing offers paid on-the- In addition to offering on-site construction training, Venice Community Housing adopts the YouthBuild job construction training to local youth, including VCH encouraged local youth to take pride in USA model and launches the fi rst cycle of its members of both V-13 and Shoreline Crips, at the themselves and their communities through Venice YouthBuild program, evolving into a site of its Tabor Courts Apartments. In doing so, programs like Venice Clayworks, a business comprehensive program offering education, job- VCH becomes the fi rst organization in the history venture that produced ceramic tile murals and training and leadership development to young of Los Angeles to have a job training program in decorative tile work throughout Venice and greater adults ages 18-24. connection with the creation of affordable housing, L.A., and Handyworker, offering free home repairs funded by the Los Angeles Housing Dept. to low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners.

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Carmen Cotton (right) poses with YouthBuild USA Founder, Dorothy Stoneman, during her visit to Washington, D.C.

In March 2013, Venice YouthBuild Cycle 11 stu- Carmen agreed. “There was an Daniel was particularly inspired by a public speak- dents Carmen Cotton and Daniel Johnson boarded ing workshop he attended at the conference. an airplane for the first time in their lives to attend awareness that even though we YouthBuild U.S.A’s National Conference of Young were from different states, we were “It gave me a whole new outlook Leaders in Washington, D.C. from the same background, the on public speaking and set me up “D.C. was great because it gave me same struggle,” she said. to write my speech for Government the opportunity to meet people from Carmen ran for and won a three-year term on Education Days,” he said. YouthBuild USA’s Young Leaders Council. She a lot of YouthBuild programs across joins Cycle 10 graduate, Steven Love, who is It must have been some speech - Daniel ran for the country,” Daniel said. in the second year of his term on the Young and was elected by his peers to serve on the Leaders Council. California YouthBuild Coalition Youth Congress at Government Education Days, an annual civic leadership conference hosted by the California YouthBuild Coalition in Sacramento.

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Venice YouthBuild completed its eleventh Our Cycle 12 students are currently working (PACT) certificates, but they also learn valuable program cycle at the end of June. The June 28th hard to transform their academic, professional lessons in work standards and ethics, team build- graduation ceremony was bittersweet, with the and civic futures. The class is divided into Team ing, and leadership – lessons that are transferable tragic loss of one of our graduates, Clarence “Youth” and Team “Build,” which alternate weekly to any career field. Bourne. We mourned Clarence’s departure, but between academic work and construction we celebrated his accomplishments and the many training, with the entire class coming together for Experiential learning is a key element of the lives he touched at Venice YouthBuild and Venice leadership development and community service Venice YouthBuild program. Through weekly Community Housing. projects on Fridays. community service and leadership development projects that focus on the core values of positive Venice YouthBuild launched its Students have been practicing their foundational transformation, social justice and empowerment, construction skills either on campus in our con- students learn to become advocates for both twelfth program cycle in September struction training lab or at an off-campus construc- themselves and their communities. 2013, enrolling 35 young men and tion site under the supervision of Construction Trainers. Not only do students have the opportunity women between the ages of 18 to earn Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training and 24. VENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 2013 | 19

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Our After School Programs have A volunteer-led art class for tenants’ children in the late evolved over time to match our 1990s offered beneficial recreation, but we realized that these kids also needed a time and place to do their strengths with the needs of our tenants homework, and we began to incorporate tutoring. and the surrounding community Fifteen years later, our After School Programs offer low-income children an opportunity to fall in love with learning, succeed in school, and be positive influences in their community.

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From 2003 to 2008 Venice Community Housing We learned a lot about running a successful after- To extend our students’ learning opportunities participated in L.A. Bridges, a violence prevention school program from our time with L.A. Bridges, beyond the school year, and in order to provide initiative enriching the lives of middle-school and in 2009 we created Study Lounge. We our residents with an affordable recreation aged youth, strengthening their families, and continued to serve students at Mark Twain Middle program when school was out, we began offering empowering their communities. VCH served as School, but we also added program sites at our a summer camp in 2010. Our month-long summer the “community link” for L.A. Bridges at Mark Washington Courts and Tabor Courts properties camp program typically serves 20 to 25 children Twain Middle School, serving approximately so that we could serve elementary- and middle- between the ages of 6 and 12, with recreation and 150 students each year. In addition to providing school aged children living in our buildings. learning opportunities Monday through Thursday in case management to the highest-risk youth and the afternoons. their families, we also led after school activities, We partner with the University of California Los including tutoring, organized recreation, art Angeles’ TEACH Program to offer individualized programs and field trips. academic tutoring to Study Lounge participants. Bright, successful UCLA students provide In 2008, The City of Los Angeles re-prioritized participants with one-on-one, focused attention its gang prevention resources to focus on the and inspire them to new levels of achievement. neighborhoods with the highest incidents of gang This partnership has allowed Study Lounge to offer activity. L.A. Bridges funding was eliminated. a 3:1 student-to-adult ratio that is rarely achieved in the after-school arena.

