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Category Archives: Homelessness
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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Venice Residents Under Assault by Bonin’s Homeless Plan
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about the devastation in Venice because of City homeless policies, some of which were implemented by ignoring the constituents and often calling them NIMBY’s.) Ray Bradbury wrote “Death Is a … Continue reading
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County Supervisor Candidates Spar in CD3 Forum
By ANGELA MCGREGORA A fast-paced forum to find Sheila Kuehl’s replacement for L.A. County Supervisor was held live (and live streamed) in Venice, on Thursday, May 19. Hosted by The Westside Current, Circling the News, the Santa Monica Daily Press … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Crime/Police, Environmental, Homelessness, Real Estate
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L.A. City Controller Ron Galperin Will Speak about Sites for Homeless Housing
The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness will host a community forum, virtually, on Monday, May 23, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. with guest speaker L.A. City Controller Ron Galperin. He will speak on city-owned sites for interim housing … Continue reading
Hillside Task Force Examines Restricted Areas
A surfer drove by the Will Rogers County Beach Headquarters around 9:30 a.m. on May 18. There were numerous police cars and a community sub-station set up. He asked LAPD Captain Jonathan Tom what was going on. “We’re looking in … Continue reading
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Mike Bonin’s Motion to Put Shelters in Residential Areas, Passes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council sent a February letter the City Council Homelessness and Poverty Committee, opposing motion 22-0158, which would allow homeless shelters to be constructed in residential areas, “without regard to otherwise applicable zoning restrictions, location or consideration … Continue reading
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Almost Half of $5M Venice Boardwalk ‘Encampment to Home’ Funding Used for Staffing, Operations
BY JAMIE PAIGE – WESTSIDE CURRENT EDITOR A draft budget of the $5 million in expenditures for the Venice Boardwalk Encampment to Home program conducted in 2021 shows that almost half of the money went to Saint Joseph’s Center (SJC) … Continue reading
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Sharon Kilbride/Bruce Schwartz Undertake Massive Cleanup
It sounded like it would be a simple task. Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness co-president Sharon Kilbride and a member of the volunteer response team, Bruce Schwartz, invited this Circling the News editor to join them in cleaning out … Continue reading
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