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HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF THE Events Significant to Local Development 1929 1904-1905 Oil wells on the Venice VENICE 1891 Peninsula began production. Tobacco millionaire and split from his business partners to establish his 1911 They provided much needed 1839 real estate developer 1941 own resort community. Abbot Venice of income during the Mexican government Abbot Kinney and Francis As WWII began, hundreds Kinney’s seaside resort America Depression, but significantly granted a region called La G. Ryan purchased a 1.5 of Japanese residents were community named “Venice of renamed to altered the landscape Ballona that included the mile-long strip of rounded up and sent to America” officially opened “Venice” southern parts of Venice beachfront land located internment camps to Machados and south of Santa Monica Talamantes family 1935 Venice made an attempt at Oil wells in Venice via mashable.com incorporation, but was Venice of America venicebeachhaus.com unsuccessful 1898 1910 1920 Abbot Kinney,1900, via Wikipedia began The start of Rancho La Ballona , 1896 via Wikipedia Park resort to locate into Oakwood Prohibition as well as community was as manual laborers and the burning of the established servants to wealthy amusement pier lead white residents to significant loss in tax revenue

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1932 1926 LA hosts Olympic City Hall Games. Later, 1781 athletes’ cottages are constructed 1941 El Pueblo de Los Angeles placed on the beach Pearl Harbor founded as a summer resort. bombed, US enters World War II 1850 Statehood 1934 1945 US Congress passes the End of World Overland Monthly, August-September 1931 National Housing Act, creating War II Drawing by William Rich Hutton, 1847. USC Digital Library the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Olympic.org

Public Domain 1929 Crash Events Significant to the Development of the City of Los Angeles 1939 HOLC "" map of central Los Angeles, courtesy of LaDale Winling and urbanoasis.org. COMMUNITY PLAN AREA

1999 The Local Coastal 1958 1972 Program was The “Beats” settled California Coastal adopted 2015-2016 into Venice. They Commission formed 2000 emphasized 1967 1995 Current Venice Silicon Beach expands into Venice “Bohemian” The start of the Venice Community Plan 2012 lifestyles influence of the refurbished adopted Abbot Kinney named Flower Children “coolest block” in America by GQ

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The Beats via joedonnellywrites.com Venice Canals via venicenc.org YaGeek via Wikipedia

Abbot Kinney Blvd via abbotkinney.org

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1965 Watts Riots 1976 California Coastal 1992 2016 Act adopted 1984 Los Angeles Civil Los Angeles voters LA hosts Olympic Games Unrest approve Measure JJJ

1978 August 1965. New York World-Telegram CA Proposition 13 passes

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