DEPARTMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICES CITY PLANNING OFFICE OF HISTORIC RESOURCES S. GAIL GOLDBERG, AICP DIRECTOR 200 N. SPRING STREET, RooM 620 Los ANGIUS, CA 90012-4801 CITY OF Los ANGELES (213) 978-1271 (213) 978-1200 CALIFORNIA VINCENT P. BERTONI, AICP DEPUTY DIRECTOR CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION (213) 978-1272

RICHARD BARRON EVA YUAN-MCDANIEL PRESIDENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR ROELLA H. LOUIE (213) 978-1273 VICE-PRESIDENT FAX: (21 3) 978-1275 GLEN C. DAKE MIA M. LEHRER OZ SCOTT INFORMATION (213) 978-1270 www.planning.lacity.org FELY C. PINGOL ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT MAYOR (213) 978-1294

Date .JAN 2 7 2010

Los Angeles City Council Room 395, City Hall 200 North Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90012

ATTENTION: Patricia Lattimore, Legislative Assistant Planning and Land Use Management Committee

CASE NUMBER: CHC-2009-2840-HCM VENICE WEST CAFE 321 S. OCEAN FRONT WALK

At the Cultural Heritage Commission meeting of January 7, 2010, the Commission moved to include the above property in the list of Historic-Cultural Monument, subject to adoption by the City Council.

As required under the provisions of Section 22.171.10 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, the Commission has solicited opinions and information from the office of the Council District in which the site is located and from any Department or Bureau of the city whose operations may be affected by the designation of such site as a Historic-Cultural Monument. Such designation in and of itself has no fiscal impact. Future applications for permits may cause minimal administrative costs.

The City Council, according to the guidelines set forth in Section 22.171 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, shall act on the proposed inclusion to the list within 90 days of the Council or Commission action, whichever first occurs. By resolution, the Council may extend the period for good cause for an additional 15 days.

The Cultural Heritage Commission would appreciate your inclusion of the subject modification to the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments upon adoption by the City Council.

The above Cultural Heritage Commission action was taken by the following vote:

Moved: Commissioner Louie Seconded: Commissioner Scott Ayes: Commissioners Barron Absent: Commissioners Dake and Lehrer

Vote: 3-0

gol, Commission Executive Assistant Cultural Heritage Commission

Attachment: Staff Report with Findings

c: Councilmember Bill Rosendahl, Eleventh Council District James Adelstein Charles Fisher and Alan Leib DEPARTMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICES CITY PlANNING CITY OF Los ANGEL S S. GAIL GOLDBERG, AICP OFFICE OF HISTORIC RESOURCES CALIFORNIA 200 N. SPRING STREET, ROOM 620 DIRECTOR Los ANGElES, CA 90012-4801 (213) 978-1271 (213) 978-1200 VINCENT P. BERTONI, AICP DEPUTY DIRECTOR CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION (213) 978-1272 RICHARD BARRON EVA YUAN-MCDANIEL PRESIDENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR ROELLA H. LOUIE (213) 978-1273 VICE-PRESIDENT FAX: (213) 978-1275 GLEN C. DAKE 4 MIA M. LEHRER ozscon ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA INFORMATION MAYOR (213)978-1270 www.planning.ladty.org FEL Y C. PINGOL COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (213) 978-1294

Date JAN 2 7 2010 James Adelstein 200 N. Laurel Avenue CERTIFIED MAIL Los Angeles, CA 90048 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

CASE NUMBER: CHC-2009-2840-HCM VENICE WEST CAFE 321 S. OCEAN FRONT WALK

As you will note from the attached copy of our communication to the , the Cultural Heritage Commission has moved to include the above-referenced property in the list of Historic­ Cultural Monuments, subject to adoption by the City Council.

In due course, our transmittal will be given a council file number and will be referred to the Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee for review and recommendation. If you are interested in attending the Council Committee meeting, you should call Ms. Patricia Lattimore (213) 978-1074 for information as to the time and place of the Committee and City Council meetings regarding this matter. Please give Ms. Lattimore at least one week from the date of this letter to schedule this item on the Committee Agenda before you call her.

i gel, Commission Executive Assistant Cultural Heritage Commission

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Attachment: CHC Declaration Letter to Council and Staff Report with Findings

C: GIS Charles Fisher and Alan Leib Los Angeles Department of City Planning RECOMMENDATION REPORT

CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION CASE NO.: CHC-2009-2840-HCM ENV-2009-2859-CE

HEARING DATE: January 7, 201 0 Location: 321 S. Ocean Front Walk TIME: 10:00 AM Council District: 11 PLACE: City Hall, Room 101 0 Community Plan Area: Venice 200 N. Spring Street Area Planning Commission: West Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Neighborhood Council: Venice 90012 Legal Description: Lot 227, BLK 3 of Golden Bay Tract

PROJECT: Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the VENICE WEST CAFE

REQUEST: Declare the property a Historic-Cultural Monument

APPLICANT: Charles Fisher and Alan Leib 140 S. Avenue 57 Los Angeles, CA 90026

OWNER: James Adelstein, Vice President 200 N. Laurel Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90048

RECOMMENDATION That the Cultural Heritage Commission:

1. Declare the property a Historic-Cultural Monument per Los Angeles Administrative Code Chapter 9, Division 22, Article 1, Section 22.171.7

2. Adopt the report findings.

S. GAIL GOLDBERG, AICP . - Di~t::kr Ken Bernstein, AICP, Manager Lambert M. Giessinger, Preservation Architect Office of Historic Resources Office of Historic Resources

Attachments: June, 2009 Historic-Cultural Monument Application ZIMAS Report 321 S. Ocean Front Walk CHC-2009-2840-HCM Page 2 of 4

FINDINGS

The building reflects "the broad cultural, economic, or social history of the nation, State or community" for its association with the Venice West Cafe (1958-1966) and the development of 1 mid-20 h century Bohemian counter-culture in the Venice community of Los Angeles.

CRITERIA

The criterion is the Cultural Heritage Ordinance which defines a historical or cultural monument as any site (including significant trees or other plant life located thereon) building or structure of particular historic or cultural significance to the City of Los Angeles, such as historic structures or sites in which the broad cultural, economic, or social history of the nation, State or community is reflected or exemplified, or which are identified with historic personages or with important events in the main currents of national, State or local history or which embody the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type specimen, inherently valuable for a study of a period style or method of construction, or a notable work of a master builder, designer or architect whose individual genius influenced his age.

SUMMARY

Constructed in 1922 and located on the Venice Boardwalk, this one-story commercial building exhibits character-defining features of Commercial Vernacular architecture. Located at the intersection of Dudley Avenue and Ocean Front Walk, the flat-roofed subject building follows a rectangular plan with a slightly rounded corner. Eleven storefronts are located are located on the building's exterior, four facing the boardwalk and seven on Dudley Avenue. A small parapet at the top of the building is surmounted by a concrete cap. The building is sheathed primarily in rough brick with white glazed brick used to accentuate the roofline, storefronts, and window openings. Windows are metal and wood single and multi-pane fixed casement and clerestory windows. The entry features a recessed square porch with plate glass windows to the left side and a flat wooden offset to the right door.