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In 2013, 107 children were served by Study Lounge and/or Westside Science Club

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Westside Science Club Thanks to Ben, we have been able to partner with The Westside Science Club provides fun and en- the California Institute of Technology’s Center for gaging science, technology, engineering and math Chemical Innovation in Solar Fuels (CCI), allowing (or STEM) activities for underserved youth on the professors and researchers from Caltech to help Westside of Los Angeles. teach and mentor Westside Science Club’s young participants. The relationship provides a wealth Going beyond teaching scientific facts and placing of knowledge, as well as exposure to working re- youth on a career path, the hands-on, learner-di- searchers, for WSC’s participants. CCI’s supplies rected program aims to develop critical and cre- and equipment also enhance activities and demon- ative thinkers through science. strations. In turn, VCH facilitates the program and provides access to a population of underserved We launched the Westside Science Club in 2008 youth, helping CCI researchers gain experience in when a committed volunteer, Ben Dickow, want- explaining STEM principles to a general audience. ed to utilize his experience in afterschool science education to bring STEM education to Venice Community Housing’s low-income youth. Westside Science Club is now an integral part of our After School Programs.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 23 3/13/15 12:35 PM 25 YEARSJazz at Palms Court OF CELEBRATIONS The idea for a jazz fundraiser benefitting Venice Community Housing evolved from a conversation among Steve Clare, Susan Millmann, and Chuck and Terry Bloomquist, at a party hosted at Steve and Susan’s home at Palms Court in Venice back in 1992.

For 21 years now we have hosted Jazz at Palms Court, featuring live jazz performances, a gourmet brunch spread, and a silent auction. Each Jazz at Palms Court event offers a slightly different experience, but what remains unchanged is the Lebowski Bowl convivial, unaffected spirit of both the event and Among several fund- and friend-raisers hosted the supporters who attend. by our Young Professionals Board since 2009 has been the Lebowski Bowl, named after the popular 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

2009 Car Show On July 18, 2009, we hosted Venice Beach Rides for the Community Car and Motorcy- cle Show. The event featured over 300 cars and motorcycles as well as live music, raffles, food and entertainment.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 24 3/13/15 12:35 PM 25 YEARS OF CELEBRATIONS21st Annual Jazz at Palms Court Donor Appreciation Jazz at Palms Court, our signature fundraiser, On March 7th Venice Community Housing hosted celebrated its twenty-first year in the lovely garden its annual Donor Appreciation event, celebrating courtyard at Palms Court in Venice. Guests those who have supported our organization over enjoyed a savory brunch, live jazz performed by the past year. House of Games, and brunch provided by Off the Wall Catering. Airline tickets, hotel getaways, Venice residents Ron Radziner and Robin Cottle artwork, and dozens of gift baskets full of goodies generously hosted the event at their beautiful were up for bid at our silent auction. The event home, designed by Marmol Radziner for the was a true celebration of the neighborhood-based Radziner-Cottle family. solutions that VCH continues to provide, and the generosity of our sponsors and guests helped us The evening included presentations by VCH exceed our 2012 Jazz revenue by over one third! staff members and clients, including a tenant and Venice YouthBuild student Carmen Cotton. Young Professionals Mixer On Thursday, October 3rd our Young Professionals Board invited young people living and working in Venice to the rooftop of Hotel Erwin to mingle with VCH staff and client representatives and to learn about ways to support their community through engaging with our organization.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 25 3/13/15 12:35 PM 2013 FINANCIALS Management and General – 14%

EXPENSES Management and Program Services $3,422,528 82% Community and DonorGeneral – 14% Management and General $482,873 14% EXPENSES Community and Donor Relations $152,869 4% Relations – 4%

Total Expenses $4,058,270 Program Services $3,422,528 82% EXPENSES

Program Services $3,422,528 82% Community and Donor Management and General $482,873 14% Management and General $482,873 14%

Community and Donor Relations $152,869 4% Relations – 4% Community and Donor Relations $152,869 4%

