Venice Pagoda Homeless Encampment Cleanup: LA City's Multi-Pronged Approach to Restore Public Spaces
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- VENICE BEACH, LOS ANGELES - On December 1, 2023, the City of Los Angeles carried out a cooperative initiative aimed at addressing the homelessness issue at Venice Beach. The operation saw the combined efforts of the Department of Public Works, Recreation and Parks, and Clean Harbors Environmental Services.
To ensure their safety during the cleanup, workers were equipped with hazardous materials gear. The Housing Coordinator from Councilwoman Traci Park's office played a pivotal role, streamlining communication among the involved city departments, which are tasked with overseeing homeless encampments.
The operation benefited from the seamless coordination of three specialized waste management teams, which handled the disposal of regular as well as hazardous waste. Additionally, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) extended their expertise with on-site outreach.
Throughout the operation, the vigilant presence of Los Angeles Park Rangers proved essential in upholding safety standards and ensuring adherence to compliance measures.
Every Friday, a collaborative effort by multiple city departments is carried out to address the homeless encampments along the Venice Beach Boardwalk.
The Venice Beach cleanup serves as a testament to the City of Los Angeles' comprehensive strategy to combat homelessness. Such endeavors emphasize the city's relentless commitment to addressing the underlying causes of homelessness and offering vital support to those affected
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I can't believe how DISGUSTING things are down at the beaches now. Do the people who run the city think families want to come down and use the beach and sit on the gross pissed stained seating with their kids just to see all the homeless laying on the sidewalks? There is a no camping law they need to enforce it. LAPD needs to start doing something while standing around BS and start running all the bikes the homeless carry around and see if they are stolen. Maybe some kid would like to get his bike back if the LAPD did a little more while standing watching. Also, why are the homeless allowed to haul their crap inside wheeled recycling carts and shopping carts? The last time I looked they stated right on them that they are private property.
There's no such thing as private property in CA anymore. Seriously.
It's real bad I don't go anywhere near any of these places absolutely not the smell of piss lingers over that entire area
Piss molecules.
No no hell no they dont letvthe city officials come down outvof their glass palaces clean up oh this crap let them spend a few nights with the homeless
First off federal1973 aids for dissablities act says no one shall interfer with access to cross walks are block sidewalks from access of handicapped or wheelchairs.or electric handicapped scooters so honeless are any one blocking a sidewalk in in violation of federal law it should be enforced 24/7 the city and county of la are the liable ones and are on the hook for all this non enforcement
After all the Clean ups and Cleanouts ,you would think it would be Easier to have a full time unit on duty to Stop it from even being Started up again at all !
Im a retired garbage man from SF, who has been retired for 10 years. All of these people they are dealing with are mentally ill, alcoholic , or drug addicts, or a combination of all of the above. You cannot treat them as normal people.. the way they are being treated in these videos is very compassionate and in my opinion too nice. Its just sad what our society has come to...but this is what we are faced with now and we have to come up with new ways to treat and deal with these people...most of them when offered with a shelter do not want it because it has rules and no drugs or alcohol are allowed...
so I guess I can state the problem but cannot give an anwser....
truth!
AMEN SIR!!!
They have the conditions to maintain their preferred and addicted lifestyle. All I can say is I am lucky to have experienced LA in the mid 80s when there weren't nearly as many as many of these addicts on the streets.
Nope, not even remotely close. These people are here due to a long series of choices - they have lived off the system without working for a majority of their life; the system enables, allows, and even advocates their lives: whether it began by living in public/subsidized housing and getting free public aid, or living off the backs of others; really, if you think about it - public housing is 1 step above homelessness.
Props to these hard-working guys and girls, but at this point its just Groundhog Day.
The city has to implement a system where the streets are patrolled on the daly, way before all that junk starts to accumulate. If the city doesn't care about the residence being held hostage, then they have to care about the visitors, who wants to visit and spend money there?