The original builder or possible architect is unknown. In 1958, Stuart Perkoff, a poet, opened the Venice West Cafe at storefront #7 of the subject building to cater to the emerging Bohemian scene in Los Angeles, specifically in the Venice community. The "Beat Generation" in Venice evolved in response to disillusionment with the Korean War, particularly among veterans. There, they found an escape from established business and political norms, were free to write and recite poetry, and explore the genre of jazz. In 1962, John Haag acquired ownership of the Venice West Cafe with the goal of maintaining it as a catalyst for Bohemian culture and his personal politics. After he began to advertise poetry readings at the Cafe, several plain clothes police officers attended one of his events and arrested him for supplying entert,ainment without a city permit. The case against Haag, a former Communist and a committed leftist, was eventually thrown out, though it effectively turned the cafe owner into a popular figure for the Beats. In 1965, the city passed an ordinance targeting the playing of drums on city beaches, despite Haag's efforts to mobilize the community in protest. The act was largely seen as an attempt to prevent the Beats from using their bongos in the area. After the owner of the building attempted to evict him from the space, Haag quietly closed the Cafe in 1966. He later became the co-founder of the Peace and Freedom party and was a candidate for state office for over two decades.

Between 1958 and1966, the Venice West Cafe appears to have served as a local symbol of the growing counter-cultural movement of the 1950s-1960s. By featuring jazz, the owners ensured 321 S. Ocean Front Walk CHC-2009-2840-HCM Page 3 of 4

racial integration in the Cafe. Local artists displayed their work on the interior walls, and poets, such as Allen Ginsberg and Jim Morrison (future vocalist for The Doors), read their work to intimate audiences. Perkoff himself wrote the words "Art is Love is God" on the walls to indicate the type of setting he hoped to produce.

The Cafe's unadorned interior space appears to have not changed significantly since the business first opened in 1958. Though various alterations have been made to some of the subject building's commercial units, the Venice West Cafe space remains intact.

DISCUSSION

The Venice West Cafe property successfully meets one of the specified Historic-Cultural Monument criteria: "reflects the broad cultural, economic, or social history of the nation, State or community." As a building associated with the Venice West Cafe (1958-1966) and the development of mid-20'h century Bohemian counter-culture in the Venice community of Los Angeles, the property qualifies for designation as a Historic-Cultural Monument based on these criteria.

Although alterations have been made to some of the subject building's commercial units, Unit 7, the primary portion of the subject building related to the significance and eligibility, retains sufficient integrity. This tenant space is the primary character-defining feature of the subject building.

BACKGROUND

At its meeting of November 5, 2009, the Cultural Heritage Commission voted to take the application under consideration. On December 17, 2009, the Cultural Heritage Commission toured the subject property.

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT ("CEQA"l REVIEW

State of California CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15308, Class 8 "consists of actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment."

State of California CEQA Guidelines Article 19, Section 15331, Class 31 "consists of projects limited to maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic buildings."

The designation of the Venice West Cafe as a Historic-Cultural Monument in accordance with Chapter 9, Article 1, of The City of Los Angeles Administrative Code ("LAAC") will ensure that future construction activities involving the subject property are regulated in accordance with Section 22.171.14 of the LAAC. The purpose of the designation is to prevent significant impacts to a Historic-Cultural Monument through the application of the standards set forth in the LAAC. Without the regulation imposed by way of the pending designation, the historic significance and integrity of the subject property could be lost through incompatible alterations and new construction and the demolition of irreplaceable historic structures. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards of Rehabilitation are expressly incorporated into the LAAC and provide 321 S. Ocean Front Walk CHC-2009-2840-HCM Page 4 of4 standards concerning the historically appropriate construction activities which will ensure the continued preservation of the subject property.

The use of Categorical Exemption Class 8 in connection with the proposed designation is consistent with the goals of maintaining, restoring, enhancing, and protecting the environment through the imposition of regulations designed to prevent the degradation of Historic-Cultural Monuments.

The use of Categorical Exemption Class 31 in connection with the proposed designation is consistent with the goals relating to the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration and reconstruction of Historic buildings in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings. los Angeles Department of City Planning RECOMMENDATION REPORT

CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION CASE NO.: CHC-2009-2840-HCM ENV-2009-2859-CE

HEARING DATE: November 5, 2009* Location: 321 S. Ocean Front Walk (*continued from September 17, 2009) Council District: 11 TIME: 10:00 AM Community Plan Area: Venice PLACE: City Hall, Room 1010 Area Planning Commission: West Los Angeles 200 N. Spring Street Neighborhood Council: Venice Los Angeles, CA Legal Description: Lot 227, BLK 3 of Golden 90012 Bay Tract

PROJECT: Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the VENICE WEST CAFE

REQUEST: Declare the property a Historic-Cultural Monument

APPLICANT: Charles Fisher and Alan Leib 140 S. Avenue 57 Los Angeles, CA 90026

OWNER: James Adelstein, Vice President 200 N. Laurel Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90048

RECOMMENDATION That the Cultural Heritage Commission:

1. Take the property under consideration as a Historic-Cultural Monument per Los Angeles Administrative Code Chapter 9, Division 22, Article 1, Section 22.171.10 because the application and accompanying photo documentation suggest the submittal may warrant further investigation.

2. Adopt the report findings.

S. GAIL GOLDBERG, AICP Director of Planning ~~ Kensertlstein, AICP, Manager Office of Historic Resources

Attachments: June, 2009 Historic-Cultural Monument Application ZIMAS Report 321 S. Ocean Front Walk CHC-2009-2840-HCM Page 2 of 3

SUMMARY

Constructed in 1922 and located on the Venice Boardwalk, this one-story commercial building exhibits character-defining features of Commercial Vernacular. Located at the intersection of Dudley Avenue and Ocean Front Walk, the flat-roofed subject building follows a rectangular plan with a slightly rounded corner. Eleven storefronts are located are located on the building's exterior, four facing the boardwalk and seven on Dudley Avenue. A small parapet at the top of the building is surmounted by a concrete cap. The building is sheathed primarily in rough brick with white glazed brick used to accentuate the roofline, storefronts, and window openings. Windows are glass, metal, and wood single and multi-pane fixed casement and clerestory windows. The entry features a recessed square porch with plate glass windows to the left side and a flat wooden offset to the right door.

The original builder or possible architect is unknown. In 1958, Stuart Perkoff, a poet, opened the Venice West Cafe at storefront #7 of the subject building to cater to the emerging Bohemian scene in Los Angeles, specifically in the Venice community. The "Beat Generation" in Venice evolved in response to disillusionment with the Korean War, particularly among veterans. There, they found an escape from established business and political norms and were free to write and recite poetry and explore the genre of jazz. In 1962, John Haag acquired ownership of the Venice West Cafe with the goal of maintaining it as a catalyst for Bohemian culture and his personal politics. After he began to advertise poetry readings at the Cafe, several plain clothes police officers attended one of his events and arrested him for supplying entertainment without a city permit. The case against Haag, a former Communist and a committed leftist, was eventually thrown out, though it effectively turned the cafe owner into a popular figure for the Beats. In 1965, the city passed an ordinance targeting the playing of drums on city beaches, despite Haag's efforts to mobilize the community in protest. The act was largely seen as an attempt to prevent the Beats from using their bongos in the area. After the owner of the building attempted to evict him from the space, Haag quietly closed the Cafe in 1966. He later became the co-founder of the Peace and Freedom party and was a candidate for state office for over two decades.

