Category Archives: Homelessness

Welcome to L.A., Where Boldness Equals Shamelessness

(Editor’s note: This story was first printed in City Watch on May 13 and is reprinted with permission.) By: TIM CAMPBELL   If you’ve read anything about homelessness programs in the past year, you’ve no doubt encountered the word “bold” … Continue reading

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More than 1,200 City-Owned Homeless Housing Units Remain Vacant Two Years after $800 Million Buying Spree

By CHRIS LEGRAS, JAMIE PAIGE (Editor’s Note: This story, which ran today, May 14, in the Westside Current is printed by permission.) Many vacancies are in luxury buildings for which the City paid premium prices. It’s an odd location for … Continue reading

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The Homeless Keep Growing on the Streets Because of Building Mismanagement

“Unlike private developers, the builders of these government-funded projects actually make more money the more they spend, because their ‘developer fees’ are calculated as a percentage of the cost of building the project.”          Westside Current CTN … Continue reading

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Safe Parking: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Hans Christian Anderson wrote a folk tale about an emperor who is obsessed with fancy new clothes, and spent lavishly on them at the expense of the state. Two con men, posing as weavers, offer to supply the emperor with … Continue reading

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A Member of the “A Team” Returns

Los Angeles Police Officers Adam Margin and Jose Bermudez used to be referred to as the “A Team” by past president of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, Sharon Kilbride. She said that the two, who were members of … Continue reading

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The Hypocrisy of Homeless Advocates Is Deadly

By TIM CAMPBELL Most of my columns focus on the numbers and costs of homelessness policy. I believe if you present facts and figures in their proper context, most reasonable people will draw the appropriate conclusions. But we must remember there … Continue reading

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Harm Reduction Kept in Place, Despite No Successful Stats

About 3,220 people die from fatal drug overdoses in L.A . County every year – or about eight to nine people daily die from overdose. “The numbers are continually going up,” said Dr. Gary Tsai, director of L.A. County’s substance … Continue reading

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Two Items of Interest: Sand Cleaning and Library Bench

Public Works Cleans the Sand from Bike Path Just in time for a beautiful weekend, L.A. County Public Works cleaned the sand from the bike path last Friday, April 26, at Will Rogers State Historic Beach. After several extremely windy … Continue reading

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“Housing First” Theorists Cost Billions and Leave Homeless on the Streets

  By TIM CAMPBELL Occasionally, I notice a news story about an oddball group called the Flat Earth Society.  As its name implies, society members believe Earth is flat, an idea not taken seriously since well before the birth of … Continue reading

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 Bermudez: Palisades’ Loss Is West L.A.’s Gain

One of the biggest assets to Pacific Palisades Beach Detail, was officer Jose Bermudez. If you were up at 3 a.m. on some mornings, you might find him with a partner on the local beaches or hillsides looking for illegal … Continue reading

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