If people watching these videos see what needs to be done, why don’t the rangers, police, etc.,see it? Daily enforcement.
That will require more money and more park rangers. It's hard to fine those two things even in LA
likely soon as the clean up crew and park rangers leave, they ll come back and set up house again. nothing to force them to stop...it just continues
Yes they move them across the street then they come back again ,to the other side ping pong cheez
lol! so true! is nice for about 10 minutes then back to the spaces of hoard
The powers to be are way to nice to these jerks but they ONLY can do so much their collective hands are tied…
Most of that stuff was once in the trash already and the homeless pull it out and drag it around town with them.
The entitlement attitudes and filth ?
Why !!!!! Are they allowed to have the shopping Carts. They should be banned!!!! And confiscated right away and they would stop taking them…. It’s unbelievable to watch this happen to Our Country. Used to be beautiful. San Francisco is so sicking and destroyed by the people who have chosen to live this way.
And all the homeless people used to be employed too!
@lynnespino3418 WHAT do YOU propose? Yes, personal possessions being hauled about in a supermarket cart IS illegal. So is their ENTIRE way of life, drugs, prostitution, theft, public alcohol consumption etcetera. However, sitting on your azz putting them on blast, like a true keyboard warrior is SO much lip service. DO SOMETHING ALREADY!!! Otherwise STFU STFU STFU!!! TY Captain Obvious.
This whole situation has got to change
What do you recommend?
Build Institutions AGAIN!!!
Maybe this is one situation that can't ever be changed. Not every problem has a solution
@@sayimjustadreamer I recommend that instead of using all those dollars to fight wars in Isreal and the Ukraine, that we build mental hospitals, tiny houses on public lands that lie vacant and enforce the current vagrancy laws.
@@sayimjustadreamer Their job is to sit around and collect food stamps, wellfare, unemployment for doing nothing.. Take away the free stuff and I bet most of them clean up real fast..
Are the bums required to clean up their mess or is the general public required to pay for it?
The general public is required to pay for it
your tax dollars pay for it!
IMO hand out fines and make them pay for the mess they leave
@@woodslisa4529 you and the fine thing lol. they dont have money. they not paying anything. they are not going to prison or jail for trash lol. we need a better solution
@@woodslisa4529 Yea just charge it to their visa gold cards.
Knock knock housekeeping! 😂😂😂
said it b4 but thanks to SMCU, no judgement just the facts letting us decide & debate. respect.
We get just as much trash when the general public visits a day use area. As a park ranger, we have pulled 25 lbs of diapers on a Sunday morning. Then there’s all the bottles and cans, pizza boxes, grills, sun shades, etc. This was also in California. It’s disgusting there are so many being cleaned up after. Sad to see state park rangers having to clean their areas of homeless with a trash truck.
Disgusting yes....but the big difference is that those types are actually SPENDING MONEY. Homeless just destroy everything.
@@jasondonovan1408 that's right. last time I was there, I had to pay $10 to park. so that should definitely go towards cleanup. every time I went to the bathroom, the smell was unbearable and there were puddles of piss everywhere. it was gross. and the trash cans usually overflowing. They can do better.
That looks like one of my bicycles that came up missing in action. While I stopped in to do some shopping.
Cleanup is the wrong word. Temporary relocation is better.
and the amount of temp time is about 15 minutes
No California can have them they voted for it
Start handing out fines! stopletting get away with causing so much trash and disgusting mess!!
fines? what does a fine do to a homeless person? make sure you think through your reply
The fine could be $1 or $1 million. They’re not paying it, and then what?
Whose going to pay the fines they are already getting help from the government
Fines? What money they acquire/panhandle just goes to drugs.
@@WeSayFunny Take the fines out of their unemployment and ebt funds.
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Again and again with the homeless people sleeping near the restrooms thinking it’s a camp site endless problem keeps on going.
change not merry-go-rounds!
paying a worker to stand around on his phone while others work is good value added?
I’m new to watching the videos and I must say standing around on phones doing Nothing and getting paid, Well I guess I just don’t understand ?