Between 1958 and1966, the Venice West Cafe appears to have served as a local symbol of the growing countercultural movement of the 1950s-1960s. By featuring jazz, the owners ensured racial integration in the Cafe. Local artists displayed their work on the interior walls, and poets, such as Allen Ginsberg and Jim Morrison (future vocalist for The Doors), read their work to intimate audiences. Perkoff himself wrote the words "Art is Love is God" on the walls to indicate the type of setting he hoped to produce.

The Cafe's unadorned interior space appears to have not changed significantly since the business first opened in 1958. Though various alterations have been made to some of the subject building's commercial units, the Venice West Cafe space remains intact.

CRITERIA

The criterion is the Cultural Heritage Ordinance which defines a historical or cultural monument as any site (including significant trees or other plant life located thereon) building or structure of particular historic or cultural significance to the City of Los Angeles, such as historic structures or sites in which the broad cultural, economic, or social history of the nation, State or community is reflected or exemplified, or which are identified with historic personages or with important events in the main currents of national, State or local history or which embody the distinguishing 321 S. Ocean Front Walk CHC-2009-2840-HCM Page 3 of 3 events in the main currents of national, State or local history or which embody the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type specimen, inherently valuable for a study of a period style or method of construction, or a notable work of a master builder, designer or architect whose individual genius influenced his age.

FINDINGS

Based on the facts set forth in the summary and application, the Commission determines that the application is complete and that the property may be significant enough to warrant further investigation as a potential Historic-Cultural Monument. CITY OF LOS ANGELES SIGNIFICANCE WORK SHEET

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DEVELOPMENT OF LOS ANGELES BECAUSE BOTH MEN WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROMOTING THE ARTISTIC PART OF THE

LOS ANGELES COUNTERCULTURE SCENE DURING THE MID 20TH CENTURY. THE "BEAT GENERATION" BEGAN IN VENICE

AMONG DISENCHANTED KOREAN WAR VETERANS MUCH IN THE SAME WAY AS THE "LOST GENERATION" OF ERNEST

HEMINGWAY AND F. SCOTT FmGERALD FORMED IN PARIS AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR 40 YEARS EARLIER. THE

BEATS WERE ARTISTS WHO SHIED AWAY FROM BOTH ESTABLISHED BUSINESS NORMS AND POLITICS IN GENERAL "THE

HOLY BARBARIANS", AS LAWRENCE LIPTON REFERS TO THE MOVEMENT IN HIS BOOK OF THE SAME NAME, CAME TO

VENICE TO FIND A PEACE THAT THEY FELT ESCAPED THEM ELSEWHERE AND BEGAN TO WRITE AND RECITE POETRY AND

ADOPT PURE JAZZ AS THEIR NEW MUSICAL ANTHEM. AS THE MOVEMENT QUIETLY GREW, THOSE ON THE OUTSIDE SAW

THE REBELLION AS THREATENING THEIR WAY OF LIFE. THUS BEGAN A CAMPAIGN TO CLOSE DOWN PLACES SUCH AS ERIC

NORD'S GAS HOUSE AND STUART PERK OFF'S VENICE WEST CAFE. PERKOFF WAS A POET WHO ESTABLISHED THE

CAFE IN 1 958 AS A PLACE TO RELAX, DRINK SOME JAVA AND READ OR LISTEN TO POETRY AND JAZZ. As THE PRESSURE

BEGAN TO MOUNT IN THE EARLY SIXTIES THE GAS HOUSE WAS SHUTTERED IN 1960 AND AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD AS A

LEARNING CENTER, WAs DEMOLISHED IN 1962 AS A PART OF VENICE REDEVELOPMENT. IN 1 960 THE BELEAGUERED

PERK OFF TURNED THE BUSINESS OVER TO JOHN KENEVIAN AND ROCCO BRESCISE WHO KEPT IT ALIVE UNTIL IT WAS

ACQUIRED BY JOHN AND ANNA HAAG IN 1 962. JOHN R. HAAG WAS NO STRANGER TO POLITICAL CHALLENGES AND

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14. CONDITION: 0 EXCELLENT 0 GOOD 1>'1 FAIR 0 DETERIORATED 0 NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE

A. ALTERATIONS: VARIOUS ALTERATIONS TO BUILDING FACADE, INCLUDING A PARAPET ADJUSTMENT IN I 955

THE FILLING IN OF SOME WINDOWS TO CORNER UNIT IN I 966. NUMEROUS INTERIOR CHANGES. THE VENICE

WEST CAFE SPACE REMAINS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME. INCLUDING THE FACADE. AS IT WAS HISTORICALLY.

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SIGNIFICANCE 17. BRIEFLY STATE HISTORICAL AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANcE; INCLUDE DATES, EVENTS, AND

PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH SITE (SEE OPTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE WORKSHEET)

FROM 1958 TO 1966, THE VENICE WEST CAFE (LOCATED AT 7 E. DUDLEY) FUNCTIONED AS A CENTRAL

GATHERING PLACE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S BOHEMIAN CITIZENS AND IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING

BUILDINGS PATRONIZED BY THE BEAT CULTURE AT VENICE BEACH DURING THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY

VENICE BEACH ROSE TO PROMINENCE AS A HOME FOR CREATNE INTELLECTUALS, POETS, MUSICIANS, AND

ARTISTS. STUART Z. PERK OFF ( 1930-1974), A BEAT POET AND COUNTERCULTURE LEADER, OPENED THE

VENICE WEST CAFE TO WELCOME THESE UNDERGROUND ARTISTS AND PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE

"FORMATION OF A COMMUNITY OF DISAFFILIATES" (AS DETAILED IN LAWRENCE LIPTON'S 1959 BOOK "THE

HOLY BARBARIANS") WHO BEGAN "A DEEP.GOING CHANGE, A REVOLUTION" IN U.S. CULTURE. JOHN HAAG, CO­

FOUNDER OF THE PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY. ACQUIRED THE CAFE IN I 962 AND RAN IT WITH HIS WIFE

ANNA THROUGH MID-1966.

SOURCES (USf BOOKS, DOCUMENTS, SURVEYS, PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH DATES) LOS ANGELES BUILDING PERMITS PER

ATTACHED. BOOKS. SUCH AS "VENICE WESf". BY JOHN ARTHUR MAYNARD AND "THE HOLY BARBARIANS" BY LAWRENCE

LIPTON LOS ANGELES COUNTY AssESSOR'S RECORDS RECORDED DEEDS AND STUART PERKOFF PAPERS AT UCLA

18. DATE FORM PREPARED APR. 22. 2009 PREPARER'S NAME CHARLES J. FISHER FOR ALLEN LEIS

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HISTORIC..CUlTURAL MONUMOIT APPIJCATION

ABEATNIKASKS: 'WHY ALL THE FUSS?' BOB FRAMPTON Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File); Sep 27, 1959; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881- pg. WS1 A BEATNIK. ASKS: tWHY ALL THE FUSS?,

