Dear Friends and Supporters: FYI - 11th HOUR notification from David Hertz of the Venice Place Hotel Project on Abbot Kinney - the City Planning Hearing scheduled for tomorrow, Thurs. Sept. 8 has been POSTPONED to Sept. 22 @ 9:30 am - sorry for short notice but this only just happened! Pls keep the petition rolling, thnx! https://www.change.org/p/mike-bonin-stop-the-venice-place-hotel Below is Hertz's message: From: Venice Place Subject: Venice Place Project Hearing Postponed Date: September 7, 2016 at 7:40:41 PM PDT NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING Members of the Venice community, We regret to inform you that our eagerly awaited public hearing for the Venice Place Project, set for hearing at 10:00 AM tomorrow morning, Sept 8, 2016, will be delayed to September 22 at 9:30 AM. While preparing for the hearing, we discovered a technical issue with the public noticing, and therefore agreed with City Staff to a short continuance in order to remedy this issue. We understand that this last minute delay is unfortunate, however we and the City feel it imperative that the community have a fair opportunity to hear and speak about this important project. It has been our team’s practice since the beginning to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with City laws, and to make sure that our project is fully vetted with the community. As a result, we have voluntarily agreed to accept this brief hearing delay. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this delay. However, we believe it crucially important that anyone in the community have an opportunity to hear about our project and testify at a fair and open hearing. We appreciate your patience during this process. Thank you all for your understanding through this short delay. Sincerely, The Venice Place Project Team Link to updated hearing notice: http://planning.lacity.org/InternetCalendar/pdf.aspx?Id=54782