LA Police Issue Citation, Enforce No-Camping Ordinance in Venice Beach Cleanup Operation

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16 күн бұрын

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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@deb6828 15 күн бұрын

There are shelters. These people don’t want shelters because they will have rules. Too bad. All law abiding people live by rules.

@wanaraz 14 күн бұрын

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.

@lordraydens 14 күн бұрын

@@wanaraz excuses excuses. people can live apart for a little bit, and the homeless can't take care of pets properly

@wanaraz 14 күн бұрын

@@lordraydens So sympathy or empathy is not your thing. Ok.

@lordraydens 14 күн бұрын

@@wanaraz letting people live like this is not sympathy or empathy

@misscorvette02 14 күн бұрын

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.

@elvis34609 15 күн бұрын

Such nonsense to let this go by day after day

@Alboalt 14 күн бұрын

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.

@davidhennen7045 11 күн бұрын

What do you want them to do with the homeless sense you say this is nonsense, ANSWER ME! 😡😡

@ramonacannon1587 7 күн бұрын

@@Alboalt vote red

@findawayormakeaway8857 15 күн бұрын

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.

@ShelterDogs 14 күн бұрын

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.

@thenotoriousgryyn342 14 күн бұрын

It rhymes with Nuscance

@kazmaitalia8796 14 күн бұрын

lol he set up his shit tent right in a parking space

@phoenixman8569 14 күн бұрын

If these idiots would just comply with services provided to them to get off the streets this would not be a problem...

@lcfflc3887 14 күн бұрын

@@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?

@nicolemerriman-darling772 14 күн бұрын

California deserves better leadership. Actually the whole United States deserves a MUCH better leader!!

@sanchezs7614 14 күн бұрын

Trump 2024

@lordraydens 14 күн бұрын

@@sanchezs7614 she said better, not worse!

@sanchezs7614 14 күн бұрын

@@lordraydens How was it worse with Trump?

@lordraydens 14 күн бұрын

@@sanchezs7614 hmm, sex scandals, romancing dictators, national debt, fentanyl crisis, covid pandemic, etc etc

@sanchezs7614 14 күн бұрын

@@lordraydens I remember taxes being lower, cheap gas, no war, more jobs, etc. China made Covid fyi 😂

@misshippi971 14 күн бұрын

The sign says no parking 6am to 6pm. Why are campers parked there?

@dons3073 14 күн бұрын

City council need to be in an unemployment line

@BigEightiesNewWave 15 күн бұрын

They let this go on for decades, now spending Billions, TRYING, to fix it.😩😳😧

@MichaelSmiff1969 14 күн бұрын

In a word B L A C K R O C K

@jimo3393 14 күн бұрын

I don't know if they will ever fix skid row. It would take decades .

@MichaelSmiff1969 14 күн бұрын

@@jimo3393 It is the gift that keeps on giving

@Gfysimpletons 14 күн бұрын

Spending? 😂😂😂😂😂 Stealing!!!

@lcfflc3887 14 күн бұрын

@@jimo3393 they can, give it to the right government, Democrats don't care that's why they wouldn't fix it.

@socallawrence 14 күн бұрын

You got to be kidding me. After all that talking and city workers standing around, he’s stays on the premises. SMH.

@Mike_Davidson 15 күн бұрын

Bro thought the U.S. flag was gonna save him. 😂😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

@bobbowie9350 14 күн бұрын

its hung up wrong as well

@xtinamarie_333 14 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@MBGolfer 22 сағат бұрын

CA doesn't allow the US flag there. They need a communist one.

@knaggs71 15 күн бұрын

Seems like homelessness has turned into big business, they don't want to fix the problem.... Los Angeles deserves better leadership.

@dryfie 14 күн бұрын

It's easy to blame, hard to fix

@lcfflc3887 14 күн бұрын

They want that federal aid to keep coming so they let the problem continue

@dryfie 14 күн бұрын

@@lcfflc3887 ok, always good to have an opinion

@lordraydens 14 күн бұрын

@@dryfie he ain't wrong

@lordraydens 14 күн бұрын

@@dryfie easy to fix. it's called foot to ass

@jimo3393 15 күн бұрын

If they write a citation, what do they do if he ignores it ? They won't put him in jail.

@ellestar2306 13 күн бұрын

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.

@davemichelson1330 14 күн бұрын

Vast collection of people's stolen property.

@wanaraz 14 күн бұрын

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.

@pattilemonhouse7911 14 күн бұрын

Word

@billkallas1762 14 күн бұрын

What good does "giving a citation" do??.

@VintageLPs 14 күн бұрын

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.

@debraparker833 2 күн бұрын

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.

@medrep1000 14 күн бұрын

SMCU always at the right place at the right time. Keep up the good work!

@rd4660 14 күн бұрын

I hope they checked the serial numbers of those bikes!

@nicolemerriman-darling772 14 күн бұрын

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.

@appomattoxross6751 14 күн бұрын

"I am a vagrant. I am allowed to set up camp anywhere I want."

@EnriqueMarq 10 күн бұрын

True

@debraparker833 2 күн бұрын

The desert has A LOT OF SPACE - feel free to partake.

@dianalara4086 14 күн бұрын

What a waste of Tax payers money. Ridiculous. On that first one.

@Wileyg4lify 14 күн бұрын

Is costing more having them there than removing them and hurting tourism that brings money to California

@minhluu5953 14 күн бұрын

What exactly a citation going to do? He is probably going to flush it down the toilet. 😂

@blakespower 14 күн бұрын

oh and special thanks to the public sanitation crews for dismantling these areas also

@debraparker833 2 күн бұрын

Oh my gosh, I hope they get "hazard pay"! The stuff they have to expose themselves to. Ugh!