.Wile-n beatniks applied for an cntutain. on a rickety stand and opened his thick book years fo1· us. I'll tell you about.4t~ur ment license f<>r the Gas House i11. Ve~>ice it of poetry, "Christ Was a Colored :Man." possibly it helps answer what the Gas House · led to a series of sometimes stormy hearings ''Everybody. knows loneliness,'' poet \\'il· before a Police Commission e1eaminer that and the beatnik business is all about. liam Millett began, then called for attention ended when ihe beatnik representatives Millett, then 32, walked away from a walked out charging prejudicr:. New hear­ to quiet a lively argument at a back table ings will be asked. Following is the story about the need for self-expression. 9 to 5 job, an attractive wife and two chi!· of an evening in the Venice West coffee • • . a tumble of words about a train in dren and went looking for the words and house and the controversial Gas House. the night. In the dingy, badly lighted coffee feelings that would make him believe his BY BOB FRAl'ltl'TON house with 30 or so young people listening, life meant something. VENTCE--"A big part of it is wanting a couple making sketches of'Millett, others The search led to Europe. A bitter ex· the right to be let alone as long as you're toying \\ith chess pieces and some nervously pet·ience: not hurting somebody else," the bearded waiting for silence so they could make their "The people and the art movement are beatnik across the table said. "I can't see nt-xt point, the words sounded dramatic. tired and provincial ••• in Sweden there are what all the fuss is about." The wo:::ds weren't new, though. My wife new thoughts 'but there is crudeness and We were at Venice West (ca!e espre~so Mary and I had heard· them in our apart­ little artistic effort ••• Londoners were ,.~ . 25 cents a cup) a mile or so down the·strand ment a couple of years ago when Millett least tolerant and friendlY but Paris is na. / from the Gas House, which is the heart of talked about quitting Lockheed to live the row and suspicious ••• The Left Bank is an an artistic renaissance or a hangout for art free. life. artistic joke. beach bums, depending on how you look Mary and I were looking at a more than ''Even Greenwich Village is decayed with at it. two years older and much mort! tired Millett tourists sitting around admiring old art Len Nadeau. late 3Qish, ex-editor for at this accidental meeting in our first visit fakers who claim they did fine work 20 years Jimmy Hoffa papers up north and friendly, to a beatnik coffee house. ago. I rt!ad in the Village coffee houses and paused as a "reader" lighted three candles The readin[i over. Millett filled In the two Plca5e Turn to l's;. :J, Col. :! Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Beats Have in Mind a 'Save the Cafe' Parley C A MORTEl'"- ' ~ -:1Jg•ks 886-CurTtml File); Scp 7, 1961; f'roQuesl- Historical Newspaper& I.osAngdc< Tnnes{\88~ Beats Have in Mind a 'Save the Cafe' Parley Bewhiskered Venetians Plan Battle to Keep Gloomy Garden of Sorrows Blooming

BY C. A. MORTENSON VENICE-The Beatniks are going to hold a business meetlnrt here. and that's no iazz. - ' - Discussion \Viii center around the future of the Venice West Cafe, 7 Dudley Ave. The Venice '\fest is not ..:______just another cofic~ house. h;:wks a~ainst walls (reshly Prqprictors ·.John K~ncvan pninterl to nhliterate various and Rocco Rrescise say it ls penciled inscriptions which the last redoubt of the un- somt> people might find or­ regenerate Beat; a gloomy (cnsi\"~. Garden of Sorrow~ where And the candles iJiumin­ true Beats _c~n still fore- ating the Venice West arc gath~r and !n the c_o~- snuffcrl out at 3 a.m. these mumon o[ ktnd~ed splrlts days instead of flickering on steel themselves 1': the con-: 'til dawn. victfon that work lS for th~; . birds. . .. But a fresh ~oat of P":lnt But the long shadow or 1S not nee~ssardy a Whlte­ the law has Joorned across· wash, the Beats here main- the crumbling facade or th£> lain. . . . Venice We!'>t in recent They are mchned to~mck· weeks, and it is just this er behind their chin foliage menace that the Beat broth- at the Beats elsewhere along ers want to discuss in their the Orean Front who haYE meeting. yi~l_rletl t.o t~e prcss~res ol 'T T tl ,., ~oc1et,v and, t( you w11l par· error ac ts • cion the expression, con. Kenevan a n d Brcscisc formed. claim they discern "terror tactics'' in the pD!ice prac· 'Terrible Repudiation' tice or invading the coffee It is a terrible repudiatior. house and demanding that or philosophy which ha~ patrons exhibit ID cards. O\'ertaken Beats everywhere "Sure, some of our J?,atrons leaving only the habitues ol have police recOrds,' says the Venice 'Vest as· honest Brescise, "but we Uve in spokesmen for the avantE pliace nerc. Nobody is beefed garrlc, Bresclse maintains. up." Even Jacques Kerouac haf He admits, however, that joined the PhUistines, In there is some substance in Bretreise's opinion. the claim of police vice offi- "Only Norman M a i 1 e t cers that the cafe has been knows how school should bl: the scene o£ several "nar- kept in Beatdom." cotics incidents" in the pasL Thin~s are in such hat; "Some pillheads used the shape that some Beats han coffee house as a place to even taken jobs. meet their pushers," Bres- This i:; a prospN't real! ..\ cise says, "but we put a stop rlisturhlng to de rl i cat c i to that - bad for business, Beats like \Vorth Belgard, c you knm.. ·." ramiliar figure around thE Eviction Drive Seen Venice West. More insidious than the Paralysis of the 1\llnd? close police supervision, in ''Where do I liYe?'' hE the Beats' view, is what they drawls. •'Why man, I li\'E call a campaign to evict here (in the coffee house~ them from their rundown and I live on the beach if 1 haven by the sea. have to and I do anything J They claim pollee officers ihave to do to keep from go and members of varlw•ing to work. ous commui-lity organl~-· .. The thing I don't dig a1 t1ons have heen exerting all Is going to ·work. lt para­ pressure to ha\"e the Beats lyzes the mind.'' ousted. H the situation doesn't im This campaign has h~en prove fast. the Beats ar1 waged so succl:!ss£ully. Brcs- talking ahout a march 01 cise belie,pes, that ,.,_e exp~ts City Hall to protest their lo an c\·iction notice to be in li[e, ser\'ed any day. The meeting to discuss th1 "But we've got our backs fate of the coffee house aiu against the wall, and we will the protest march might 1:H fight.'' Brcscise vows. held tonight, perhaps Frida~ It is noteworthy that lhe night-whenever the Btoat Beats are fighting with their 1can get around to it,

