Category Archives: Homelessness

President of Venice Stakeholders Association Disputes Rand Assumption

  (Editor’s note: July 29, 2024 – An article in the Los Angeles Times this week highlighted a RAND Corporation study claiming that homeless encampment cleanups don’t lead to a reduction in the number of homeless in an area. Mark … Continue reading

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LETTER: Regarding Harm Reduction

(Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and cc’d to Circling the News. It regards the policy of Harm Reduction, in which needles are given to drug users. April 30, CTN reported on Harm … Continue reading

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Newsom Praises Grant’s Pass Decision: Bass Decries It

By TIM CAMPBELL The US Supreme Court handed down its decision on the Grants Pass case on June 28. The 6-3 decision rolled back the 9th Circuit’s Boise and related rulings regarding unhoused peoples’ rights to sleep in public spaces … Continue reading

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Accuracy about Race/Age of Homeless Questioned

When the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LASHA) released the most recent point in count for the Homeless, the results also stated how many Hispanic, Black, Asian and White people were homeless. The specific ages of the homeless were also … Continue reading

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Diversion Program Suggested for Attempted Murder

Early Friday Morning, Palisades resident and a Santa Monica store owner John Alle sent the following email: Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. I’ll be face-to-face in a courtroom for the first time in a Preliminary Hearing with the transient addict … Continue reading

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Lots of Questions about Why Homeless Aren’t Being Helped or Housed: Few Answers

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in CityWatch on July 15 and is reprinted with permission.) TIM CAMPBELL  After the June 28 announcement that LAHSA’s latest PIT count showed miniscule decreases in overall and unsheltered homelessness, LA officials were quick … Continue reading

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Abandoned Home in Castellammare Used by Squatters

Castellammare neighbors are worried that a recent transient is illegally camping in a now-City owned home on Porto Marina Way. A young man, with a skateboard, who has been offered help by the Homeless Task Force on Homelessness, has allegedly … Continue reading

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Homelessness in L.A.: Big Ship, No Rudder

(Editor’s note: The following article appeared in CityWatch on July 8 and is reprinted with permission.) TIM CAMPBELL When, LAHSA announced a nearly imperceptible reduction in homelessness at a public relations event on June 28, leaders from Dr. Va Lecia … Continue reading

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Shady Real Estate: Room with a View of a Stream

  A homeless individual found a spot in the Santa Monica Canyon flood control area, which feeds water to the ocean, and settled in – no air conditioning needed. Located under Amalfi and Entrada, a neighbor reported to the Pacific … Continue reading

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Woman Attacks Will Rogers Beach Goers

A woman, described as a transient, attacked a family in Temescal Park near Pacific Coast Highway. She then fled across PCH to Will Rogers State Beach, where she assaulted another female. Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles Police Department … Continue reading

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