Councilwoman Traci Park Leads Cleanup Operation at Venice Beach with New Multi-Department Task Force
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- Опубликовано: 25 май 2023
- LOS ANGELES - In an effort to tackle the persistent homeless encampment issues along the Ocean Front Walk and Venice Beach, Councilwoman Traci Park's office has announced the establishment of a dedicated multi-department task force. Councilwoman Traci Park herself made a special appearance at a recent cleanup operation to extend a warm welcome and express gratitude to the task force members. The occasion was marked by the provision of donuts and coffee as a special thank you gesture by Park's office. Notably, Los Angeles Park Ranger Chief Joe Losorelli was also present at the event.
Taking charge of the situation, the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, in collaboration with Clean Harbors Environmental Inc. and Recreation and Parks, conducted a thorough cleanup operation at Venice Beach on Friday, May 26, 2023. The sanitation workers, adhering to strict safety protocols, were seen donning white hazardous materials suits during the operation. To ensure comprehensive support, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) was on-site, offering homeless outreach services to those affected by the cleanup.
Recognizing the need for efficient coordination among the multiple departments involved in addressing the homeless encampments, Councilwoman Traci Park's office has enlisted a dedicated Homelessness and Housing Coordinator to facilitate a streamlined approach.
The cleanup operation was prompted by significant health and safety concerns for both the unhoused individuals and the general public. The encampments had led to the improper use of restrooms as living quarters, exacerbating the risks to public health.
During the cleanup, two separate waste management teams, distinguishable by their safety vest colors, worked collaboratively. The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, identifiable by their yellow safety vests, partnered with Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc., easily identifiable in their orange safety vests. The Clean Harbors team took the lead in sorting through the debris, identifying and collecting hazardous waste items such as batteries, syringes, and urine. Once the hazardous waste collection was complete, sanitation workers from Los Angeles Public Works took over, collecting the remaining garbage.
To ensure the safety of all personnel involved, Los Angeles Park Rangers and Los Angeles Police Officers were present throughout the cleanup operation. This weekly cleanup activity, held every Friday in Venice, aims to maintain cleanliness and hygiene in the area.
It is essential to emphasize that these cleanups are not a comprehensive solution to the larger issue of homelessness. The City of Los Angeles continues to work diligently to implement long-term strategies addressing the root causes of homelessness and providing necessary resources to those in need.
The cleanup of homeless encampments at Venice Beach serves as a significant step towards improving public health and safety, as well as offering much-needed resources and support to unhoused individuals in the area. The City of Los Angeles remains committed to confronting the issue of homelessness head-on, actively pursuing long-term solutions.
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Here we go. Get the popcorn and cold beverage!! SHOWTIME!
You know what's a way better idea than constantly cleaning up after hopeless tweakers? LAW ENFORCEMENT!
What a concept
Authorities are worried that incarcerated LAW BREAKERS will fill up available jail cells ! 💀 🇺🇲
The last thing cops want is to fill overcrowded jails with tweakers going into withdrawl. How long will they sit in jall? Will you treat them or let them go into psychosis and kill themselves and other inmates? Anyone in the judicial system has a right to a lawyer unless you end that right in America. Who's gonna pay for doubling the size and staffing of jails, and public defenders?
This is how we do it. It works out.
This means we have very low taxes. Lots of investors. Lots of hotels/shops in towns. Many tourists. Lots of money in the city treasury. 😁 /translated
@@zirkon4164 that must be some good weed your smoking
The black man cussing and threatening to kill the policemen needs to be locked away....His anger is out of control...If you keep allowing him to do that he will attack someone ...
Death threats should lead to an arrest.
He's give nothing to society only takes you have to be tought on them
They should have let the little Mexican in all black go after him they both got sticks lol
And of course you could care less that he is actually right that the City isn't following the rules of its own ordinance.
I think that’s the same dude that was carrying a giant aquarium the guy is a ridiculous hoarder.
They need to patrol the beach during the week & lock the bathrooms at night
That and cut the wifi at closing time.
Pretty simple solution !
Thats common sense and to easy.
So people have no facilities? Why not just let them camp at Venice Beach?
@@smokingjoe9864 because everywhere they go goes to 💩, and who wants their kids dodging bums with criminal records and syringes all over the beach and around that neighborhood?
You wouldn’t be so accommodating if there clowns were “camping”right outside your home.
Gratifying to see these public spaces clean up. Now get rid of the the dilapidated RVs.
Let me take a queen size mattress to the beach. 😂😂😂😂😂. The amount of money spent clean this up day after day must be staggering.
Why does the city build public restrooms with private stalls that lock from the inside? Did they not anticipate the homeless would use them as temporary housing?
Its called personal privacy and atleast some protection! Like if your using the restroom and a rapist don't open your door whilst you are shitting
Replacing shopping carts must cost the store a small fortune.
Those same 4 ladies that are suppose to offer homeless services, doing nothing! It's these agencies, with over paid " workers" that do nothing, is what annoys me
Seems like free house keeping for them
Where did the Council woman go..? Special appearances shouldn't count, only getting your hands dirty just as these workers are...Yes thay are paid., so are you..