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1 Mill' t t f I ·B' f ahf)Wed a t)@inocra.t1a ddn.·l bC!Ap&ll, C!apl()la.lly tlie ofartge Newman !l!l:r'f!l l1e haat1. t 'a tiS 0· key 8.Hrl II ltepuhl\e~~n- ~11!· Btl(l• ,ltl'l!~n onell, They !ell tmlnt~d an r.ran~e and green ee e ore 11 A, pha!\t holh Atltlft lt1 the bAitf:'1', • lundnr.ape since tl1eh. , . ., . f v . wmrto_la Of !1. f:liul bul!orm. i . en i"e ~~~ f':n\rl, "1 think l!ntnlng: , Am b It Ions 0 'Ill l.n l.hc.l>e""h and havln~ lnw , , · ·.rant h!Ul glvtnr me an Oppnr- "Vl~Nltt!J.-1•,,u4 Newma.rt "'J'he.Y.'t'E! lt·ylng l.tJ l'lfllilr.~ tUJtlty to lm !In tflrllvltlUfll. 11 Jt1n\'P.t:t·11crl:'l f1M ll.nrl a h~tlf ltfl tht, n~l~hhorhond to He r;flld he f!l!etf c,Ut 11 yea.rl't Elgn lo PSCflfJ!!" what h(' nvold l'lrt tlrball rE:!ni!Wal rm·m whell he- lurt.. Hnr(•fml ·t tle1r1 thP. ltl'IIL 'r!lcE!'' of PI'O,l~r.f. ilk@ lhP OM oV~r lti c!e'At!tlbltlg' hl1'1 ~oa:!R_ rrir 10 • · · · · PFn~lfl~~ Ormm .flRt·k, hut Hl yt-ars ln the fut111'e nntl ~or 1et·tlsm~Jet._v. snnr::; fJ'rJm now Venlr:E! will 'r.omtJIRinM thnl ill! rrt J.hP. But 80Cicty, In !hP. rrwm nf1he hRt:k to !he ~urth again. questlcrnnt~Jre wM: gmm~cl at.rlr.Uy enforr.erl hullrllngl n•rhr1·c'A flomethln~ ttmt- with monr:y M R fllanrlard. code.~. 11'1 fol'cln,~?; 111m m1l of ~>UIIl Rbout. lh!R m·r.a. Nohorly Nt'e ht juslttm1l on fhe \\:illlll, with rncks g:dll"t'Y nwm~·. wlm . mwr• nJ'ounrlthe corner fmm the or rh·ylnl{ p"o::;ltHI'I, with a~lyl.~erl hl,m, 'mt ~ugh.t 111 Venice Wm~t r.t~fP, ont'e the. woorlblotkfl, with l!nnn of p.uttl mmc of !.hnHf' !.uul· cultural center o[ the Hohe- palnL'I anrt wllh countless mlan r.ommtmlty thAt lnha- unfinished RketdJ~.<~. _ bit~ VcnlcP NPwmart r:ont!nuer:l, ftilio~t . people think nr the beach as Bentnlk11 1\tnve .:t hanp;out. for heatnlk,; but Rut In the lnsl few year.;; mosl oC the people here i'lre mo1'11, of the hc.atnlks ll.nrl1° 1 ~,· their youthtul :lmltators'i r r~r.l lherl! l'lhould hr. • .somepla(!P. In society for have mover! nuL am\ New•ipeople who r\on't w9.nt to man'~ neighbor::~ now are lkeep up with the rat race." mo!;lly ctrlerly .Jewish people He paused to wrwk on a who play pinor.hle in the sllkscreen or what he called afternoon on picnic tables.a "polit.ir.al c<~.lendar" Lha'L along the beach. The sLudio at 317 Ocean :Front Walk along with se\'­ eral other buildings in the neighborhood will be demo­ lished soon in compliance with a more stringent appli· cation of the city building code$. Newman. a slender, beard­ ed Harvard graduate, alrea· -·~ ...... d::r has a place to move his paintings, his poster silk screen press, his woodcuts, hL'l wife and hi!; three ·i-.=··~Z::i~~ ~j children. . PLANS MO~E--Art!st. Earl Newman! ~lghtt plcms to mov~ from Venice .stu~io But he laments having to b~use of c:1ty's bust!tng spruce~up drtve. Here he exommes one of has sdk leave Venice. ·screen works, a print of a 1964 col en dar, with his assistant Lorry Merlin. I, ~There's an emphasis here ------'------''~1 m~·~·~"'~'~'- ·on people tihat you don't fin"d 1in tract homes," he said. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Bnslnoss llroop<, bat Yenite West Goes On DougMau1'' Lo.r Ang• ' (1886-CurremFil<); Oco:: 29, 1963; ProQu""- Historical N"""P"''""' Los Angdos Tim« (1881. pg_WS_.

PROPIUETOit--John Hono, owner of VP.nioc" WP<~ rnff,.,. hn"<" "'"< h .. is not o beatnik but o bohemian, and os such is inte;~st;;d- in-~i~ic -~ffoi~~ Poetry, politics ond ort still hove their hearings ot Venice West, just the some. I _ Tim""""" t:lllhr~ring l;!r,ce for unrlc~ira-1 Business Droops but hie d!lll'm-le\'!<,. 1 But J!!'Oprielnr~ John Ke- · W t G O ll~\·an and n.,,., 'Jkcscisc1 y en1ce es oes n ll'ilhslO tents and capucclno for 751 1 the Beat ph!lnsnphy. whcJI.exprei:!l thernse\Ye! freeh• nlll, 'd 1 1 toul'lnts walled in line "Jol -•I " 1!;~ag C<>n.•J cr~ (Je ew &ee the circus• at Vcnlcetwlth no social pressures remaining coff~e houses in w~ql !forcing them tQ think in II hlf:h-rcnl di~tric!A to he less[ Only a handful of custn-lcertnin way.• th~n. )E'~,c co_ff~~ h?u~~.<. met'S cnme npw to &ip AU v· It . rc •lltttb (Pmmer- ts 15 1h~~ AmeriC~n and ltallan l."offcc .. t s . <:ml , .. uut 10 mah mnnc~·. and discuss polillcs and art i'cmL-e West llahllU£!S arc We're ~trklly a n11n-profit! 11.nd play che.1s snd hen an1gcncrally ;n·U~ts, Wi"llers enlcrJ?rl~e - whethl'r we occasional poet1y rl'ilding. land n t u (/ c n ts of nmdc.~t~ want Jlthat \\'

! • ' i'Arrest . Won,t. . - Prevent Poetry a.t Coffee ouse lawyer Advises Proprietor That Police ·Act_ion Is Illegal; Readings Will Continue

·vE!\lCE-A eoffee house Haag. "A police patrol car wjll continue poetry read- stopped briefly in front of ings despite the recent arrest the cafe~ while we were giv~ of its proprietor for doing so, fng readings, but the officers says John R •. Haag, the pro- didn't leave the car." prietor. . Baag claims his arrest is a Haag. :n-restect early Jast continuation of polite "ha­ month for permitting poetry ras.:,"111entlt the cafe allegedly readings in the Venice West has been subjected to for ,Cafe. 7 Dudley Ave., ga\·1~ a several years. He said his ar­ previously announced read· rest came two days after he :ing last Hunday and was not posted a notice of plans to arrested. <.lemonstt·ate against alleged . He .said his attorney, Her- police malpractices by the :bert M. Porter. told ,him the Ad Hoc Committee to End City · had illegally arrested Police Malpractices. him_ on the gropnds that he Haag is chairman of the lw~s providing · entertain· committee's \Vest Side 'orga. ment ,..,iJhout a. police .~r· nization. · · . mit. Haag faces a. jury trial · · No\'. IS in 'Vest Los Angeles .:Municipal ·Court·· on the l.charge; , · . ~: . · [·- "\Ye intend· to &ntinue :our readinis.. as ·before;" said

