Talk about major drama.
The residents of Venice Beach want to leave Los Angeles, the VNC recently passed two resolutions initiating the first steps towards creating an independent city of Venice. Venice was once its own municipality, founded in 1905 as an entertainment-focused resort town, but it allowed itself to be annexed by the city of Los Angeles in 1926 due to financial problems.
Venice has one of the top 10 highest property value averages in Los Angeles County, one of only four L.A. city neighborhoods on the list. The transformation of Abbot Kinney Boulevard into a high-end shopping destination is bulletproof evidence of a thriving retail economy.
All of the changes that Venice has made is great, but it looks like the city won’t be able to leave Los Angeles. Not only is it expensive to do so, but it’s also nearly impossible.