I thought that too..but they did seem a little more supported by her at least showing up.
Lock that yelling stick guy up!
Outlaw grocery carts anywhere outside of the stores visiting!
Or arrest them for stealing them.
another episode of maid svc. Friday . Some controversy , profanity, but that’s the belly of da homeless beast
If you see one empty in your city, call the store right away. They have people to come pick them up. It's a race to see who gets it first..a street person or the store.
@K Smith If I am heading pass the store I usually just return them.
It's time for MARTIAL LAW, with FRONTIER JUSTICE, period.
I wonder why the police didnt arrest that guy at 43 minutes . He is wanted for setting a vehicle on fire like two or three weeks ago . Theres a video on nextdoor and tik tok of him doing it then driving away on that same bike . Id be pissed if it were my vehicle and i saw this video of the police giving him a pass .
There should be fences around the bathrooms. The fences should be locked at night to prevent destruction of property and occupation of services.
Put a fence around Slumifornia.
It always surprises me that they are not more cautious opening those rest room doors. Never know what some of these people are capable of or if they’re armed
Yikes again and again the beach is not a camp ground the same cycle over and over most of these homeless people need to be in a mental hospital where they can get real proper medical help even that man needs to be in a mental hospital.
Most just need to stop using drugs which is what causes the mental issues..they stay in groups and those groups usually use the same type drug and is why they all appear to have the same mental issue. The meth users stay in their group while the herion junkies stay with their own group. Drugs are usually 80% of the problem.
Check your history. Ronald Reagan closed all the mental institutions that were federally funded, you're welcome
I am planning a trip to California in the near future. I would love yo visit VB but im not sure. Safety is a concern.
Venice is fine, but Santa Monica is much nicer. Either place, you'll be perfectly safe as a tourist.
Dont do it
Please go it's awesome you'll love it
Are you nuts ??
Go to Orange County
The homeless that can work should be hired to give them jobs in cleaning up the cities
Give them a permanent home, Prison
Agree 💯
Good job!
We need to have as many mental institutions as we have Starbucks on every corner. All of these mentally ill people can barely carry a conversation and it is completely UNSAFE for them to be reshuffled all over the place and walking around in our communities. AT ANY MOMENT they could go off like a detonator - if you around one of them when it happens - wrong place at the wrong time? You're S-O-L. I know because it's happened to me. Look at all those homeless people getting pissed off because they're having to move around. What do you think happens when they go out into the community angry like that? They're eventually going to yell or hurt an innocent individual. It could easily be a woman, a child, or the elderly. I've been harassed over a dozen times by so many homeless people here on the westside that I literally FEAR leaving my apartment. I hardly ever walk around my community anymore, and when I park my car in parking lots like the grocery store, I'm constantly looking over my shoulder out of fear. I feel like I've been traumatized from all of this. It's very sad and extremely disappointing.
Get a firearm or bear spray.
They don't bother you. Turn off the FOX NEWS. They ain't hurting nothing camping out at the beach. It is a good place for them. It is out of the way, with no neighbors.
I've been homeless myself and the amount of junk these people have is outrageous! I always kept stuff to a minimum, a backpack with clothes and toiletries, a small tent and a sleeping bag that's it. Able to pack up and move daily
That sounds like the actions of a level headed person, but this is a whole other story, these people are addicted to hard drugs like meth and heroin laced with a even deadlier drug fentanyl, making them not in their right minds, a danger to themselves and others, and what's worse it that alot of them refuse offers of housing and rehab them its offered to them, which proves how incredibly sick they are...
Start spraying pepper spray under that door
The council woman's speech showed she has no clues about homeless lifestyle.
The bathroom doors need to be closed and only open during daylight hrs only
The people running like its normal is just beyond me
It is normal it's the new goddamn normal
this should be a plan also in San Francisco and Oakland. we need to bring back California the tourist attraction.
The solution is to reverse the Supreme Court's 1983 decision that struck down Vagrancy Laws. Then take these moochers to the County Farm for adult supervision.
This is what they need to do under the marina freeway and on Culver Blvd in playa del Rey.
This guy is one of the crazies!
This has to be done at, Kensington, Philadelphia.
That hispanic (?) woman is a recurring character, in varying stages of belligerence.
She is in every video lol she loves the abrasive sand in her cracks
I need to check, but do the beaches on the East Coast (Carolina’s, etc) have these same issues ?
I don't think so . . . However, in Atlantic City, the homeless manyatime will sleep under the Boardwalk (adjacent to the beach) 😝
NEVER Seen any tents or anything at our Beach in South Carolina! In Florida yes!
I'm from coastal Maine.... and the answer is NO, NO WAY !
Another day another clean up. Same ole same ole
Same ppl every week in there.
Sad.. and dealing with this crap day in day out for years...
These police officers have to be so sick of dealing with mental health calls.
How can Britney Spears be committed, but these guys can’t? 💭
They leave the bathrooms open so they can clean up the mess faster and easier then on the beach. They used to use a black scooper type garbage can but now use the big plastic one time use bags. Rolls and rolls of caution tape required with 6 cleaners and 6 more cops standing there? Rolls and rolls of plastic.
