Venice Homeless Encampment Cleanup: Multi-Agency Effort Leads Charge on Washington Boulevard
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- Los Angeles, May 15, 2024: A comprehensive cleanup of a homeless encampment was conducted at Washington Boulevard and also on Marr Street in Venice, as part of a coordinated effort by multiple city agencies. The operation involved the LAPD, the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Clean Harbors Environmental Inc., the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and the office of Councilwoman Traci Parks' Housing Coordinator.
The presence of LAPD officers ensured the cleanup proceeded without disruptions, maintaining safety throughout the operation. Team members, equipped with protective gear, efficiently sorted and safely disposed of both hazardous and non-hazardous waste, with support from Public Works and Clean Harbors.
The initiative is a key component of the City of Los Angeles' strategy to address the complex issue of homelessness while also enhancing public health. LAHSA's contribution of food, water, and hygiene kits provided necessary support to those affected by the cleanup, underscoring the city's commitment to compassionate and humane treatment.
Under the leadership of Councilwoman Traci Parks, these efforts are part of a broader citywide plan aimed at improving cleanliness, safety, and addressing the root causes of homelessness, highlighting her pivotal role in promoting effective and empathetic solutions to urban challenges.
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Instead of staring at her like an animal in the zoo, someone (HSA) should be saying, Hey do you want a Gatorade? Did you eat today? Here's some water for your puppy. Where will you go now?
Sit in your cozy apartment and color your hair, another job well done.
That poor lady. Praying that God will help her 🙏 ❤
Take her home with you!
And her dog is watching
And her dog. some people use animals to make people feel sorry for them. to get money.
The age of that woman is sad..she should be in her own apartment..shame on California
I was recently accosted by a homeless/potential substance abuser in MY small town.
I refused to give him money, he started telling me "blah blah blah", I kept staring at him & he chased me into a burger king. He kept threatening to assault me & faked a punch. He was upset I didn't flinch.
It went on like that for a few minutes until the Mexican ladies working there said they called the cops.
He left, I did wait until he was at a distance & apologized to the employees for dragging that mess in there, then I left.
At least that encounter got the adrenaline flowing, lol
What a mess, the state of our world!
You could have have offered him something to eat at least
@@Sonia39333 I'm not his daddy.
I'm not going to feed him or coddle his hurt feelings. I refused to give him money & he became hostile.
No offense, but you can't tell me what to do, & neither could he.
Most beggars have more money than the people who give them their last dollar. Just donate to your local animal shelter, if not money, they can always use dog food, pet toys, or towels/blankets, some shelters also use volunteers to walk and get the animals ready for adoption.
@@Tony.Technics.1200s I can agree with you.
@@Tony.Technics.1200s That would be money well spent~🐶🐱
The LAHSAs are picking up trash! That's twice that I've seen any of them doing something other than socializing.
Same. They are actually putting the work in workers today! Amazing!
A lot of the time they are waiting for them to pack up their belongings and move along. I do feel sorry for the elderly and pets in this situation. Too many young able bodied people living in the streets. I have worked all my life starting at fourteen.
That’s sad because that lady looked normal ( she even has a 🐶 dcute dogshe must a great human!) 🐩 🦴🤍🐾I hope they could help her🐾🐾🐾🦴🌲🩵
yes indeed, this is truly a case of someone who lost their home though no fault of their own and deserves a hand up, unlike the rest of the slags who only care about their next fix and nothing else...
Poor woman
Thank you guys !!!!
Waste of tax money find a solution this is where all the money is being spent job security no housing
Oh no....poor doggy!
There should be a law that the homeless should have to follow that will stop all of trash from being everywhere
Peopleplosions all throughout the bushes.
P2P manic driven all night, Venice must be really hopping in the various driveways & bush dodges between midnight-4am.
And they zonk out, exhausted, right on sidewalks.
We sure live in a screwed up world.
What a waste of money to bring in a whole army of people to do a small cleanup. 2 working and 10 with cell phones texting and standing around. Why do taxpayers put up with this. Lazy people.
they need the security, some of the addicts can get quite violent when you try to get them do do somthing, they don't want to do.
If you are bankrupt, don't have a job, what's worse is that you become an alcoholic and drug addict and end up suffering from mental illness, crazy and insane, ultimately you become homeless. No one wants to employ alcoholics, drug addicts, and mentally ill people who are crazy and insane. And these people will disturb their own family, until their family gives up and runs away to move to another city to be safe and not be disturbed. And in the end they will disturb people who have normal lives, because they need money to satisfy their addiction. It is the obligation and duty of local governments, law enforcement officials, prosecutors, the judiciary and people's representatives to immediately separate alcoholics, drug addicts, mentally ill, crazy and insane from normal people who work and pay taxes. If it is not enforced, the impact will be that a previously normal society will become a society of alcoholics, drug addicts and finally mentally ill people who are crazy and insane. This is reality, not an illusion, not a hallucination, because life is a choice, a choice to be an addict or not, a choice to be a worker or unemployed, diligent or lazy, etc.
People left their personal things, and these goofs come and throw it trash truck.
Simole solution...? Make people leave by sun up. Come after sun down. Take your trash with you. Enforce morning police patrols to assist with clean up and ticket writing.
I see them throwing alot of people stuff in the trash but I don't see them housing nobody... all these people who are getting their stuff thrown away are just breaking into other people's homes and doing more crime
Look the white dog is wathing
I wonder how much these cleanup guys make per hour and if theyre hiring because YEAH IT IS an ongoing thing and those sidewalks are suffering maybe they should just do away with them on wait yeah they need em for fire hydrants and manholes ok
Where is lazy Daisy she would have been a big help here with her stinky toes😂
LAZY..OVERPAID..UNDERWORKED OVERWEIGHT COPS...DOING NOTHING
Ivanka Trump moved to Morocco and was there wearing the Kings garb recently getting her hand kissed - any way someone could move into her empty home or one of her residences now that she resides in Morocco?
How about Joe Biden all white rich neighborhood, he caused this mess. Democrats.
You guys always bring up Trump no matter what the situation is. Get help.
any vacancies in Trump Tower next to Albromcrombie Kids and a pediatrician office
Dem fan.. look what dem governed states are reduced to instead of gabbing about Trump 😅
@@Sonia39333You ate obviously another smart ass crook.