Category Archives: Homelessness
More than 1,200 City-Owned Homeless Housing Units Remain Vacant Two Years after $800 Million Buying Spree
By CHRIS LEGRAS, JAMIE PAIGE (Editor’s Note: This story, which ran today, May 14, in the Westside Current is printed by permission.) Many vacancies are in luxury buildings for which the City paid premium prices. It’s an odd location for...
Posted in City, Homelessness
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The Homeless Keep Growing on the Streets Because of Building Mismanagement
“Unlike private developers, the builders of these government-funded projects actually make more money the more they spend, because their ‘developer fees’ are calculated as a percentage of the cost of building the project.” Westside Current CTN...
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Safe Parking: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Hans Christian Anderson wrote a folk tale about an emperor who is obsessed with fancy new clothes, and spent lavishly on them at the expense of the state. Two con men, posing as weavers, offer to supply the emperor with...
Posted in City, County Supervisors, Homelessness
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A Member of the “A Team” Returns
Los Angeles Police Officers Adam Margin and Jose Bermudez used to be referred to as the “A Team” by past president of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, Sharon Kilbride. She said that the two, who were members of...
Posted in Crime/Police, Homelessness
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The Hypocrisy of Homeless Advocates Is Deadly
By TIM CAMPBELL Most of my columns focus on the numbers and costs of homelessness policy. I believe if you present facts and figures in their proper context, most reasonable people will draw the appropriate conclusions. But we must remember there...
Posted in City, General, Homelessness, Viewpoint
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Harm Reduction Kept in Place, Despite No Successful Stats
About 3,220 people die from fatal drug overdoses in L.A . County every year – or about eight to nine people daily die from overdose. “The numbers are continually going up,” said Dr. Gary Tsai, director of L.A. County’s substance...
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Two Items of Interest: Sand Cleaning and Library Bench
Public Works Cleans the Sand from Bike Path Just in time for a beautiful weekend, L.A. County Public Works cleaned the sand from the bike path last Friday, April 26, at Will Rogers State Historic Beach. After several extremely windy...
Posted in County Supervisors, Homelessness
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“Housing First” Theorists Cost Billions and Leave Homeless on the Streets
By TIM CAMPBELL Occasionally, I notice a news story about an oddball group called the Flat Earth Society. As its name implies, society members believe Earth is flat, an idea not taken seriously since well before the birth of...
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Bermudez: Palisades’ Loss Is West L.A.’s Gain
One of the biggest assets to Pacific Palisades Beach Detail, was officer Jose Bermudez. If you were up at 3 a.m. on some mornings, you might find him with a partner on the local beaches or hillsides looking for illegal...
Posted in Community, Crime/Police, Homelessness
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City Needs to Regulate RV’s and Van Lords
(Editor’s note: This is part two about encampments near and on Westchester municipal parking lots, near the Westchester public park and swimming pool.) It is easy to buy a broken-down RV, there is an auction at 220 Broad Street in...
Posted in Homelessness, Parks
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