LA Police Issue Citation, Enforce No-Camping Ordinance in Venice Beach Cleanup Operation
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- Los Angeles, CA - July 9, 2024: On Tuesday, Los Angeles Police Officers issued a citation for illegal camping near the Venice Beach Boardwalk on Ozone Avenue, in accordance with Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 41.18. This section of the code prohibits sitting, lying, or sleeping in public areas, including locations like the Venice Beach Boardwalk. The citation was part of the city’s ongoing efforts to manage homeless encampments and was issued during a significant cleanup operation conducted by a multi-agency task force.
This cleanup targeted a homeless encampment and involved team members from the Los Angeles Police Department, the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Clean Harbors Environmental Inc., and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). The operation is part of a broader city initiative aimed at addressing homelessness while maintaining public health and safety, ensuring compliance with city ordinances designed to keep public spaces accessible and safe for all.
These efforts are conducted regularly, with the goal of balancing enforcement with support services to effectively address the complex issue of homelessness in the Venice Beach area.
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The Supreme Court reaffirmed that cities have the right to remove campers from public spaces. Now we will see how serious public officials are about ending this mess.
They don't have the "there is nothing we can do" excuse to use anymore.
If they fail to act we will know who to directly blame.
Why wasn't the camper removed in Part 2 of this video? Are they giving notices first? Same with Part 1, that tent remained. In a previous video, the man was given three weeks. Came back, still there. Given one extra day. I wonder if that's what happened here.
It rhymes with Nuscance
lol he set up his shit tent right in a parking space
If these idiots would just comply with services provided to them to get off the streets this would not be a problem...
@@ShelterDogs what a useless government, this is insane. Citizens should be able to removed themselves, also isn't that like a private parking lot belonging to the residents there?
California deserves better leadership. Actually the whole United States deserves a MUCH better leader!!
Trump 2024
@@sanchezs7614 she said better, not worse!
@@lordraydens How was it worse with Trump?
@@sanchezs7614 hmm, sex scandals, romancing dictators, national debt, fentanyl crisis, covid pandemic, etc etc
@@lordraydens I remember taxes being lower, cheap gas, no war, more jobs, etc. China made Covid fyi 😂
Thanks!
Thank you!
There are shelters. These people don’t want shelters because they will have rules. Too bad. All law abiding people live by rules.
You are right but some of the rules present a problem. For instance married couples. They cannot stay together. If you have a dog no dog allowed. That becomes a problem also. I can understand some of it.
@@wanaraz excuses excuses. people can live apart for a little bit, and the homeless can't take care of pets properly
@@lordraydens So sympathy or empathy is not your thing. Ok.
@@wanaraz letting people live like this is not sympathy or empathy
Toooo many rules, Nooooo, toooo many bullshits ,you will say,isn't it!!!!
That first tent they dealt with? Go have that homeless person set up on the street right in front of Judge Sotomayor’s home because she stated last week, when her vote lost thank God, is homeless people have a right to breathe. Let them breathe at her home.
Such nonsense to let this go by day after day
California has a great climate and a soft-headed approach to vagrants. So of course it's a homeless mecca. Not much you can do about the climate, but you can change your approach to the issue.
What do you want them to do with the homeless sense you say this is nonsense, ANSWER ME! 😡😡
@@Alboalt vote red
City council need to be in an unemployment line
Well said...
Yes they all do
SMCU always at the right place at the right time. Keep up the good work!
Seems like homelessness has turned into big business, they don't want to fix the problem.... Los Angeles deserves better leadership.
It's easy to blame, hard to fix
They want that federal aid to keep coming so they let the problem continue
@@lcfflc3887 ok, always good to have an opinion
@@dryfie he ain't wrong
@@dryfie easy to fix. it's called foot to ass
You got to be kidding me. After all that talking and city workers standing around, he’s stays on the premises. SMH.
Bro thought the U.S. flag was gonna save him. 😂😂😂😂🤦♂️
its hung up wrong as well
😂😂😂
CA doesn't allow the US flag there. They need a communist one.
Why not enforce the laws, arrest those breaking the laws and put them to work cleaning up messes like we see in this video? They also need a drug-sniffing dog to check the tents and illegally parked campers.
