Outreach workers on Friday wrapped up the first — and easiest — phase of the Venice Beach cleanup, persuading dozens of homeless people camped on the boardwalk to move into shelters. Under the close watch of homeless advocates, resident activists and news media, outreach workers from St. Joseph Center, followed by city sanitation crews, removed all vestiges of encampments from …
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on the Venice boardwalk on June 7. Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s deployment of armed deputies to the Venice boardwalk is at best a desperate political stunt and at worst a continuation of the long history of punitive abuse of poor people in Los Angeles. He poses as a tough guy who will rapidly remove people …
Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies, with the Homeless Outreach Services Team, talk with Amanda Rivers, 34, who lives in a homeless encampment along Ocean Front Walk in Venice. Deputies and mental health clinicians will spend the next few weeks assessing the needs of people living in sprawling encampments along the beachfront promenade and helping to get them services, said Lt. …
L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Tadrous of the Homeless Outreach Services Team talks with Shawn Troncozo, 24, about how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Monday announced plans to close two patrol stations and the parks bureau and to reduce homeless outreach services to help shrink his department’s budget deficit. Tab Rhodes, …
