Venice Beach Cleanup: Task Force Prepares for Fourth of July by Addressing Homeless Encampments
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- Venice, Los Angeles - July 2, 2024: On Friday, In preparation for the Independence Day Holiday, a significant cleanup operation was conducted at Venice Beach, targeting homeless encampments with the involvement of a multi-agency task force. This team comprised members from the Los Angeles Park Rangers, the Los Angeles Police Department, the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Recreation and Parks, Clean Harbors Environmental Inc., the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and the office of Councilwoman Traci Park.
The operation was safely and efficiently managed with the presence of Los Angeles Police Officers and Park Rangers. It marked a concerted effort among the Department of Public Works, Recreation and Parks, and Clean Harbors Environmental Inc. Team members donned protective gear to sort and appropriately dispose of both hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
This cleanup is part of the City of Los Angeles' broader strategy to address homelessness while improving public health and sanitation. It underscores the city’s commitment to addressing these pressing urban challenges.
LAHSA plays a crucial role during these operations by providing support services including food, water, and hygiene kits, reflecting a compassionate approach to the crisis.
Notably, no citations for public camping violations were issued during this cleanup, indicating the city's preference for supportive over punitive measures.
This cleanup is part of a series of ongoing actions, including regular Friday cleanups along the Venice Beach Boardwalk, all under the supervision of Los Angeles Park Rangers. These initiatives are essential components of the city’s comprehensive strategy to maintain cleanliness and safety while addressing the root causes of homelessness. Effective coordination by Councilwoman Traci Park continues to be crucial, highlighting a balanced and humane approach to these challenges.
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Thank You FABIAN.........really appreciate your work, it is important.
Whats up with blue rag on seed spitters head?
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE CLEANING UP THIS MESS!
Should be a wake up call to get your life together
A lot of people in this world would rather be content with convenience & comfort than push through adversity for personal success.
90% are too far gone...too broken. The best society can do is 'warehouse' and 'maintain' them. There is no 'fixing' for most of these citizens.
Those that figure out your comment will do so on their own.
The billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars need to be spent on the OTHER 'end' > prevention... including rent control, BMI and rent-mortgage subsidies to keep FAMILIES in their residences. And yeah...such public help must be conditional.
We appreciate all the work you all do . That’s the police ,the trash folks and the housing. We appreciate you. Almost those workers that has to keep up the fuckn needles .
Now everyone’s on their best behavior , yet after all the violent attacks on beach goers .
agree
What a joke. It should be clean and perfect like Dubai with the taxes we pay. I see graffiti , dirty looking everything. This ruined the place from being a worldwide tourist destination. They will never get their reputation back. Our government is a joke and so is this so called clean up. It NEVER NEVER should have got anywhere near this bad to start with.
They do this in Long Beach. An hour later they are back until the next cleanup which about a week later. Waste of time and money. Need a real solution!
Daisy dog pissing on the grass people lay on? What happened to all the NO dogs on beach signs?
@@RudolphRivers no one gives a fuck its all for show then they're back.
It's not a waste of time. It's not an either/or choice. You do both short and long term solutions. They're doing both, but it takes time.
If you go to SM today, it's significantly better than last year. So, it is working.
@@mrxman581 Right..... You realize there was a stabbing yesterday, and the day before right ? LOL
Because the city doesn’t want visitors to know how bad it actually is.
No surprise there.
Wish him and the dog the best of luck
These are long term problems created by politicians and corporations. Our corporations pay inadequate wages in America.
Like the people in the video would be working. lol
@@kentokaryk1071 Judgmental and uneducated people write comments like yours without knowing factual information.
@kentokaryk1071 You have no idea why they are where they are today.
One of the reasons you don't see this kind of stuff at these levels in other countries is because they have UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. People with mental illness or addiction can be treated for free. Not the case in the USA. People have to fend for themselves. This is the result.
Corporations pay inadequate wages, and they don't pay their fair share in taxes either.