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BEACH MUSIC sleep by nanslllg on bongos ~·outta\V!Jlg music (without al·those ve..ry areas set il¥de ioti . . - . . and trash cans until the ear~ permit) !rotn.....,{)f all place~ public recreation?• ··.: - ... Coffee House Owner ly.~:~o not condone the------. · . . disturbances," Haag wrote, Ban on ·"but we maintain that exist- -H ·ts• Bon-gos ing laws are ·adequate to curb such disturbances if the v"ENICE-A proposed or-· Let us not make our c.ity police choose to concentrate dinance to outlaw the. play.l known_ as ~e city that out- on law enforcement :rathe · · ' !awed mustc. • r mg of drums at city beaches . than on bowlng to political has been sharply criticized! The ordman~e was . P_ro- ! posed after restdents livmg pressures. by a local coffee house pro. near Ocean Front Walk and "What circumstances prletor. I Dudley Avenue ·complaine!j could bring the government _ In an. open letter to the that beatniks dlsturbed their of a major city to consider Los Angeles City Council, John Haag, operator of the Venice West Cafe, charges that the ordinance would be "an affront to music and a vicious interferenre with the freedom of our citizens." A Gity Council recreation and parks committee held a public hearing"'on the pro­ posed ordinance last week and referred it to the Recre­ ation and Parks Department for further study. The committee recom· mended that th_e department study the proposal with the city attorney's office. 'Right to Play' In his letter, Haag wrote: 'We call on our City Coun­ cil to uphold the right of ci­ tizens to play musical in­ struments on city recreation­ al areas. There is little enough joy in today's world; let us not stifle what is left. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. REP OR~ OF DEMISE 'EXAGGERATED' DOUGW 'IN Los Ange. 'S {1886-Current File); Jul29, 1965; ProQuestHislorical Newspapern Los Angel • ;S (!88! -I· pg.WSI

GADGET FOR TODAY- -Author Lawrence Upton, chronicler of the beotnik scene, demonstrates his "robot," Duhob !detector of undesiroble hobituesl. Up­

ton says robot ferrets out the undesirables - including c:ensors1 book-bumers. TlrnOLI'Mt. REPORTS OF DEMISE 'EXAGGERATED' Wlre Underground, but Not Dead/ Says 'Beat' Generation

BY DOUG l\1AULDIN !)e:;:t \ny or life offered an~· en· type of misfit, lnclud.ing ,,.... s••t•wm..- ~scape from the rat race, drog addic:u," h~t sa)-a. 't'E.'\lCE - )Iark Tt•:;,!n .,;:heche: ~hey had any .spe-\ Li ton 1.9 a ~hort, portly once termed reports of his Clal arusuc talent or not. I p . ece th·eJ,.. b!!­ deatb 'sreatlyexa~ger~ned." • "'J?oday_ 'they make the~:~~~ aU~derp We "calm TIIem~:m i>. t seller. Todav he lives whh his wife il'l. ·a neat cottage about ._ mile from the \·enice West ~be:at" scene ha chro­ nicled .1n his book. It may appear that the beats. are \·an!,;-hh~g. ~.,._,.. .., Lipton. hut i:';: ju,;t an iiln­ ISion. ~wh;.;_',: h;,.ppene,1 ~~ thJ~~ the arli~tk eiemt!ll\ ha,. ;!On.ei' uncierb:rom:d." l1e ,:aid. ".\r·, tists. ·,•;rite:·s, p;;imcr:; ancll ~:vant-garde fUm rr.;.ker:s liYe and \oork in their own pads. l.ru;t Public Haven I • And therlt .ara two or thre& times as ma."'y true beats: here as there were in, the 19.:.os: when they were' &etting ali of the puhlicit}".~ The \'enice \Ye~t Ca[e is the ~~~t public hawn for Beatnik,: here. However tl1e coflec hou5e';; (:un-ent p;

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. COFFEE HOUSE ORDERED OUT Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File}; Feb 3, 1966; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881- 1986) pg. WSl COFFEE HOUSE ORDERED ·OUT VENICE- The last of this area's coffee houses the . .. :Venice West Cafe, 7 Du~ey Ave.-has been.served with an eviction notice effective Feb. 28. Cafe opera- . . tor John Haag says he \vill meet with his attomey·and . . cafe supporters to plan ways of fighting the eviction. . ~ ' . Haag says if he has to move, he \Vill open another. coffee house in the Venice area.

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Venice West Cafe to Fight Eviction Move Contir.ued from First Page i He admitted that the cof-\ Lhe 1·ent (S7.) monthly each. fee hou:se is not self-support-( :m the cafe and club). He ing. but depend::: on the {'On-! I Haag) doe~n't make tWOj tributions or imli\'itlllab. . quarters off that cafe." . 1 Told of the al.'cusation of; Haag contend~ the e1·u:-1 . . .d f 1• • • • tion move is the re~ult or• rmanc1a 1 a1 rom a po,n.1ca1; ''political intolerance" and party, Haag ri f: t·I are d:i pressure from the Venice 11 That·~ prett:V funny. \\"e re-I Ocean Front 1mpro\·ement1 ly only· on the kindt1P!'tS oi: 1 As::;:n. 1 strangen:. ·• 1 During the s hI) uti n g! Simon ,._aid the YPnil-e: mat(·h \\'hich el'upted in] Ocean Front 1m.pro\'ementj bright ~unshine on the ocean I A:.::::n. has been wal'ting on1 front. Haag told Del Genio:: the coffee hou:-.e~ berlement she wouldn't gin-: in to the! they attract." . pre~sure of bigoLS." : He said the a::::;ociation,: Del Genio snapped back:! with about 40 member~. is: ").Iy mother is 8:! years old.~ pro\'iding Del Genio with an. You took ad\"antage of her." 1 attorney for the ~vktionl Haag denied that either· move. ! the cafe or club is politically· The Venice We:.--t Cafe for in::;pired. or financed. se\'eral years ha:' been the He described the dub a!ll a Ia:;;t refuge fot· beat literati in ..:ociali~t youth organization Venice. In u~~ a municipal interested in peace move-- judge upheld the right of.the· ments, C'iYil rights and the cafe to have poetry readings: war on po\·erty. without. a police lwt·mh. : -·--- -- ·- -·- --- .I

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. DAVID HOLLEY Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File); Aug 22, 1982; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1986) pg. WS1 Born-Again Beatniks Oldtimers Haag Hampton Carry On Their Long Fight for Peace and Freedom Party

1:A~HY l'llllf;~ I;,; tou)l••lr•' Tu1w !Jy DAVID HOLL8Y, 'fimr:r.'ltu!IIVriJ,•r f'Nf.'l 1ltl. TilE BLtiCK PLAO,JOI/N llAAG Hampton and Haug nrc perennial candidate~. Hoag TITBBANNER ran for state Senate In 1968, lieutenant govl!rnor in 1970 "'-" <'I and Congress in 1974. He drew iS votes as a write-in You & !/Ollrlody fusldon'd candidalc in the 22nd stale S!!mm District in the June 9 fur 1!11' to t'UTT!/ 1mllu• primary, Hampton ran for state treasurer in ]970

