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Category Archives: Homelessness
LETTER–Pacific Palisades Resident Association Asks Questions about Homeless in Rec Center
(Editor’s note: The March 22 letter to City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Commissioner Joe Halper, regarding the use of Palisades Recreation Center as a homeless shelter, was shared with Circling the News. The letter was also … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Parks
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Pacific Palisades Recreation Center Will Help House the Homeless in Citywide Response to Coronavirus
This afternoon (March 20) Councilman Mike Bonin sent the following email to constituents in Council District 11: “Dear Friends, “As part of a continuing effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Eric Garcetti has ordered the use of … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Parks
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LAPD Officer John “Rusty” Redican Offers Thoughts on Homeless
By JOHN REDICAN (Editor’s note: After two different homeless fires in the bluffs of Pacific Palisade came close to wiping out entire sections of the town, a different tactic was used in dealing with the homelessness here. In addition to … Continue reading
Posted in Crime/Police, Homelessness
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Crime Report and a Letter from a Resident about Our “Small Town”
One resident wrote Circling the News in a February 9 email, “Last night as my husband and I walked along Sunset into town at 7 p.m. to have dinner, we came across a homeless man with no pants on who … Continue reading
Posted in Crime/Police, Homelessness
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Helping the Mentally Ill Homeless Is a Money Game
Why does society allow people who are obviously mentally ill to live on the streets? These people forage for food, lack adequate sanitation resources and sleep on sidewalks. They often talk to themselves and shout at voices that rack their … Continue reading
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Homelessness
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Viewpoint: Annual Homeless Count Keeps Reiterating the Dire Need for Overdue Services
I participated in the 2020 Homeless Count early this past week in Pacific Palisades. I have participated since 2015, the first year it was conducted here. Although the official numbers are generally not released until later this spring, anecdotally it … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness
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Palisades Task Force on Homelessness to Address Mental Health Issues at Upcoming Meeting
The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness will host a community forum to address “The Demedicalization of Mental Illness: Have Changing Attitudes about Mental Illness Allowed People to Languish on the Streets?” Dr. Joel T. Braslow will discuss the … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness
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