Have a good day Anthony 😊
Those shopping carts cost hundreds of dollars. At least scrap the metal. And get some more workers there's not enough standing around
We appreciate all the hard work to regain our community LE-Trash company-and everyone involved in making beach safe and accessible again for everyone who lives and has businesses here. Hopefully this will last. I’m not saying i don’t have a heart and want the less fortunate to get help I’m saying can’t be helped if laying around beach disrupting-committing horrible crimes-drugs-violence- no way this helps at all. Clean up get out is best.
love these vlogs....
Gonna be hot, hot, hot! Have fun everyone! Stay safe and sane. 🎆🇺🇸🎇
Thank you! You as well!
in other news water is wet.
My best friend and I had so much fun at the beach when we were 14 in 1974. It was the 4th of July. We swam in the ocean all day then watched a rock band on that cement slab near Rose Ave. 😎
My haunt was Manhattan Beach in the late 70s early 80s. Bought the latest bikini fashion in Hermosa and kicked it in Manhattan. The best times huh ?
You really evoked a byegone era for me. I moved to Venice in 1973. Thanks.
@@wooster2452 stop I’m old.
Yes, I was close to your age. The New-Wave Eighties were great too.
@@BigEightiesNewWave good times
Like 2 or 3 guys doing actual work and a LOT of people in costumes doing nothing. Especially the women. This is how our taxes are spent.
Fish taco for every day that ends with a Y in it.
Different people there have different responsibilities.
@@mrxman581 One guy points to the trash, another takes the broom off the truck, and a third guy uses it to sweep. Very efficient. 😅
The Supreme Court decision has turned the world back to normalcy. 4 years since the pandemic and the so-called, "homeless advocates" have wasted billions of dollars and accomplished nothing. Here we are back to 2020.
Supreme Court decisions in June turn now for lowest majority want these unelected justices anymore, and majority want this court to disband and replaced with elected body extending number of justices and introduce term limit to them!!! Majority Distrust Partisanship in Unelected justices, and demand all 6 justices to pay their price by impeachment all of them!!! MAGA Republicans lost most independent voters just overnight!!! Stop Fascism and Their last bastion "US supreme court"!!!
Daisy stole someone's dog i wouldn't trust daisy with a wet napkin 😂😅let alone a animal...
These city workers move like zombies in slow motion - must be paid by hours.
If I was homeless the beach would be the best place to go....just not that beach.
Decades of "progressive" whatever that means, policies, got us here. Compare this to beaches in Florida. It does not exist there, nor do they let trouble-makers take over Campuses.
You might be able to lie to some people on the site but not me! I lived in that rat trap called Florida and it's drug infested lifestyle! I moved out of that suburb of Columbia and Cuba. Rather be in California any day.
Bullshit. I was just in South Beach. Looks almost the same.
s@@sunsensationalOK Ron DeSantis! All you have to do is watch the Police shows. It's full of Florida crimes and drugs. You can't even get home insurance sucker. It's nothing but a toilet of drugged up kids and old walking coffins for trump.
BS. And people are losing their condos because the state is requiring exorbitant insurance coverage that seniors can't afford.
Too many "cans" in Florida. Puerto Ri(cans), Afri(cans), Domini(cans), Mexi(cans), all kinda cans!
Why does a homeless guy have a dog? 🤷🤦♂️
THE DOG IS HOMELESS........UGH.......
Do you live in California bro? Lots of homeless people with dogs out here
@@liamhaffener3325 That doesn't make it right though. 🤷♂🤣🤣🤣 They can't even care for themselves let alone a dog.
@@liamhaffener3325 DON"T CALL ME BRO...........GET BACK IN YOUR BATCAVE AND LOCK THE DOOR..........
@@roberthenderson4466 did I mention your name bro? No so stfu 😁👍
lol let build more houses ,new houses and give these people free housing. look how they keep the public bathrooms they live inside
Why did the Dumb Cop tell the sleeping man with his dog. To take his time when he had a clean up crew waiting?