Total Expenses $4,058,270

Total Expenses $4,058,270

Program Services – 82%

REVENUE

Contributions $457,569

Government Contracts $945,929

Rental Income $2,320,348 Program Services – 82% Program Service $27,500

Cancellation of Debt Income $171,667 REVENUE Other Income $26,356 Contributions $457,569 Interest Income $2,880 Government Contracts $945,929 Net Assets Released from Restriction $89,549 Rental Income $2,320,348 $4,041,798 Program Service $27,500

Cancellation of Debt Income $171,667 Rental Income 57% Other Income $26,356 Government Contracts 26% Interest Income $2,880 Contributions 12% Other Income Net Assets Released from Restriction $89,549 Other Income 5% $4,041,798 – 5%

Rental Income 57% Government Contracts 26% Contributions 12% Contributions Other Income Other Income 5% – 12% – 5%

Contributions – 12% REVENUE Contributions $457,569 12% Government Contracts $945,929 26% Government Rental Income $2,320,348 57% Contracts – 26% Program Service $27,500 Government Rental Income – 57% Cancellation of Debt Income $171,667 Contracts – 26% Other Income $26,356 5% Interest Income $2,880 Rental Income – 57% Net Assets Released from Restriction $89,549

Total Revenue $4,041,798

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 26 3/13/15 12:35 PM 2013 FINANCIALS STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Changes in Unrestricted Net Assets Assets Revenues and Support Cash ...... $589,946 Contributions ...... $457,569 Restricted Cash ...... $1,873,411 Government Contracts ...... $945,929 Investments ...... $201,375 Program Service ...... $27,500 Government Contracts Receivable ...... $150,221 Rental Income ...... $2,320,348 Grants Receivable ...... $76,060 Cancellation of Debt Income ...... $171,667 Accounts Receivable...... $66,928 Other Income ...... $26,356 Prepaid Expenses ...... $13,332 Interest Income ...... $2,880 Net Assets Released from Restriction ...... $89,549 Property, at cost Land ...... $8,521,825 Total Unrestricted Revenue and Other Support ...... $4,041,798 Building and Improvements ...... $14,394,455 Equipment and Furniture ...... $541,769 Expenses Predevelopment Costs ...... $411,562 Program Services ...... $3,422,528 Less: Accumulated Depreciation ...... $(6,497,462) Management and General ...... $482,873 Community and Donor Relations ...... $152,869 Net Property ...... $16,960,587 Capitalized Costs, Net of Accumulated ...... $278,836 Total Expenses ...... $4,058,270 Amortization Real Estate Under Development ...... $411,562 Decrease in Unrestricted Net Assets ...... $(16,472) Deposits ...... $9,724 Contributions to Restricted Assets ...... $123,787 Net Assets Released from Restrictions ...... $(89,549) Total Assets ...... $20,631,982 Increase in Temporarily Restricted Net Assets ...... $34,238 Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts Payable ...... $162,579 Net Assets at Beginning of Year ...... $ 3,017,914 Accrued Vacation ...... $74,492 Transfer of Net Assets from Housing Affiliate ...... $1,061,415 Accrued Payroll ...... $41,315 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets...... $145,790 Prepaid Rent ...... $2,256 Short Term Loan Payable ...... $21,000 NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR ...... $4,208,647 Accrued Interest Payable ...... $440,757 Mortgage Notes Payable...... $15,514,946 Tenant Security Deposits ...... $165,990

Total Liabilities ...... $16,423,335

Net Assets Unrestricted ...... $4,062,857 Temporarily Restricted ...... $145,790

Total Net Assets...... $4,208,647

Total Liabilities and Net Assets...... $20,631,982 VCH is audited annually. Audited Financial Statements are available upon request. VENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 2013 | 27