Exactly! Why don't they clean up their own mess, they put it there! California still has a no littering law - what happen to that enforcement OR does that only apply to hardworking taxpayers. So sick and tired of this crapp, communities have the RIGHT to live in a SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
Your insane Governor has caused this issue. Where will you go when you are homeless? Just think about it.
@@todadams6533 Yes California Governor is an idiot! My city received over $450m in the last five years and the local council has not done S----. They are probably padding their pockets. Now that the governor has mandated clean up camps throughout the state, the county and city woke-up and started to convert old office buildings and warehouses to house the homeless. These facilities will provide social services, medical and whatever the homeless need to get back on their feet. Were has the money been all these years? Yea collecting interest in city and county bank accounts? The federal government needs to audit these municipalities for accountability and get their head out of their ---. I guarantee many will be going to federal prison. You asked, "where will you go when you are homeless?" I have family. Unfortunately not all the homeless have family or other alternatives. Do you have homeless encampments near your home (community)? How do you and your community get used to the trash, drugs and the mentally challenged rooming near schools?
@@todadams6533 He’s not my governor because I don’t live in California. I DO support our homeless shelter in my town so I guess I can go there. 🙂
@VintageLPs He isn't my governor either. I would not put up with his bulls#*t. He has to go to prison. Citizens arrest is what I would do!!!
Vast collection of people's stolen property.
Yep he's been stealing bikes nightly. These people sleep during the day and hunt for theft at night. Over a hundred car windows broke every night in San Francisco. I would say it's really double that. Bums looking to steal.
19:40 19:41 Quit explaining. Take it down and toss it in the garbage truck. Rules are rules and the possessor of the tent isn't following the rules. You can't just camp anywhere you want. The city workers aren't moving very fast to clean up. Finish one and move on swiftly.
Where are the social workers?!
Loitering criminals
In response to a comment the treatment of homeless people starts with themselves. If they are drug addicts they must seek treatment. If they are mentally ill they must be put into facilities. People cannot be allowed to sleep on the streets or beaches or alleys or walkways. Nothing in life is perfect but for those of us who work hard and pay way too much in taxes we too deserve to be treated to safe and clean streets. There are shelters and they may have some problems but advocates for the homeless should put their time & efforts into improving the shelters. The government of California cannot account for millions of dollars for homeless expenditures. This is a serious serious problem that must be dealt with. Working class middle income non celebrity people deserve safe clean streets and beaches.
oh and special thanks to the public sanitation crews for dismantling these areas also
Oh my gosh, I hope they get "hazard pay"! The stuff they have to expose themselves to. Ugh!
we appreciate when the police are allowed to enforce the laws, now if only the DA and prosecutors would
Why do people do what they do? Because they can. Homelessness is a major problem in California because it's allowed to be. There are some cities in California that don't have homeless issues. Why? Because they don't allow it.
Homelessness isn’t a California problem. It’s a problem where the weather is nice and people can spend more time outside. Even where the weather is more harsh there is a problem with homelessness. I’m pretty sure California isn’t in control of those other states.
@theskyehiker I live in Highland, which borders San Bernardino. Highland doesn't have homeless sleeping in parks, on the streets, and in business entryway. Why? Because Highland doesn't allow it.
Why do people do what they do? Because they can. Instead of keep throwing billions of dollars at homelessness it's proven not to work what should happen is is they should be incarcerated put through a drug rehab program and job training program to actually try and turn their lives around. 90 + percent of homeless are homeless because of drugs and or alcohol. If we're going to spend money on homeless then, let's spend it more wisely and actually help them
What a waste of Tax payers money. Ridiculous. On that first one.
Is costing more having them there than removing them and hurting tourism that brings money to California
The homeless guy had American flag on his tent😂😂 he's so proud of being an American😂😂😂
What good does "giving a citation" do??.
It’s about time
WTF America And California, and Every other city I have traveled thru from Albany Ny To Las Vegas Nv... Unhoused, Homeless & Veterans and Humans struggling with Mental health and Drug issues and This is the Answer? A Citation and a Waste of Tax paying Dollars With This Approach. Cali, You really need 3 police officers and 6 Sanation Workers and 3 vehicles Idling Fumes and waisting Fuel, All this could put them in a motel with food and structure and recovery and Hope...
