Bike Lane Clean Up- Saturday, Sept. 21

The MVCC TI&S Committee and Streets are for Everyone are hosting a bike lane cleanup THIS Saturday, September 21st, on Venice Blvd. Join us on Saturday! Scan the code to register and we hope to see you there!

Help Us Clear the Shelters

We have so many wonderful pets at all six of our LA Animal Services Centers ready to meet and go home with you! To encourage pet adoptions, we’re offering the following adoption events every weekend throughout the month of September. 

Sept. 7 and 8 - 
Clear the Shelters Adoption Weekend
Fee-waived adoption fees for dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens. 

Reduced adoption fees is happening:

September 14-15

September 21-22 

Reduced adoption fees for dogs, $51 (that does not include $20 license fee for LA City residents); puppies, $75, cats, $12.50; and kittens, $25. 

$50 off adoption fees for dogs and puppies who have primarily black fur during the Basic Black Adoption Weekend, sponsored by the Paula Kent Meehan Pet Care Foundation. Cat and kitten adoption fees waived.

Dogs and cats adopted from LA Animal Services join their new families already spayed or neutered, vaccinated, licensed, and microchipped, and adopters receive a VCA Healthy Start Certificate, which provides up to $250 of follow up veterinary care within the first 14 days of adoption. In addition, canine companions adopted from LA Animal Services are also eligible for free dog training classes at the Paws for Life K9 Rescue People & Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills, CA. Contact Info@pawsforlifek9.org for more details. You can view the wonderful dogs, cats, rabbits, and pocket pets who are ready to meet you and who are available for adoption in our Centers by going to laanimalservices.com/adopt.

If you can’t adopt, consider fostering a pet. When you foster a canine buddy or feline friend, you not just save the life of that animal, but also free up a space for another dog or cat in need. Click on the links to view canine buddies and feline friends available for adoption or fostering.

RECYCLING CHEAT SHEET

Coyote Safety

Council Member Traci Park hosted a very informative webinar on Coyote Safety. You can access it here.

Mar Vista Community Council Crime Statistics July 2024

JULY CRIMES AT A GLANCE

For the month of July, there were slightly more property crimes than usual.
With an average of 27 vehicles broken into with property taken (BTFV) in 2024, July had 36.

On 7/10/24, one juvenile raped another juvenile at a middle school during summer school.

There were four robberies:
1) Three suspects followed home a 69 year old female victim from the bank and took her purse near Centinela Ave & Venice Blvd.

2) Two suspect struck a 61 year old male with a golf club and took his phone near National Blvd & Sawtelle.

3) A female suspect attempted to take female victim’s phone and backpack and dropped when fled near Charnock RD & Mountain View Ave.

4) Three suspects took victim’s phone & Cash after victim rented out his apartment to suspects for a week near Centinela Ave & Palms Blvd.

There were four aggravated assaults:
1) A homeless suspect stabbed a homeless victim four times near Venice Blvd & Beethoven St.

2) A homeless suspect swung a bat a victim after victim refused to give suspect money near Sepulveda Blvd & National Blvd.

3) A female suspect struck female victim with vehicle in parking lot when suspect wanted to leave traffic collision in parking lot.

4) Suspect struck his homeless boyfriend in an RV on Overland Ave & Palms Blvd

Approximately 12 of the 36 (or 1 out of 3) BTFVs (Burglary Thefts from vehicles) were catalytic converters removed from vehicles.   

CRIME PREVENTION TIPS
Send messages and emails of your concern to Councilwoman Traci Park and Mayor      Traci Park for Los Angeles City Council | Traci Park

If there is a homeless location or encampment and you email the appropriate section on the councilwoman’s website, her team places it on a clean up list. If enough people complain about a certain area, it gets placed high on the list quicker.

It is summertime. 
Here are a few tips if you leave home for a period for vacation:
*Place a hold with the United States Postal Service (USPS) at their website so mail will not be delivered at your home and
you can pick it up at the Post Office when you return.   Do not let piles of mail or packages gather.

*Put timers on interior lights in the evening so your house will not be dark for multiple days in a row.

*Let your neighbors know you will be gone and have them keep an eye out while you are gone.

*Remember: Rear glass doors or rear sliding glass doors is the number one entry in residential burglaries.

*Consider investing in an inexpensive jewelry box with costume jewelry that appears real to use as a decoy.  
Place it in an easy to view area on a dresser.  In case burglars entered your residence, they will easily find that and leave quickly. 

* Search on the internet for more crime prevention tips while on vacation.
 
For your vehicles and electric bicycles:
Place AirTags or trackers in your vehicle for quick recovery in case it gets stolen.

Our neighborhood cleanup was extremely successful with 20 volunteers picking up a total of 200 pounds of trash between Zones 3, 5, 6 and 7. We met a ton of new community members and we are very grateful to Alana’s for their generous donation of delicious coffee and space. We also want to thank Rob Kadota for lending his truck and materials and to the city of LA for letting us use their tools. We look forward to seeing you at the next one in October. It will be Halloween themed. ~ Deryl Clauson- Mar Vista Community Council Member-Zone 7 Director

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