STANDING THERE . . . Getting paid how much per hour ? 😖😊
They take the term "public rest rooms" quite literally!!!
Cleanup is a step in the right direction. Tackling the root problem has to be simultaneous. Otherwise, it will not be a sustainable solution. Anyway, it's a thankful effort.
You are an exception in the comments. Most just want to kill these people who need humanitarian aid, not the police.
I don’t understand why they don’t patrol at least every other day to make sure these people aren’t there. Seeing everything they collect, means they have not been there for a day or two. It takes a minute to collect all that junk again! Each time each person has a ton of junk to get rid of.🙄🤔 Don’t let it get that way to begin with.
They waste more yellow tape for just a few minutes of clean up
It is a boundary so they can't just move 5 inches
Thank you K Smith. I was wondering why.
What is he documenting on his tablet ? And what are the white buckets for?
Syringes. They also need to pick through for batteries and aerosols (and ammo) that can explode in the trash compactors. ID, money, personal items are held for them somewhere so the homeless can claim them back, that's why they take photos of everything on their tablets.
und wieder super sauber alles
They need to lock the restrooms at night at serton times to keep the homeless out .
In the 80’s druggies and criminals used to hide. What happened?
Lock the bathrooms at 8pm.
Depressing
You guys need to hire security guard
Company.. Patrol the area day and night
There’s the old, gray haired man,and the old, grouchy Woman, why don’t you arrest him for trespassing and her put them on the work farm
i'm 20min in....please tell me the councilwoman wasn't there only for the meet and greet of the workers and then didn't stick around to see what transpires!!
I hope you all keep doing this to get them off your streets..that way people will come back to your city alot of people wont come there because of theses free loaders laying on your streets. NO ONE WANTS TO VISIT.!Bad smells come from theses dirty people..we are very THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS. DOING A GREAT WORK.I pray other citys do the same work .❤
why doesn't Downtown LA go the same route ?
The other guy is kind of hard to people and the slim guy always smilling 😊
That dude said, finish up your coffees. Hey suck it!
That is what being a boss is all about ...he tells you when to get back to work snowflake
Oh is your teeny weanie feelings hurted ....oh ho
Should have been done years ago cause I remember when the sun would come down they would come out like las cucarachas in the night "Ay, ay, ay, ay canta y no llores porque cantando se alegran cielitos
los corazones"
She doesn't want to get up send her to jail and trash her stuff
That dude needs to be locked up just like that lady!
Sergeant Garcia has just came
The Fuckn patience shit.
Daily viewer
Should just arrest them, throw their shit away, then release them...
Que peligro ese hombre, amenazando a los policías, como será con los demás.
Maybe the homeless would like some coffee
I love Venice
the guy with the stick who was yelling profanities is what I commonly refer to as A Freak.
Did no one ever hear of disturbing the peace arrest that guy
Nip the problem in the bud, Locking trash bins everywhere immediately including curbside
I feel too for the worker police the housing people. The shit they went thr too .
San Francisco! Pay attention!
GAVIN NEWSOME FTW
Now isn't that alot to have in a public restroom
Lock those toilet at night...
That sure is a lot of manpower time and money
That grey haired old guy is there everyday.
Try an airhorn
Cali, California they suppose to be smart, but demons are fling them. :(
We need to bring back the mental wards.
At this point, always the same people, different from a year ago. Now I know these folks. This will take persistence. It would if it were me.
He must know toliet law this male he sure dress like it
Security For restrooms and beach and streets.24 hours daily. Payment For toilets,5-10 min Time like For toilets. Or somebody open toilet Door and Make them gl away when they have do toilet things cleaning every Day Many Times. That normal people can go to The restroooms Also and kids
Leading a cleanup means standing around giving speeches.
Am I seeing things -! there's more grocery carts on the shore, than at the store (that owns them). Hmmmmmm . . . . 😬🇺🇸
You should throw that black guy in jail for terroristic threatening
This homeless couple are regulars...?
Photo op
Orange vests not doing a dang thing
How many homeless here looks like they can hold down a job working for you?
Any one making nasty comments that could be you one day.
This is very good. This is great for the Whyt folks with money. But what about us middle class ? (black community) Just because they have lots of money DOES NOT MAKE THEM BETTER THAN ME. somethimg poor people like me say.....
So you middle class black folks like living with all that trash on your beaches ?.....hmm
Chip on shoulder not very appealing .....nobody Needs to stay middle class if they are energetic
And willing to put in hours ....
Knock down the bathroom
How do you climb out of the hole of being a Toilet Dweller in America! As an American I am Very Ashamed!
Where do the homeless people get all that junk. The cleanup crew needs a saws-all at times.
The cart?s should go back to the owners bc.theses people stold them they are thives.its not there cart,s.
Shore Patrol - LAPD castoffs. 😂
you got a permit for that doughnut stand....lol
😂
They weren't selling
Just wait until the Olympics come here in 2025😂
As well as the 405/Venice Blvd bridge.. infested with trash and god only knows what.