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Blogs
October 9, 2012
Bill Rosendahl To Bow Out of City Politics As He Battles Cancer
Westside city Councilman Bill Rosendahl announced that he's retiring from municipal politics at the end of his term. He's been battling cancer. Last night he posted a letter to constituents saying he won't seek a third term on the council and that he's "passing the baton" to his chief of staff, Mik ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2012
Bill Rosendahl Has Good Reason to Smoke Marijuana: L.A. Councilman Has Cancer
Yesterday came news that Bill Rosendahl smokes pot for medical reasons and missed a key City Council vote to ban medical marijuana dispensaries because of his health. Smokes weed, you said. Missed a historic vote, you exclaimed. Well, turns out he has a good reason for both. The Westside city coun ... More >>
Blogs
July 31, 2012
L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl Smokes Pot (and Gets Paid for It)
Whenever a public figure in an esteemed/elected position announces that he or she smokes (or used to smoke) pot, everybody freaks. Obama? No! Bloomberg? Schwarzenegger?? Michael freaking Phelps??? But when L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl announced in today's Los Angeles Times that he's been hap ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
Venice Zipline: You Could be Screaming Over The Beach This Summer
Venice is once step closer to getting a temporay zipline for summer. Area L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl announced that the council unanimously approved a motion to draft a proposal for the California Coast Commission's okay. Why does Venice need a zipline? Aren't bikinis, waves and a skatepar ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Venice's Own 'Skid Rose' Homeless Camp at 3rd Slowly Being Flushed by City Officials
Ever since the LAPD started enforcing a strict curfew along the Venice boardwalk, the homeless hangout on 3rd street (located a few blocks inland) has blossomed into a bona fied bum party. The stretch of 3rd where they sleep, between Sunset and Rose, is mostly populated by businesses and warehouses ... More >>
News
January 19, 2012
Venice Boardwalk Trinket Sales Ban
LAPD will decide what can be peddled as art
Blogs
November 17, 2011
L.A. City Council Moves Toward $8.4 Million Tax Giveaway to Mutual Fund Investors Yet Vows Allegiance to Occupy?
yunguyen666The L.A. City Council is a fairly liberal bunch. It voted last month, for example, to support the Occupy L.A. movement, which holds the bailed-out, tax-loophole-rich banks and investment houses of Wall Street responsible for the Great Recession and its aftermath. But strangely the ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2011
Councilman Bill Rosendahl to Occupy L.A.: "Time To Move On"
Bill RosendahlUpdate, 4:45 p.m.: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants some new laws to kick Occupy L.A. off the lawn. More below.A day after the Oakland P.D. unleashed tear gas on their Occupy movement, L.A. Councilman Bill Rosendahl is saying that it's time for Occupy L.A. to wind down."It's not an ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
Occupy L.A.: City Council Resolution Supports Anti-Wall Street Protesters, Lets Them Keep Sleeping on Front Lawn
Council District 11 via TwitterCouncilman Bill Rosendahl bonds with the many characters of Occupy L.A.L.A. City Councilmembers Richard Alarcon and Bill Rosendahl introduced a resolution to support the Occupy L.A. movement today -- a gesture that would essentially attach the City of Los Angele ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2011
Venice Boardwalk Could See New Rules For Vendors, Free-Thinkers: Gadfly Zuma Dogg Says he'll Challenge City Hall in Court (Again)
Robin ArcuriAction on the Venice boardwalk.Nearly a year after a federal judge knocked down the city's way of regulating free speech and trinket hawking on the Venice boardwalk, L.A. city Councilman Bill Rosendahl is circulating a proposed ordinance that would try once again to bring order to ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
Obama in L.A: Hope is High That Presidential Visit Won't Repeat Traffic Nightmare of August
We hope traffic is not so bad.Updated after the jump: Obama jams up L.A. streets, inspires the Twitter hashtag #obamatraffic. Obama's in L.A. today. And authorities are being pretty mum about exactly where his traffic-clogging entourage will be. Security reasons. Really, we just want to kno ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
Bill Rosendahl's Questions About the AEG Stadium Linked To Majestic Lobbyist John Ek
Bill RosendahlCouncilman Bill Rosendahl made headlines last month with his long list of questions about the AEG football stadium proposal for downtown. Rosendahl got into arcane details of the project's financing, its potential to interfere with conventions, the parking, and a host of other conce ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2011
L.A. City Council Takes Anti-Gun Stance, Agrees With Obama That Gun Magazines Should Have 10-Round Ammo Cap
Is L.A. the next Tucson?Aside from the fact that this was the biggest L.A. City Hall time-waster since the Arizona boycott (FYI: nothing from Arizona was ever boycotted), we'd like to note that a few scattered Angelenos were feeling pretty huffy about yesterday's H.R. 308 resolution -- aka, b ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2011