Continued from Slh Page u·aetions of entering the 44th A."l~t~mbly l>isll'tt'l I'U('t', whollH'VPr you pll•wH\ IHH rP,I{J.slt>l' P"m'P and l•"n•<· ... ,rn II<' too was lnmwd out in th<' mid-1970,, h•• said. f lumpton said. i'urt.v.' "~I)' wife •lied and I muldn't 'tudy," he >aid. ··t intend Sllpporlel'fi "thought thr.rt? would ill' u tr{'llWIHiuus "OLh••1' party ac!tlVI:-ItH, mclwhng Humplon, huv~· to tukP tht• Bar. M,v mind ha5 ComC' bark. l'm not HH :-1ad thnlg huppcning, because !Iayden would be running and argw~d Lhatltayden's n vital issues that Th<' major· mternal issue faced by the Hampton cmn­ z•ntlirul and un nclivi~t in me, umJ a formt~r radical and <.\r(~ just a:; <~tmvenlional and obsolr.lt! w; tho:w of regulur paig'l, ~l!ld the 1!') dlJ(~~ .. pa,ving mcmbcr:-1 of the Hunta ~emiactivist in him." Democrats and Hcpuhlicans. They agree with Jack Monica- V ~nice chnptcr of the party ha> been how Some party members, however, "have argued against llamptan·.~ recent attack on !Iayden's cmlorscment of shanJly !Iampton >hould attack !!ayden durillg the fall strong opposition to Hayden," according to a press rc· the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, in which Hampton •·ampnign. lease prepared by Haag," (and) have urged a campaign charged that 'Hayden, tle•pitc hi• radical reputation, is Although Hayden ullended the first national Peace that would emphasize the Peace and Jo'reedom Party willing to •upport war und militarism if that's what it and Freedom Party convention in Ann Arbor, Mich., in platform planks that call for drastic cuts in military takes to get elected.' 1968, ami wa' seen at the lime as sympathetic to the spendit1g to allow for massive programs to ensure in­ "After full discussion about this aspect of the Hump. puny's goals, the Hampton campaign organization has come, housing, health care and a polson-free environ­ ton campaign, the campaign committee decided on a vi· decided to wage a head-on campaign against both ment for all. gorous campaign on all the issues with no attempt to !Iayden und Hawkins in the Nov. 2 general election, "Cautious about alienating voters who, without placate Haydan supporters." Hampton said. Hayden's candidacy, would vote for Hampton, they Hampton and Haag reject the notion that tiny third· The chance to run against Hayden was one of the at- suggested· a Hampton campaign slogan of. ·vote for Please see PEACE, PagelO Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. WESTSIDE DIGEST Los Angeles Times {1886-Current. ); Jun 24, 1982; ProQuest Historical Newspap ~os Angeles Times (1881- 191 pg. WS2 . WESTSIDE DIGEST Santa Monica Westside Peace and Freedom Pnrty members have estnbllsbed, Cor the first time since 1974, a local party organlzaUon. · Activists drawn together by Jack Hampton's 44th As­ sembly Ohttrlct campaign announced they Intend to open a Santn Monica headquarters soon and continue the partY's endeavors beyond the N"ov. 2 election, Members of the party's county central committee are Hampton, Steven Harrls and John Haag of Snntn Moni­ ca, and Irving Goff, Duncan Lawson, James Sommer nnd Anita Trudeau of Venice. An open meeting and Plll'­ ty will be held al9 p.m. Friday, July 9, at525 Georgina A\"e.,Sn.nta Monica. ,. Jonathan Moore, a teacher or English as a second lan­ guage at Madison Elementary School, was honored wiLh the first Teacher of the Year award by the Santa Moni· (!a-MalibU Unified School District Board of Education. Criteria considered In making the selection included academic achievement or students, Involvement With parents and community. professional and civtc awards, philosophy of teaching and reasons for having chosen teaching as a profession, Moore was credited with help­ ing many or his students move out of the English-as-a­ second-language program Into regular classroom!J in just one year. "This is one or the happiest moments in my lire," Moore said when presented the award. Moore also teaches English to parents two evenings a week. Parents ofLen call him at home, waH in the hall in the mrJrning or meet him at lunchtime or after school to ask questions about their children or discuss problems in coping with life in the United States, according to dis­ l.rlet ome\alt. "Many students view Jonathan as ~omeone they can trust and rely on until they adjust to life in a new coun­ try," Principal Art Bystrom said. Other teacherS recognized for dedication and profes­ sionalism were Sally Bone. a sixthrgra.de teacher at John Muir E::lemeritary School; Pat Honey, an eighth­ and ninth-grade English teacher at Malibu Park Junior High School; Steven Mac)', a math teacher at Lincoln Junior E!igh School; Maureen McLaughlin of John Adams Junior High School, and Carol Neel, a kinder­ garten teacher at McKinley Elementary School.

Creatio-n of a four-acre park at the west end of Ocean Park Boulevard near the beach is the major proposal of a beach improvement plan drawn up by the architectur­ al firm of Moore Ruble Yudcll. The park would include fields for games, barbecue fa­ cilities, picnic tables, l:lath and shower facilities, a promenade tor vendors and a children's play area. The plan is an outgrowth of the city's agreement Witfl Lincoln Property to c:omplate the last phase of the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project on the beach. Fi­ nancing for the t~lan, which als-'> included street and traffic changes, would be from a $7 million cash contri­ bution from Lincoln. The City Council is scheduled to take action on the proposals at its July 6 meeting, in City Hall. Two Westside clinics previously rejected for funding by the City of Santa Monica will get money from the city after all. The City Council voted 4 to 2 to give S30,000 to the Westside Women's Clinic for menopausal women and Sl5,000t<> the Venice FamiJY Clinic. The funding was part of the city's ne:a.rly $1 million in federal revenue sharing monies for 1982-83. While the council said the money was designed to serve Santa Monica residents, no formal proposal limit­ ing the city's amount to city residents was adopted along with the appropriation. Both groups are located outside of Santa Monica Councilwoman Christine Reed led the opposition t.o the a11ocations, contending the city was raising expecta­ tions beyond its _abiliLY to P<'Y in the future.

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Venice Goodbyes Spontodaciously Where No Art Gallery Ever Went

January 5, 2008 7:23PM. Venice-Mark nsponto" Kornfeld {Aug 29, 1949 to Dec 28, 2008) greeted folks with the vivacious ''Yo We." The 'We" took his Spontolicious sing-songy slang into the "We are all onenessn realm. He hybridized "spontaneousn simultaneity with that feisty "pronto" punch, reinventing the spirit of the Beats.

Artist/curator Sponte nurtured the creative and Love community READ THE STORY BEHIND NEIL in Venice, California for 24 years at his 7 Dudley Avenue. This STRATToN AND ScoTT MAYER's location was the very same home of the infamous Venice West FR-M OF THIS CRITICAL MASS Cafe from 1958 to 1966, one of the birthplaces of a BIKE RIDE IN VENICEPAPER'S free-spirited literature and art movement. The Beats shared OCTOBER 06 ISSUE OUT ON THE themes of spirituality, environmental awareness and political STREETS, NOW. dissidence. Sponte felt the sacred ground bubbling up from the Also in this Issue Beat roots, and extended it. Outty. Spontropy.