2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 27 3/13/15 12:35 PM $50,000+ Lisa Bohan and Myrna Pappas Marlene and Marshall Grossman The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Karen Brodkin and Carollee Howes Robert Jay Grossman, Esq. Weingart Foundation Harold and Stephanie Bronson Theodore Hajjar and Carol Wells Michael Epstein Sandra Harding $25,000 – $49,999 Karen and Daniel Florek Maxwell Harris The Green Foundation Ruth Galanter Charles Hill Enterprise Community Partners Jay Griffith Jack V. Hoffman Housing Options for People to Excel Hope Hanafin Horowitz Zaron McMahon Jim Bickhart,2013 Jr. SUPPORTERS (HOPE) Emily Harding-Morick Leon Kaplan Connie Call Orange County Community Alvin T. and Louise Johnson Sue Abbe Kaplan Christine and Michael Candland Foundation Levine Management Group, Inc. Levitt & Rosenblum CPA’s L.J Caruson Linda Levitz Goodman Nancy Lewis and Ron Silveira Century Housing Corporation $10,000 – $24,999 Paula and Barry Litt Michael Lyons and Joyce Cook Cathy Dreyfuss and Davoud Ismaili Sylvia Aroth Bruce Margolin Mary Ann Mayer Jodie Evans Bergman Family Foundation Mindy Meyer and Anne Murphy Ross Miller Gregory Fitchitt The Estate of Daniel R. Davis Barbara Milliken and Jack Prichett Steven and Evelyn Miller Peter Force and Nancy Rafaelli Hoag Family Foundation Doris Oliker Fleur Mitchell Richards Google Los Angeles Pardee Properties Morley Builders Gibson International Robert and Heidi Frey Greenwald Playa Vista / Brookfield Residential Bob Myers and Linda Sullivan J.R. Goldman Louis & Harold Price Foundation Michele Prichard and Rod Lane Brad Neal Claire Hirsch and Ben Nahman Dwight Stuart Youth Fund Marlene and Michael Rapkin Dana and Eric Newman Jonathan Horne and Barbara Tiffany Rochelle and Paul Hibler Betty Nordwin and Paul Sailer Greenstein $5,000 – $9,999 Thomas Safran and Associates Olga Palo and Marshall Hyman Mary Jack Anonymous Alan Sieroty Thomas Paris and Lauren Smith Linda Laisure and Helen P. Alland Steve Clare and Susan Millmann Erwin and Caren Sokol Christopher and Noelle Plourde Mary Lulucki Hagopian Family Foundation Elaine Spierer Jane Preece Jerry Manpearl and Jan Goodman John Raphling and Jane Mohon Robbie Stovitz and Steven Zrucky PVJOBS Sharon and Ed Maravilli W.S. Scharff Family Foundation Venice Breeze Suites Joan Reitzel Laura and James Maslon Union Bank of California Dr. Harry V. Vinters Shirley Reynolds and Jim Diego Susan Nakaoka Mary Ann Yurkonis and Melvin Mimms Maury Ruano David Pettit and Lynn Naliboff $2,500 – $4,999 Anne Zimmerman and Mark Piaia Marc Saltzberg and Nancy Reifel Sarah Pillsbury Sharon and Gray Davis Irv and Dena Schecter Laurie Pincus and Philip Brimble Sylvia and Alexander Hassan Family $500 – $999 Alan Seltzer and Amy Neiman Tom Quinn and Ilene Straus Foundation Warren Adler and Bobbi Armbruster Ruth Seroussi and Mike Newhouse Allen and Deborah Sarlo Marie Kennedy and Chris Tilly James and Juliana Bancroft Jody and Scott Siegler Melvin and Sherie Scheer Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities Michelle Blackmon Alice Stek Gary and Suzanne Shafner Tony Mischel Chuck and Terry Bloomquist Glenn Suhd David and Jill Stein Ron Rouda and Nancy Loncke Jan Brilliot Mike Suhd and Kate Kausch Timothy Sweeney State Street Bank and Trust Co. Lisi Cash Union Bank – 20th and Wilshire Martin Tachiki Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Alfred M. and Susan S. Clark Branch Cloud Star Corporation Ted and Rita Williams Foundation $100 – $249 $1,000 – $2,499 Corporation for Supportive Housing John and Helen Yoon Marianne G. Alderson Dan Abrams Renee Cowhig Marcia Zimmer and Michael Tarbet Kathy Anderson Bernard Alfs Mrs. K. Ronald Devonshire Abby Arnold Aris Anagnos Ed Ferrer and Martha Kaplan $250 – $499 Judy Asher Judd Apatow Kay Gallin Gregory Baker and Sarah Dennison Cynthia Anderson Barker Daniel and Diana Attias Joseph Girard Barbara Baumann and Johan Diane Berman Robert and Kerry Benderson Ruth Goldway Feldbusch Barbara and Peter Blackman