Is this a daily occurrence or once every few days/week ?
Those people had so much stuff they moved across to maybe someone’s property? And then What!!! Just move back after enforcement leaves??
❤Love your videos
The feces flip.
I think its time to Ban Shopping Carts ! This is not a Grocery Store ! Tents ,Canopy's and Sleeping Bags have to be Banned Also !
Where do they get all of those tents and canopies??
if we can house unknown migrants in 5 star hotels with room service and free everything I am sure we can house are own American homeless as well. you guys have all these people cleaning up day after day making good money doing it it would be much much cheeper on the tax payers to just put a homeless person in a cheep hotel and let them do their drugs and stuff out of sight these 10 20 man clean up crews are costing 10s of thousands a cheep hotel is about 600 a month and you can put like 5 homeless in each room and just think every time you go outside to enjoy your day you would not have to look at madness. I myself would even be willing to pay a higher city tax to not have to look at this madness every day. who on earth wants to go to the beach to enjoy their day and have to look at this crazy stuff. madness madness at its peak
No kidding
I am beginning to think they don't want this Stopped , so they can keep àll these Different City Department People Employed and Paid !
All those Shopping Carts cost us all with Higher Prices, but they stack them full of Junk, when I travel to destinations unknown I carry a backpack and travel Light.
Has there every been a study on why homeless carry around so much junk and trash??
Meth
Ten minutes grab your stuff and get out bye.
Lol
30 minutes later return back
@@deed421
like the tide. it goes out, comes back in.
and so it came to pass when the haves turn their backs on the poor & mentally ill and in a few weeks sit down to celebrate xmass & the spirit of giving & kindness to all men, just not the poor ,homeless or needy! rather than just dumping on these people become part of the answer.
I wonder why the city doesn’t take away the Wi-Fi from the restrooms? I would think that would deter a lot of people from loitering around
Why would the BATHROOMS have Wifi?
Imagine not working for years thinking you are getting away with something then when you are old you suddenly realize why everyone else has been working their whole life so they can buy a home and not have to sleep on the streets. I was a heroin addict for 20 years but i worked every day i knew that i had to get myself together before i got old because the older you are the harder it is going to get.
The poop patrol is out on their weekly run.
Need an "auto sprinkler cleaner" in the restrooms that goes off every few hours at night.
Keep on keeling on… push push
What these authorities do not realize that it’s going to get 1000% worse than what it is now just wait five more years and let’s just see how it looks
Park rangers dressing as unarmed sheriffs isn’t convincing enough to keep the homeless away Tourism generates a lot of revenue for the area. There needs to be an incident before Karen Bass will address the issues.
Jeesh ,🤔 Facility 1314 👀 looks like an Open Air Insane Asylum 🥺
I'm curious how the park rangers are able to run red and blue lights but they aren't armed
I wonder if any beach visitor would ever want to use one of those restrooms even in the best of times.
Park Rangers are the BEST!!
Some of those people should try their luck in Oregon used to live in Ventura now live in Klamath Falls Oregon
Where can I get one of those free shopping carts? Where I live if you steal one you get arrested for theft.
I think all these Cops have become so used to seeing all these Full Carts and Homeless that it didn't Phase them anymore ! It like a Nurse Seeing Blood !
the cops can't be blamed if their ordered to police a certain way! no cop wants LA to be a dump & skid row etc has a long history
Look at what all this must cost to get rid of and the hassle of it ,rather than have Teams of Two Patrolling to halt it in the First place ! What's going on here ?
We need forced shelter, forced drug/mental health treatment or jail.
Why do they need children’s bikes? Probably stolen. And the man with the purple suitcase…he overpacked! What a nightmare for residents.
City or county should have no overnight camping signs out stating the fine for doing so.