But Instead this is Your Answer... Wait This Will Go Viral...
I hope they checked the serial numbers of those bikes!
having that noisy garbage truck sitting right outside that camp is a nice touch
Enforce the US Constitution and stop allowing people to become nuisance to the public especially against children and elderly.
The no camping ordinance came right in time. Now just a few more laws need to be tighten up and we will be back on track
disrespecting the flag
Imagine being in that bathroom changing and you look up to a ten person tent right outside the window. In my desolate hood you can smell the crack the second they pull up to park all night dealing drugs around me. They have truckers come loiter all night s few blocks down like they do business all night long if you catch my drift? They are so bold they blare bass hood music all night long.
Yes finally they are enforcing these rules enough is enough
If they write a citation, what do they do if he ignores it ? They won't put him in jail.
Rather them not be jailed, but the encampment must be removed. Hopefully it will force the person to go to a shelter. Most homeless don't like shelters because of over crowding and curfews, but shelters weren't meant to be comfortable forever homes.
Why don't they talk about why newsome pay them to be in tents I wonder how many people lost their jobs and that's why they're homeless
"I am a vagrant. I am allowed to set up camp anywhere I want."
The desert has A LOT OF SPACE - feel free to partake.
No it doesn't work that way
Today Governor Gavin Newsome of California ordered the state and local municipalities to remove homeless camps from public places throughout California. This is based on the recent US Supreme Court ruling homeless cannot camp on public places. It's been decades in waiting - time to clean up our communities and the state. Enough is enough. The $85m is now going to jump start this effort. Hopefully some of it can be used for the homeless who want the help to get back on their feet and take advantage of the services being offered to make that move.
@@debraparker833 $83 Million? Los Angeles spent $1 Billion on the problem. The result? More vagrants. A one time clean up effort will not solve anything. Laws of yesteryear need to be enforced. Dems don't have the stomach for it. The old laws were there for a reason. Most of them are mentally ill. The Salvation Army has known this for decades.
Maybe a new policy should be that if you are found loitering in an area for a certain amount of time with all your belongings or seen camping anywhere that is banned, you forfeit all those things you have put there illegally. Think that would stop them? Also real jail time for theft.
AGAIN 😲
HAPPENED LAST YEAR TOO ‼️
26 JULY 2024
What exactly a citation going to do? He is probably going to flush it down the toilet. 😂
If they have money to buy tents, they have money to pay these citations. Stop enabling these people to remain homeless and continue to use drugs. They wreck havoc in our neighborhoods. Enough is enough!
Ha!....Y'all needs too so something about those rents...or else the homeless situation gets worse and worse...no amount of cosmetic surgery can change this
Nice. Restore order, safety, and cleanliness.
Blaming the wrong people. This problem started when Reagan closed mental institutions 40 years ago. The promised private sector help never materialized. A cycle of addiction and self-medication happens which has resulted in the inability to maintain their own housing. I don't agree with the entitlement that 'campers' display. But this is a decades old problem. Another poor policy decision that we are paying the unintended consequences for.
Good Morning Police Department, would you like a Latte? USELESS!!!!!!
I don’t care how people want to live it’s none of my business
It isn’t all right to trash the community
Live on the streets I don’t care
They don’t want to keep a home yet they want to hoard garbage.
Everyone is where they are at in life by there own fault
You don’t like your life
Change it
This is America where the poorest person can become successful if they choose to
Turn the truck off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Issue a citation? For what? No money to pay! No home address to locate! Most likely no phone!
its a constant job, looks so much better without tents lining the streets and beaches ruining a nice tourist area.
I'm wondering newsome just passed the law that men can walk the streets naked and the cops cannot touch them would you rather watch naked men or have tents
Oregon just passed the same law the cops can't touch if the men are naked
This nightmare is over....time to return to normalcy
You think?
Why wait for this to get to this point. We have stupid people in charge.