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 28 3/13/15 12:35 PM 2013 SUPPORTERSDr. Curley Bonds Ronna Jo Magy Wendy Call Nichole Coleman Marianne Brown Eric and Lian Mann Campbell Wellman Properties Tracy H. Condon Betsy Butler Edward McQueeney and Maureen Marilyn Campbell Lisa Costanza Jennifer Caspar Whalen James P. Conn and Susan McCorry Anne Dobson Cindy Chambers Penny Mehra Jim DeSimone Linda Eberle Yvonne and Albert Chang Robin Meili Dick’s True Value Hardware Pamela Emerson Bernice Coleman Barbara Meyer Kathleen and Peter Felesina Paola Fontana Juanita Davis Kevin and Jada Michini Patricia Fierro Philip and Frances Freeland Roger and Francine Diamond Michael Millmann Flightlinez Naoma Glauberman Digital Domain David and Sandy Moring Anita Furdek Andy Goldberg Janice Dobson Joe Murphy Jim and Sissel Hawkes Dulce Gonazalez Gavin Dougan Naylor Paint Stephen Hwan Angela Harris Darryl Dufay Susan Lee Painter Joel Isaacs and Anne Clark Isaacs Kayla de la Haye Jean Edelstein Michael Parent and Elaine Carbrey Saul Janson Julie Hogan Steve R. Effingham and Christina E. Stephen and Louise Pesce Paul and Fred Kuhns Victoria Hunt Morehead Ezra Raskas Manuel Lares Mary Leslie Ishii and Wesley Mana Ehrlich Architects Neal Richman Kristin Laskaris Jewel Box Platinum Robert Elder Design Gary Richwald and Sue Bayley Mollie Lowery and Ariana Manov Cynthia and Maya Kahn David Ewing and Marjorie David Lenore Ritkes Vrenic Merriam Paula Kaplan Nancy Fawcett Carol Royce-Wilder and Kevin Kelly Katrina Miller Tom Lask Doris Ganga Pete Savino Beverly Moore Tina Marie Lee Jack D. Garnder and Candy R. Rupp Dana Schumacher John O’Kane Linda Lucks Elaine Glass Sidewalk Café April Palmer Travis and Veronica Lutz Sherna Gluck Carol K. Smith Dr. Rudy Patel Linda Meltzer Scott Greenberg and Michelle Vick Bob and Lenny Steinberg Carolyn Rios Olla Mitchell Ethel Gullette Helen Stotler Rebecca Sager Whitney Leigh Morris Phyllis and Eugene Hayashibara Daniel Tamm David Sheldon and Lynn Hutchinson Marsha Nardo Sharon Hearn Target Elevator Company Gerald V. Stanzell and Waltereise Jacqueline Pine Arleen Hendler Kathryn Tilly Lamb-Stanzell James Ramirez Karen Henry David Turner Sarah Wakasa Sterling Robbins Kristina Hintzen Bree Walker-Lampley Rachel and Michael Wegner Ruth and Lawrence Rosen Diane Hirsch-Garcia Nancy Wilding Marjorie Weitzman Miriam Schorr and John Dvorkin Patricia Hoffman and Gene Neal Wrightson Gerald Selvo Oppenheim Susan T. Yamato $10 – $49 Kelly Stewart Daniel Hyslop and Rebecca Danelski Denny Zane Laurie Casso Alper Yasmin Theresa Tong Dragutin and Karen Ilich Judy Branfman Jataun Valentine Jerry Jaffe $50 – $99 Randy Brook Barbara Weingast William Johnson David Arbury and Susan Lee Autumn Burke Charles Wyle Rudy Krause Steve Baule California Solar Electric Sidney Zamora Herbert and Lillian Laskin Cindy Bendat Leslie Capelle Jacqueline Leavitt Jan Book-Meyers Roland Del Cid

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 29 3/13/15 12:35 PM THANK YOU Whether you’ve been supporting us since 1988 or since 2013, we thank you for your time, talents and investment in our mission.

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2013VCH-AR_031315_FIN.indd 30 3/13/15 12:35 PM VISION FOR THE FUTURE

For everyone to continue to serve VCH with perseverance and faithful actions to be true to our mission

For VCH to bring together all parts of our community in order to improve all of our lives

Create housing for Transitional Aged Youth (TAY)

Expand the YouthBuild capacity with a larger facility to accommodate more students

To continue to meet the needs of our residents and clients

Expand the number of affordable housing properties for low-income families

Provide more transitional housing to the homeless in our community

Expand housing and supportive services to the homeless

Job training for our residents

Remain innovative and relevant

For the community to know our name and support our mission!

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Venice Community Housing

The mission of Venice Community Housing is to preserve the economic, racial and social diversity of Venice and surrounding neighborhoods by Venice maximizing affordable housing and economic Community development opportunities and providing needed Housing social services to the area’s low-income population.

Venice Community Housing | 720 Rose AvenueVenice, CA 90291 | (310) 399-4100 www.vchcorp.org

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