L.A. City Council Meeting Canceled Because Members Jose Huizar, Paul Koretz Were Late; Others Were Known No-Shows
The chambers of ACTION!Ah, the great city of L.A. Shit gets done! Mountains get moved! The City Council ... cancels meetings because slacker members don't show up on time. Yeah, you heard right. For the second time in four months the second largest city in the nation's scheduled council mee ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2011
Venice Homeless Man Arrested At L.A. City Hall For Angry 'Socialist' Rant -- 'Way Out Of Line' After Tucson Massacre, Says Councilman Bill Rosendahl
Los Angeles TimesMedia darling and longtime Venice transient David BuschDavid Busch, 55, stood up during public comment at a Transportation Committee meeting yesterday -- and comment did he ever. According to L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who was leading the meeting, Busch "waved his ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2010
Anti-Porn-Industry Crusader Michael Weinstein Contributed Cash To L.A. Councilman Bill Rosendahl (Who Then Took A Step Toward Mandating Condom-Only Porn In The City)
Bill Rosendahl.Updated after the jump with city Councilman Bill Rosendahl's response. First posted at 12:12 p.m. It looks like the porn industry is fighting back against L.A. city Councilman Bill Rosendahl after he made a proposal that could lead to mandatory condom use at city-permitted adu ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2010
L.A. City Council In Possible Clash With City Attorney Over Pot Shops
In the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of L.A.'s attempt to regulate medical marijuana, the office of City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, via the City Clerk's office, found that just 41 pot shops -- out of the more than 500 that existed when the ordinance took effect in June -- met the qualifi ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Will Villaraigosa Veto RV Parking Limits In Venice?
Fearing that anti-RV parking zones for Venice could be vetoed by Los Angeles' mayor, the leader of a beach-side community group penned an open letter to Antonio Villaraigosa and Westside city Councilman Bill Rosendahl challenging them to get the overnight parking limits off the ground. Rosen ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Rosendahl Responds To Criticism Of RV Situation In Venice, Fast-Tracks Restrictive Parking Zones
Bill Rosendahl.Residents of Venice who want restrictions on overnight parking for oversize vehicles can now move forward with petitions that would get city signs in place on their blocks. Responding to criticism that his office has been slow to make moves when it comes to dealing the beach c ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
LA City Councilman Bill Rosendahl Condemns Venice RV Dumping
Earlier we told you about Haz-Mat teams and LAPD apparently moving at least a dozen RVs from Venice Beach after complaints that an RV in another part of Venice dumped the contents of its on-board septic tank on to a city street. L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl has been trying to manage ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
City Councilman Bill Rosendahl Wants A Report On How Street Closures Can Be Handled Better Next Time Obama Comes To Town
Bill Rosendahl.It was the Great Traffic Jam of 2010. And no matter how faithfully they display their Obama/Biden bumper stickers, many Westsiders are pissed. When President Obama visited the Westside for a Democrat fundraiser Monday evening some of the area's main arteries, including Olympic ... More >>
News
July 22, 2010
Gentry Against Funky in Venice
Bill Rosendahl's RV campground for drifters and homeless pits left against left-of-left
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Plans For Massive 'Bundy Village' Development On L.A.'s Westside Take A Timeout
A massive development planned for the heart of traffic-choked West L.A. hit the brakes this week following months of protests and objections by some community members who argued that the Bundy Village and Medical Center would put more cars on local streets. Developer Stonebridge Holdings, th ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
L.A. City Council Wary Of Library Tax
Since the L.A. City Council balanced the budget by taking an ax to the Library Department, supporters have been pushing for a new tax that would keep branches open six days a week.But at a hearing today, the council seemed extremely reluctant to ask the voters to approve a proposed $39 annual par ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010
West L.A. Development Could Include Psychiatric Facility
File photo.Opponents of a massive development proposed for West Los Angeles say a psychiatric facility could be included in the mixed-use, 12-acre project. A statement from a group called Fight Bundy Village indicates that developer Michael Lombardi has refused to exclude the possibility of ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Councilman Reiterates Opposition To Westside Development
