A group of Venice Beach, California, residents is demanding Los Angeles city officials take action against crime and homeless overnight campers as tourists flood the hotspot ahead of the Super Bowl.
As the nation turns to Los Angeles for Super Bowl Sunday, about 70 homeless people have been camping overnight at Venice Beach. A recent string of fires associated with transients has residents fearful those fires will spread to neighboring homes or businesses if the city doesn’t enforce an existing curfew and overnight no-camping laws, Venice Neighborhood Council President Mark Ryavec told Fox News Digital.
It came after the one-year anniversary of a massive January 2021 fire. Flames from a homeless encampment jumped to an unoccupied building, and more than 100 firefighters were called in to put out of the blaze. The owner is suing the city of Los Angeles. "The sheriff is the one that forced the city to act, and we're very appreciative of him. He took a lot of flak," Ryavec said, explaining city supervisors argued Villanueva did not have jurisdiction. "Basically, during the pandemic, the mayor and the council person told the police not to enforce any of the existing laws, the curfew and the camping, anti-camping and tent laws.
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