Because he was compassionate. He's a human being. The point was to get him out of there. If it takes an extra 15 minutes to do it compassionately, so be it.
Yikes again and again this problem never ends in California
As long as you have people coming to California from Red States, it will continue. The cast majority are not from California.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO GET UP AND MOVE YOUR BELONGINGS..........OK MAN.....
Aaaaand here comes Daisy
If the Terminator was still the governor of California the homeless situation wouldn’t be nearly this bad
For the past couple of years they didn’t care.Seems like it just took longer to get sick of this behavior.Hypocrite’s.
ELECTION YEAR
There was this pandemic that killed over 1 million Americans called Covid.
give the immigrants luxury hotel rooms.
That's more of New York's problem, in California they treat all non-rich people equally lol
Remember California was a part of Mexico at one time.
These immigrants are from conservative red states.
@@jd-ku3iwand Mexico have all supreme rights to claim that land back...
Water trucks usually do the trick
Supreme Court says you can put that druggy in prison and also fine him. SAVE THE DOG, PLEASE!
Sorry, man, here's a smoke, gotta take that pallet, make good choices.
The entitlement of that homeless guy moving like a snail when the workers have a job to do is just unbelievable. They should just move his stuff and he can sort through it later.
Heavens, he's entitled... as an unhoused homeless non-working bum.. let the others do the dirty work and he can sleep in and wonder "what time it is?"... they are too lenient.. should have given him 5 minutes, or toss the crap.
The point was to get him out of there. You have absolutely no way to know how these people will react. Making sure the situation remains calm is best, even if that means it takes a little longer. It's being compassionate, too.
There but for the grace of God go I.
@@allenblaine6551The point was to get him out of there. You have absolutely no way to know how these people will react. Making sure the situation remains calm is best, even if that means it takes a little longer. It's being compassionate, too.
There but for the grace of God go I.
I love daisys dog doo cute🐶🩵🐾🙏
This is the mayor gaslighting the residents of LA. C’mon down to the beach! It’s safe and clean! No mentally-ill drug addicts to worry about!
I feel sorry for Daisy, she is sooooo desperate for attention.
I honestly only feel bad for the poor doggy 🐕 😢
That tall glass of chocolate milk is very handsome.
Hey handsome ! Sorry he got my attention. Wow
Your efforts do not work. There are new videos every other day. They come back, dont care, threatened you and no arrest.
They do work. Both SM and Venice are much better compared to last year.
Billy sticks work faster, only takes one cop, more effective because they don't return, don't need $200k+ in equipment. Would save taxpayers millions.
The point was to get him out of there. You have absolutely no way to know how these people will react. Making sure the situation remains calm is best, even if that means it takes a little longer. It's being compassionate, too.
There but for the grace of God go I.
All for “image” after the holiday ? They will all be back ! Business as usual . . .
I think its very cruel to wake up a homeless person when they are minding their own business and not bothering anyone. Many homeless people are tired and just want to be left alone. The police should bring food, water, blankets and offer friendship and kindness to the homeless. Why kick a homeless person when they are already down. 😭😞
They have to clean, poor doggie 🐶 I hope he’s ok
What are you doing for the homeless?
@@Frankie-fv1wk Maybe if the homeless were given a monetary incentive to clean up the beach that would be the start of them getting money to save up to get to the next level. The poor dog is homeless too. I pray the authorities don't take the dog away😞🐕🐶
@@Recovering_Californian I am bringing awareness and spreading the word through social media that we have a serious problem in this country and we must help these people and thier poor homeless pets. What are you doing? I'll wait😞
@@amethyststone1678 Hes obviously in Recovery.. so prob a navigator. Just what the world needs is another "social media homeless worrior" How about go vol and feed some people give out water or just talk to them... Sometimes just having a housed up person talk to after being ignored all the time is what matters.
You should play that song " SHE SO HIGH " .... EVERYTIME DAISY IS ON ..
heroin girl
daisy flipping out again !!
Thanks. Now I can skip this video