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Category Archives: Homelessness
Redoing VA Building 207 Could Cost Upwards of $24 Million
By REECE PASCOE Driving on San Vicente past the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration (VA) last year there were at least 40 tents on the sidewalks, and lawlessness was rampant. Two members of the encampment were murdered. Last November, … Continue reading
Westchester Residents Continue to Feel Effects of Bad Policy
(The June 30 letter was sent to Councilmember Mike Bonin and cc’d to Circling the News and the Westside Current.) Just this week, we have had two more incidents in Westchester Park involving a dangerous homeless man approaching children. A … Continue reading
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Westchester Neighborhood Council Asks Bonin to Look out for Seniors
The Westchester Neighborhood Council sent a June 20 letter to Councilman Mike Bonin asking him to clear the parking lot by the public library and the senior center. His office is located in the same area, but Bonin has a … Continue reading
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Community Council Asks Councilman Mike Bonin for Additional Police
The Pacific Palisades Community Council passed a motion at its June 9 meeting to approve a letter asking Councilman Mike Bonin to use discretionary funds to allow for additional police officers to the Palisades Beach Detail this summer. The entire … Continue reading
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Encampment Next to Venice Library Cleaned
(Editor’s note: the story “Neighbors Speak Out as Centennial Park Encampment Halfway Cleared Making Way for Major Cleanup, Repairs” appeared on the Westside Current on June 12 and is reprinted with permission.) By SANDRA CLARK Just days after Westside Current … Continue reading
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Buscaino Asks City to Pass Motion to Ban Camping at Libraries
Pacific Palisades residents will be happy to hear about a new motion (LAMC 41-.18 and 56.11) submitted by Councilmember Joe Bucaino on June 3 that would prohibit lying, sleeping and storing personal property within 500 feet of a library. A … Continue reading
“Minnesota Mike” Back in Pacific Palisades
A transient from Minnesota, known as Mike, was arrested on Monday for the robbery of a cell phone and sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center. Bail was set at $50,000. Today, Mike was back on the streets of Pacific Palisades. … Continue reading
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Bonin Has Private Security Company: Westchester Residents Continue to Fight for a Safe Park
Westchester residents continue to battle to reclaim Westchester Park and its parking lots. Located at Lincoln Avenue and Manchester, close to the airport, that area of the park also contains a senior center, a library and one of Councilman Mike … Continue reading
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Venice Residents Living in Constant Fear of Crime
Venice Street performer John Gavert, 70, was singing and dancing last June, when he was sucker-punched by Marco Harger, a homeless man, who lived on the Boardwalk. Gavert fell to the ground and lost consciousness. He was hospitalized with serious … Continue reading
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Transient, who Camped Near Palisades Library, Arrested for Robbery
A recent transient to Pacific Palisades, “Mike,” was arrested on Monday afternoon for robbery of a cell phone and transported to the Metropolitan Detention Center. His bail was set at $50,000. Mike had recently started living near the Palisades … Continue reading
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