Lopez: The homeless situation in Venice is complicated. But that's no excuse for inaction
In recent years, the boardwalk has become an open-air clinic for poor residents, people struggling with addiction and those in physical or mental distress.
But would we really need that if public officials would pull together to do the jobs they were elected to do?Venice, by nature of being Venice, has always been a draw for both people of means and people on the margins. But in recent months, things have gotten out of control there, a fact driven home by the fact that at the border with Santa Monica, you don’t see many tents or much of the suffering, crime and disorder that have become commonplace in Venice.
for a homeless housing project in his own district, despite full council approval more than a year ago.on the Venice beach walk. Buscaino, a former LAPD officer who’s running for mayor, said it’s time to crack down on tents in public spaces and make the city safe for everyone, and as if on cue, a homeless woman with a knife was arrested and the councilman was hustled away by armed security guards.
whom I wrote about in October, told me she’s moved from temporary housing in Venice to a long-term setup in Baldwin Hills.Both of them told me the key to coming indoors was that teams of outreach workers — from PATH, the St. Joseph Center and The People Concern — reached out to them, worked with them, and stuck with them.to gradually remove the tents from Venice Beach and find housing for everyone, as my colleagues Doug Smith and Benjamin Oreskes reported recently.
Second, a few weeks ago I wrote about the downtown L.A. Clean Team — formerly homeless people and ex-cons clean the streets and rebuild their lives in the process. Given the trash problem in L.A., and the number of homeless people who could use a job, why don’t we have these programs in every single council district?
I’m told that the pilot has stalled in part because of shifting priorities during the pandemic, along with a change in its funding bureaucracy. If it doesn’t get on track soon, Murray and I are going to raise hell together.
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