I understand why some people in the community don't want to see this, but imagine being the person living there having all your worldly possessions put into a garbage truck. It's sickening how much society dehumanizes people who are homeless.
I love it
Thumps down 👎 do not cover their faces.
go build that shit in the woods or some where out of site , not in a dayam town home neighborhood. Fucking Genius..
It's about time!
Leaving a trash truck running right outside peoples homes is bs! Turn it off till you need it.
I called that out it's stupid.
YOU HAVE NO
IDEA HOW
EXPENSIVE
CALIFORNIA IS ‼️😡
26 JULY 2024 FRIDAY
A WAKEING NIGHTMARE 😳
I miss Daisy :(
No way.
From: "King Osirus" (aKa)->Chief Sitting Bull. Great Observation and Reporting.
Is it even legal to drive that old camper with all that junk on top?
😂
It’s not traveling on the road is it?
Fine, you've got to write the citation...to make it all 'official/due process' and then ya'll leave > de-escalation (also could be a 'set-up' in order to record salacious video which then can be converted to cash....). These actions make sense.
But I assuming, on the following days, the homeless residents will be arrested and the structure taken down if they are still there...
Where is the compassion?
how is this possible...camping on the street ..in my country we have camping place ...and the homeless will negotiate with the police...catch and throw them...
Outstanding. Our kids should not have to see bums living in filth everyday.
It could happen to you
Gavin newsomes we'll fix it
The Supreme Court rule no camping any where except camping era. They can not put there tent on side walk parks any where.
Hey, save the cart person. There goes another nasty cart filled with homeless garbage 🗑! And germs!
They're trying to get them to buy their 2 million dollar homes.
good
Look up who own Clean Harbors Environmental
America has become a shanty town.
Isn’t there a 72 hour hold b4 trashing items
No
The first tent, its actually very clean.
Huh?😮
Money for drugs but no money for rent. .
Reminds me of chikdren who wint ckran their room, knowing someine ekse will do it for them.
Cost effective???
Who’s coming to visit?!?! Must be some IMPORTANT DIGNITARY…cause that’s the ONLY TIME that homeless encampments are taken down in CA!!!
Instead, look, they will evict the person and take their stuff, and put them in jail, then dump them back into the streets.
feel sorry for the unfortunate folks but the good of many outweighs the good of few...
It is hot outside pets🦮🐕 and tents can not go inside shelters.
No Humans involved
Build tunnels like the ones in vegas, the campers naturally reside and form a thriving underground community well out of sight
Why did they let them stay? Time to end all this camping everywhere.
Another leftist joke from another leftist state.
Police right to control people's use bathroom in any
US streets in the future and always.
Maybe people stay or sleeping in camping in US streets.
Maybe sleeping in the car's it's ok
So whats the solution?
Was waiting for the yellow tape to come out
All the citizens taxes payer should suit the country and state local government. Cause the homeless buy hot meal and have cell phone. The government doesn't go through this issue..
Not enough shelters and people dont feel safe in them, so where do you push them to?
They are trying to clean up the harris’s mess
It’s bold to have our American flag 🇺🇸 in California and even a Trump flag to as so many people hate Trump in California , it never ends thou with the homeless problem yet I am sure there must be people in California who like Trump which is nothing wrong with that.
They’re brainwashed by Hollywood and the left leaning media that’s the problem people need to start paying attention to who they’re voting for ….🇺🇸
They can help pack down all that stuff and have a social worker on scene.. and take all that stuff to a flat
They're getting exactly what they voted for I don't feel sorry for them people one bit
Good morning coffee and wheat toast
Wow! Look at the tax payers’ money being wasted! So many police and city workers standing around, nothing, absolutely nothing has been done. I bet this type of wasteful action or inaction happens most of the times. If it is left with private enterprise, can be done with fraction of City’s budget.
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Bunch of DEI cops and workers....Just standing around...👌
How about letting them sleep in trees?
Punishment no reward 🙏 please don't kill me
I knew that eventually it was going to come this. Next step will be Fema camps.
'Bout effin time!
Will the rich live in such conditions? Of course not
What is the issue vouchers to help people afford it's out of control rent hike you honest to God think these people want to live like this no they do not don't destroy what they have left their dignity