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Category Archives: Homelessness
A Window into the Nightmare of Living Next to the 405 Underpass
(Editor’s note: This story is printed by permission with the Venice Current. CTN knows this area of town (under the 405 freeway at Venice). My daughter lives in an apartment, about six blocks, from this homeless encampment. Since she moved...
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City Council Addresses Anti-Camping Ordinance
The City Council approved 12-3 to have the City Attorney pen a new anti-camping ordinance, that will be voted on Thursday. Today’s meeting started with virtual public comment. During the half-hour allotted for comment, the majority of calls focused on the...
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VIEWPOINT: Councilman Mike Bonin’s Homeless Housing Plan Denies Children Opportunities
Councilman Mike Bonin, in his effort to aid the homeless including the mentally ill and those with substance abuse problems, is overlooking L.A.’s most vulnerable: the children. Will Rogers State Beach, particularly the area that Bonin has suggested being turned...
Posted in Homelessness, Parks, Viewpoint
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Questions Go Unanswered, But RAP Approves Tiny Homes for Homeless in Eagle Rock
Recreation and Park Board Commissioner Joe Halper, a Pacific Palisades resident, asked two important questions at the RAP meeting held virtually on June 17. During the meeting, the five-member board considered and then approved putting tiny homes for the homeless...
Posted in Homelessness, Kids/Parenting, Parks
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City Councilmen Buscaino and Lee Seek an Anti-Camping Ordinance for Streets and Sidewalks
The City of Los Angele has a camping ordinance that was suspended during the Covid pandemic, which prohibited tents during daytime hours, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. A stricter draft anti-camping ordinance went before the Homelessness and Poverty Committee...
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Porta-Potties for the Homeless: City Dollars Hard at Work
When people drive by homeless encampments at different sites, near the V.A., in West L.A. or in Venice, at almost all of them there is a porta-potty or a portable sink. The City, during the pandemic, installed portable hand-washing stations...
What’s the Truth? A CTN Reader Seeks Clarification about Councilman Bonin’s Homeless Plan in Venice
One resident wrote to Circling the News this morning and commented, “It is very confusing to read these emails from Bonin, which claim that he is getting the job done and that the Sheriff is criminalizing homelessness. From the news...
Posted in Homelessness
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Brush Areas Continue to Attract Transients and Trash above PCH
Another homeless campsite, with a cooking stove, was found by the LAPD beach patrol officers Tyler Yi and Adam Margin in the dense, dry brush below Via de las Olas on Thursday, June 17. This area is in a Very...
Posted in Environmental, Homelessness
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Quick Action Stops Homeless Fire at Palisades Bowl, Just Below Asilomar Bluffs
Residents in Palisades Bowl were awakened to a fire Tuesday night. A homeless couple is believed to have set a fire in the park’s fire pit and then intentionally fanned the flames with chemicals from the pool house. According to...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, Homelessness
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Letter: Mark Ryavec Sends Letter to L.A. City Chief Administrative Officer Opposing Beach for Housing Homeless
(Editor’s Note: Circling the News received the following letter from Venice resident Mark Ryavec, who ran against Councilman Mike Bonin in the last election and who is a member of the Venice Stakeholders Association. His letter to the Chief Administrative...
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