This is a never ending game of musical chairs, moving the homeless from one spot to another. If a camping ban was enforced, the homeless could be directed to monitored and supported encampments. Provide showers, restrooms, and laundry facilities. Food services also. They need mental health and substance abuse treatment. California used to have state psychiatric hospital but they have been closed.
What store is missing all these Shopping Càrts ?
Is there any such thing as needle proof shoes? I’d wear it to walk on that beach.
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You Don't see any of this on Any Florida Beaches ! And we have plenty of Homeless !
I live in Florida and you’re so right. I moved two years ago from California and can’t believe how wonderful Florida is!
I moved from NYC 13 yrs ago to South Florida.. you’re absolutely right, the beaches are clean, you will never see the bathrooms used as shelters
@14:50 "Report Illegal Dumping" on the dump truck!!😂😂😂😂
Sadly, there's only a one letter difference between HOMELESS & HOPELESS... 😩
Fruitless. They wouldn't be there if there was some laws enforced. The bleeding hearts make them comfortable; food, blankets, etc.,etc. There is a big difference between helping someone and placating. Like feeding feral animals; once done, you can't get rid of them...(at least cats cover their crap up).
Never should have had to "RESTORE" them in the first place, unless it eas regular upkeep!!
Lot of employees just standing there
Have the taxpayers in California enjoyed spending $20 billion since 2018 on shuffling and clean up after the homeless?
Daily veiwer
Gotta thank Greg Abbott and DeSantis for shipping their homeless people to CA
No more bums? 🤡🥴🤪 Great! 😁
They NEED to Figure Out How to Recycle all that Metal they're throwing in that garbage truck ASAP !
In Finland, instead of fighting the homeless, they have abolished homelessness. Isn't that a better idea?
A BEACH IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SMELL LIKE PISS! and other disgusting smells! And this beach is dangerous and run down! California Governor and LOS ANGELES Mayors let this happen because they don't care! 🤷🏿♀️
Beach bums I love it only in America
26:00 " Hey how are you ? Good. We just opened up a bike rental business. With stolen bikes. Rent now. Don't pay. " 🤣
Build a giant sand castle and move in it........o......yaaaaa
Camp hope in las Cruces New Mexico....
It is disturbing to see how easily drug addicts can destroy public property with impunity.
I think what confuses people is they see the city making all these homeless programs but they still see homeless people on Venice beach. They think that all of the homeless programs are sitting unused and wasted because all the homeless don't want to stop using drugs. The truth is that, as an example, out of 10 homeless people 8 are regular sane people and 2 are mentally ill/drug users. The 8 regular homeless people go to a shelter and use the city programs to get housing an eventually stop being homeless. These regular people are not really visible because normal people don't want to be seen as homeless. Those 2 chronic homeless are incredibly visible as you drive by them on the street. Multiply everything by 100 and you see a lot of chronic homeless but understand that they are the just ones you see who are not finding a way out. What's the fix for the chronic homeless? Incarceration and forced treatment. Many former homeless have said getting sent to jail helped them break the cycle and clean up their life.
No words to describe the pathetic "leaders were have in this nation. The saddest part.... tomorrow, the same leaders will be voted in.
The squatters thought that they had died and gone to heaven. Really?
What is so disgusting? Is these people have stopped about 5 homeless people on this beach and offer them a place to stay warm meals, and so far everyone has turned them down.
Even a veteran, they offered him a bed. a room when he's safe with food hot meals showers, he turned him down. What is wrong with these lazy people? get rid of every homeless person in LA is ridiculous? They won't even take housing from these people. They have housing for them and their turning them down how pathetic is that
why dont they stop them. before they get that much piled up
Wth those guys are on the phone and everyone else is working I would say *FIRED!!
guess my biggest complant is signs are posted when and what time yet some of these folks feel the need to sleep in and need a special invite to vacate
There are new series of "Iranian Nomad" videos......like reality TV : maybe such a strategy could help bring positive attention and help to people in Venice?
I have seen this pGota pier type area same thing happen before !
This shit wouldn’t happen in Texas......dems gotta go.......