Councilman Bill Rosendahl.Los Angeles city Councilman Bill Rosendahl said he "hit the roof" Thursday when he read a quote on the Weekly's website that could be construed as a sign that he supports a controversial Westside development that just received city Planning Commission approval. Proj ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2010
Bundy Village Protest Caught On Tape
File photo.Protesters filled four corners of the intersection of Bundy Drive and West Olympic Boulevard in West Los Angeles Tuesday evening to decry a massive development planned for the intersection. The proposed, 12-acre project called Bundy Village would include 385 residential units, ret ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2010
Councilman Rosendahl Returned Developer's Money Before Flip-Flopping On Project
An artist's rendering of Bundy Village.City Ethics Commission records show that Los Angeles' Westside Councilman, Bill Rosendahl, might have gotten cold feet long before his withdrawal of support last month for a massive Westside development. Sometime last year he gave back campaign contribut ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2010
Whopping Westside Development Needs To Downsize To Get City Approval
Councilman Bill Rosendahl.A massive Westside development will have to downsize in order to get city approval, City Councilman Bill Rosendahl told LA Weekly Thursday. After Westside community members expressed concern about the proposed Bundy Village's 21,000-car-a-day impact on West L.A. tra ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2010
Councilman Goes To Bat For $1 Million Calligraphy Budget
Councilman Bill Rosendahl.The city of Los Angeles is facing its worst budget crisis in generations, one that has the City Council considering laying off 1,500 people, eliminating entire city departments and cutting police and fire budgets and personnel. Tough decisions. Bad times. At least ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2010
L.A. Council Votes To Close 475 Marijuana Dispensaries
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday gave tentative approval to a law that would eventually shut down all but 70 of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries. The ordinance would some day close down 475 of the 545 pot stores that the Weekly has found to be up and operating. The council ha ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
Venice Boardwalk Circus Could See More Rules
The circus that is the Venice boardwalk, especially in warm summer months, is one of Los Angeles' more endearing displays, a drama that showcases a beach-side slice of the city's broad diversity and liberal soul. It's not always so endearing, however, to some who live nearby. Venice has chang ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
City Council Votes for Permanent Ban on Digital Billboards
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban all digital billboards in the city, an action brought before them by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, who feared that an existing "Interim Control Ordinance" that temporarily bans digital billboards and super-graphics may soon be found inval ... More >>
News
June 4, 2009
Homeless Versus Venice
Winnebago world clashes with City Hall politics and progressive dreams
Blogs
June 4, 2009
Bill Rosendahl drooling over Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate Seat
By Tibby RothmanResidents of Bill Rosendahl's 11th City Council District who lamented that their Los Angeles City Councilman's cojones vanished after he won office can rest assured--they've been found. Rosendahl tells LA Weekly that a really weird City Hall rumor that he's considering a run for U.S. ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2009
Bill Rosendahl Unexpectedly Votes for LAPD Hiring Freeze
Over the course of Bill Rosendahl's run as L.A.'s 11th District councilman, he has been called a lot of things by friends and foes alike: eccentric, opportunistic, someone who knows the issues and gets the job done. Few people have ever considered calling the politician courageous, but as a member o ... More >>
News
August 28, 2008
Asphalt Beats Artists in Venice
Rosendahl touts "state of the art" parking lot as Ed Ruscha gets the squeeze
Columns
October 18, 2007
Little Old Lady Power
Fueling a victory at Lincoln Place
News
July 20, 2006
Bad Gas
Is city playing fast and loose with potential Playa disaster?
News
April 20, 2006
Good Council
Bill Rosendahl
News
March 2, 2006
Hopes of Venice
Lincoln Place finds room for a mediator
News
February 23, 2006
The Miseducation of Bill Rosendahl
Lincoln Place proves a tough test for new councilman
News
September 15, 2005
Arnold�s Kiss-Off
Only a desperate governor would veto the gay-marriage bill
News
July 14, 2005
Council Bliss
L.A. unites on gay marriage
News
July 7, 2005
Antonio�s Takeover
A guy From City Terrace moves into City Hall
News
June 23, 2005
Grasping for the Ring of Power
On eve of big powwow, neighborhood councils ponder place in the new regime
News
May 19, 2005
New Egos and Agendas
The battles ahead for the City Council
News
May 19, 2005
Winners and Losers
Scenes from Election Night
News
March 3, 2005
Westside Bash
Council candidates trade charges on sexual orientation
News
February 24, 2005
Problems in Paradise
On the campaign trail with the three who would represent the ultimate NIMBY district
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