Mar Vista Celebrates 80 Years

On Sunday, nearly 2000 people gathered at Mar Vista Celebrates! to commemorate the 1927 annexation of Mar Vista by the City of Los Angeles. The event included musicians, poets, dancers from the varied cultures of Mar Vista performing on outdoor stages. The Arts Guild hosted a temporary gallery space on Grand View for a special exhibit of area artists. Booths of community organizations, city services, artists, health service providers, and food vendors lined the streets, and The Historical Society presented details of Mar Vista's unique history through interpretive talks and exhibits.

Staff from my office hosted a booth to share information on city services, and I took numerous requests for assistance. I joined County Supervisor Yvonne Burke on stage to congratulate the event's planning committee and various sponsors. Mar Vista Celebrates! was a first-time commemoration of a defining historic moment in our community's past.

Your Mar Vista neighbor,

Bill