Ein Früschlingerin bei den Parker Regen😊😊😊 Dabei die grade angefangen hat und sich schon mit der Obdachlosen Scene zutun at an de Beach es werd endlich zeit das dar für ordnung und sauberkeit gesurgt werd ist ja schlimm diese zustände als Urlauber fühlt mann Sich immer Belestigt weil du von allen seiten angequatscht werst hast du mal ein Doller für mich schrecklich den ihr Lebt ja von den Tourismuss der Stadt dann werd es auch zeit das dar klar schiff gemacht werd weil ich als Urlauber kann mein Geld💵💵💵 auch wo anders aus geben als bei euch.Aber das Reinigungsteamt🚧🚧🚧🚚🚛🦺🦺🦺🥽 tut was es kann um ein wennig für sauberkeit zu sorgen obwohl das nicht lange anhält weil die Obdachlosen dann gleich wieder alles Vermüllen schlimm
WHY homeless people have so many stuffs ?
Hiw do they accumulate so much and to make the beach look that way
I feel bad for these people but on the other hand I don’t because they make such a huge mess…There is help out there for them but the Druggies don’t want the help..It’s just so w
After watching these videos over the last couple years I see that if these people can put the effort they do in collecting so much stuff and carrying it around that they could just as easily get jobs. They clearly are capable, I have no idea how they can collect so much stuff and carry about building small villages over night just to have them torn down in a few days, then do it all over again. Industrious? absolutely, so why not just get a job?
More importantly, Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords and there are no other ways to the Truth to have Life. Repent and make straight the Way of the Lord.
Look at our tax money at work
Homeless living in public bathrooms is out of control and Shou ld not be allowed.😮
When you see all the mess, taxpayer funds have to provide to clean up these multiple disaster piles of garbage you know why they are homeless It’s behavior behavior behavior. And the dystopian part is they complain that their stuff was destroyed or taken when they don’t even care about their stuff. Are we in such a place where we can’t call garbage garbage anymore or we can’t call addicts addicts anymore?
The minute they are seen Wheeling this Crap up from the Streets they should be Turned Back !
@50:26 why does he say bad things like that ?
Probley because he's high on something, and knows no one will do a single thing. There's no penalty what so ever.
O.....look it’s crusty crab........and sponge bob......yaaaaa....hoo
Now the cop has Gloves ! I hope he Washed his hands first ,after touching those Bathroom doors without them before !
They move close to the house 🥵
Not to Mention how Uninviting this is to people that would have visited here ! No wonder So many Stores are Empty and Closed ! That's More Lost Economy Money !
Where was skateboard girl😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Los supermercados tienen qué hacer algo con los carritos de compra ellos todos tienen dos o tres carros de comprar para cargar toda esa basura qué ellos guardan, yo no me imagino cuanta basura tendrá que recoger la Ciudad al mes, esto es un caso muy grabé y mas si son adicto a Drogas 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 la pregunta qué yo me hago, para donde ellos se mueven con toda y esa basura ?
Does the city of LA really need 6 adult, professional men and women just standing around staring at one unsheltered harmless human being? Why so many?……why so long? There’s GOT TO BE a better way!
Another wonderful city pretending not to have a homeless problem!
San diego is worse. The mayor needs to step up down here too.
L.a. mayor has balls!
Let's all sing the happy tourist song..."I hit the city in the dead of night, I'm burning gas until I feel alright, the Sunset honey's always make me say, I really wannabe in L.A."...Just in time to start the voting season that's coming up soon.
Abbott Kinney is spinning in his grave.
Now they will just go dump there trash somewheres else,and they will allow it😢.
The toilet blocks depressing to look at, in an elite area, put some colour on them, from Australia..
This cop better get gloves ! Keeps touching doors ! Wash his hands Fast !
Just go at night when all homeless are out for party 😅
Why does these guy have so much crap? If I am homeless, I will only have 1 bag. Is a waste of time, they will be back in a few hrs.