• New Images from Kenny Sponte cultivated a glorious garden of wonders and Morrison Spontasmagorical liberation. He transformed the whole • Marvin Rand, Architectural concept of the art gallery into perceptual otherness-the Photographer. 1924 - SPONTOFICATION RITUAL Now here this! 2009. Sponto Gallery was and is: 1-M gallery -locals, international, • 5.30 a.m. homeless, children's art. Where no percentage was taken, all • Permit Parking Vote-Count sales go to the artist Whaa??? Fiasco 2- Very Live music venue- Azar Lawrence, Country Joe McDonald, Jazz Funk Fest, and tons more- The Beat Goes Span. • art Ia 09: no country for old 3- 7 Dudley Cinema- earth shaking experimental films and discussions- all volunteer, free admission. men 4- Exotic playground where many a soulmate met their match. • art Ia, seen 5- Poetry center carrying on the Venice West Cafe Beat tradition. 6- Political activist forum with the likes of Alexander Cockburn, Blaise Bonpaine, Paul Krassner and much • Signing up for more like raising money to feed the homeless and helping New Orleans musicians. VenicePaper Email Alerts? 7- Sponto championed bicycle activism and 7 Dudley Cinema showed Critical Mass bike films. His • Before Dark assemblage sculptures were often made of found objects, like the Sponto Cristo, which was composed of bike parts. • Earth Shaking Update 8- One of a kind events like Ms Beatnik Contest, and the Dumpster Diving Fashion Show. • Quoted 9- Party central - ain't no party like a sponte party cause a sponte party don't stop. Backgammon • Hertz Exhibits Balls of Spontoisseurs. Steel 10- SIC - Spiritually Incorrect Comedy - Live. 11- Got additions? • Letter From An Alleged Publisher Shall I go on? We'z in double figures and there so much more to add. The Spontorage rages Eternal in •- Spontodaciously Where Love and Laughter and Laughtears and whatever other word that describes what living is really all about, No Art Gallery Ever Went a word that hasn't been invented yet

• Robert Graham Memorial Sponte nourished our clan, and there ain't no stopping us now. We're on the move. Don't matter where the Service Set for January 7 place is. We are on top of it. We are the Little Rascals puttin' on THE show. He was and always will be our • Sponto?!?, Say it Ain't So, Righteous Entrepreneur of Rascality, and we ain't gonna let him down. Yo We. One Love Mojo. More Letters on the Man Spontodelic Spontoons. "'Archive If you ever burned a fatty wif dis bad boy, ya know what i be talkin bout. Spontorific herbal knowledge. Ya be diggin infinity till the cows come home. Dancin barefoot round da campfire. Ya be shootin up to da rafters, homey. Rasta Sponte. Spontolini 7 1/2. The Man, the Myth, the Movie- 4:20 to Zuma. Where else

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stuart Perkoff Tony Scibella (Poet/Artist) 1930-1974 (Poet/Artist) Perkoff was a central figure Tony came from a in the Beat Era period in blue-collar background. Southern California. He After his stint in the influenced and encouraged Korean War, he made a many, including the poets radical shift in his life and profiled in Venice West started painting. He was and the LA Scene. It is turned on to poetry by the fortunate that many of his influential Venice poet, readings were recorded Stuart Perkoff and soon and preserved. We have became part of the been able to use several of underground group in his poems from these Venice. Over the years he audiotapes. He opened maintained his Venice West Cafe in 1958 commitment, dedicating and provided a place for the underground to read their poetry his life to writing poetry. Scibella provided much of the and exhibit their artwork. Writer Lawrence Lipton was so narrative for the documentary, reading from "the kid in intrigued by the group that he wrote "The Holy Barbarians" america", which are his reminiscences of that time. Tony which chronicled their exploits. Years later, John Maynard Scibella died in October 2003 before the completion of this wrote "Venice West" which told more of the history of Stuart documentary but his spirit lives on in Venice West. Perkoff and his poet pals, Tony Sdbella and Frank Rios. Frank Rios (Poet/Artist) William Margolis (Poet) Rios had been a heroin Will, in fragile health and addict in . in a wheelchair, died a year He came to California and after his interview in fell into the Venice poetry 1997. He was a major scene, meeting Stuart figure in the poetry world Perkoff and Tony Sci bella. of both San Francisco and With their influence and Southern California. encouragement, Frankie During the SO's he and found .his own voice and Poet, Bob Kaufman, became a poet; ultimately published "Beatitude" in changing the direction of North Beach. By the 60s his life. Even though he he had moved to Venice continued to struggle with and became part of the addiction and spent time in Temple of Man, a jail, he kept writing repository and archive throughout those chaotic years. Rnally, he was able to kick his started by Bob Alexander, which includes both written and habit and stay free of drugs; writing his poetry without the artistic work produced by this underground cultural group. added difficulties of an addict lifestyle. Frankie also creates After the death of Alexander, Margolis took over the written outstanding paper collages that display his visual talent. archives of the Temple of Man. His home contained countless copies of rare publications from the SO's and beyond, which Saul White (Artist/Poet) have now been preserved by other members of the group, still Saul, part of the Venice active today. avant-garde group of artist and poets, was first and Charles foremost, a painter; Brittin(Photographer) although he continued to Charles took photographs write poetry throughout his of his friends, the life. He read his poems underground artists and and those of Stuart Perkoff, poets in Los Angeles often performing live with during the 50's/60's. a jazz group. His death in Fortunately, he captured May 2003 is particularly the scene; otherwise, there sad in lieu of the fact that would be almost no visual in the last couple of years record of it. He didn't take of his life he had begun to snap shots. All are receive some recognition beautifully composed and for his strong, abstract paintings with several gallery outstanding photographs exhibitions as well as an exhibition at San Jose Museum of of individuals who Modern Art in November 2003. influenced his life and creativity. Brittin also became involved in the civil rights Aya (Poet/Photographer) movement and had his camera ready to document the brutality Aya was part of the poetry scene in both Venice and San he experienced while marching with demonstrators. In 1999 Francisco's North Beach, living in both areas during the Beat there was a retrospect of these photographs as well as those he Era. She and David Meltzer first met in a poetry class in Los took of his 50s companions at the Craig Krull Gallery in Santa Angeles during the 50s. Then, later they read together at the 6 Monica. This gallery published an excellent book of his work Gallery in San Francisco after she moved to San Francisco. Her from that show. Over the years he has continued in his chosen husband then was Elias Romero. He performed the first "Ught field of photography and has been exhibited in galleries and Shows" at bars and coffee houses in North Beach while Aya museums throughout the world. Now his photographs are in read poetry. Throughout the years, she's been involved in the archives at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. many endeavors. Continuing to write poetry, she also collaborated on short films and a documentary. She is an Philomene Long (Poet/Film Maker) astrologer and Zen Buddhist. Artist George Herms' Love Press In the late SO's Philomene was in a convent at the top of the published her book, "Zen Love Poems." Her own distinctive Santa Monica Mountains. Moments before she was to take her drawings have been used to illustrate much of her published

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in this multi-verse could one actually raise consciousness and vote under the same woof? The Bomb. The Atomic Dawg barkin' the history of the future. Non-medic~L Get on the Doobie Nova Bus. Squanto.

Sponte was a real mutha fo'ya. He showered generous gifts at Mother's Day to many, often rapping them in aluminum foil, which he called Sponte Rap. He loved shiny. Sponte was once an almost-pro-tennis­ player. He loved cheese on everything. His Spontopolis operated in the inclusive realm, not in the "guilty until proven rich" exclusivity- a direct democracy utopia of participatory involvement. He often employed houseless people, one of which declared 'They'll never get him out of there now." Spontoneers and Spontonarians unify in the Spontopolitan Bohemia.

Abbott Kinney invented Venice and Spo[!to reinvented it. Soon after Kinney died, the pier burned. Soon after Sponto died, the Gallery may close, but we'll be bumin' the Sponto light forever. Bustin' the bardos loose. Wannabe King of the Spontoplize. Let's meet and have community now.

"It's all good, SpontL n

-Gerry Fialka

Editor's note: Missing Sponto? There will be memorial this Wednesday, January 7 at 10 p.m. after a screening of several films on Venice at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd. Films start at 6:30p.m.

A daytime memorial is planned for January 11 at 11 a.m. At the Boardwalk where Dudley Avenue hits it.

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