@thenotoriousgryyn342 14 күн бұрын

Good Morning Police Department, would you like a Latte? USELESS!!!!!!

@lordraydens 14 күн бұрын

having that noisy garbage truck sitting right outside that camp is a nice touch

@blakespower 14 күн бұрын

we appreciate when the police are allowed to enforce the laws, now if only the DA and prosecutors would

@ellestar2306 13 күн бұрын

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

@TMendocino 14 күн бұрын

This nightmare is over....time to return to normalcy

@EnriqueMarq 10 күн бұрын

You think?

@Squatanddeads 12 күн бұрын

Where are the social workers?!

@jimvanbrocklin2060 14 күн бұрын

Turn the truck off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@dons3073 14 күн бұрын

Loitering criminals

@blakespower 14 күн бұрын

its a constant job, looks so much better without tents lining the streets and beaches ruining a nice tourist area.

@edcortez1958 14 күн бұрын

It’s about time

@albertochoa7331 14 күн бұрын

Why wait for this to get to this point. We have stupid people in charge.

@RudolphRivers 14 күн бұрын

Issue a citation? For what? No money to pay! No home address to locate! Most likely no phone!

@robertjamesonmusic 6 күн бұрын

For illegally camping in a place that you’re not supposed to be camping in. Duh

@frosty35x 14 күн бұрын

Enforce the US Constitution and stop allowing people to become nuisance to the public especially against children and elderly.

@7evenxrose 14 күн бұрын

Yes finally they are enforcing these rules enough is enough

@BigEightiesNewWave 15 күн бұрын

SWEET refuse truck! Musta cost a fortune.

@jackwilson3121 14 күн бұрын

Is it even legal to drive that old camper with all that junk on top?

@edithcooper2600 14 күн бұрын

😂

@theskyehiker 9 күн бұрын

It’s not traveling on the road is it?

@lcfflc3887 14 күн бұрын

Thumps down 👎 do not cover their faces.

@jaysonpida5379 14 күн бұрын

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...

@RudolphRivers 14 күн бұрын

Hey, save the cart person. There goes another nasty cart filled with homeless garbage 🗑! And germs!

@themysticeye1 13 күн бұрын

We need low income, section 8 RV parks with some type of security and we also need to improve our shelters. Our shelters suck. They are unsafe and people don’t want to be there which is completely understandable especially if you’re a woman and have children not everyone is equipped or capable of putting up with the system of slavery or a cubicle mentality. How hard is it to install plexiglass spaces with latches for people instead of building $165 million luxury apartments which will probably turn into projects

@MichaelSmiff1969 14 күн бұрын

Look up who own Clean Harbors Environmental

14 күн бұрын

From: "King Osirus" (aKa)->Chief Sitting Bull. Great Observation and Reporting.

@anibalchavez3319 14 күн бұрын

Isn’t there a 72 hour hold b4 trashing items

@robertjamesonmusic 6 күн бұрын

@IceLynne 14 күн бұрын

Leaving a trash truck running right outside peoples homes is bs! Turn it off till you need it.

@lcfflc3887 14 күн бұрын

I called that out it's stupid.

@hermosafieldsforever4782 14 күн бұрын

It's about time!

@michellewhipple1686 12 күн бұрын

Not enough shelters and people dont feel safe in them, so where do you push them to?

@g-dcomplex1609 14 күн бұрын

Build tunnels like the ones in vegas, the campers naturally reside and form a thriving underground community well out of sight

@prestonforayter2584 14 күн бұрын

They're trying to get them to buy their 2 million dollar homes.

@lordraydens 14 күн бұрын

disrespecting the flag

@richardroth1308 5 күн бұрын

Nice. Restore order, safety, and cleanliness.

@holycowtube 14 күн бұрын

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!

@sylvestersmith5072 14 күн бұрын

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

@user-mq6dy2ee5f 8 күн бұрын

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.

@kat8838 22 сағат бұрын

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.

@user-iu1yl2om7i 3 күн бұрын

feel sorry for the unfortunate folks but the good of many outweighs the good of few...

@MinionNumber33 14 күн бұрын

Just Subscribed From Solomons Channel 😊

@reza_dc2 14 күн бұрын

go build that shit in the woods or some where out of site , not in a dayam town home neighborhood. Fucking Genius..

@beelao1896 6 сағат бұрын

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..

@gaylon7804 4 күн бұрын

How about letting them sleep in trees?

@tazerknight1 14 күн бұрын

The Supreme Court rule no camping any where except camping era. They can not put there tent on side walk parks any where.

@catmoore1448 11 күн бұрын

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.

@stevenwinterhill3623 13 күн бұрын

Bunch of DEI cops and workers....Just standing around...👌

@jimmymoore2469 12 күн бұрын

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.

@theskyehiker 9 күн бұрын

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.

@jimmymoore2469 2 күн бұрын

@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

@OO-ep7sz 13 күн бұрын

I love it

@MartinDurias 13 күн бұрын

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...

@Brewangelsfelafel 14 күн бұрын

Punishment no reward 🙏 please don't kill me

@KingstonLee-mz6rx 3 күн бұрын

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

@CharlesBailey-gy4gb 13 күн бұрын

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

@ehlersjim12 6 күн бұрын

quite the mess. lets hire the governor as POTUS.

@steveryono1112 13 күн бұрын

good

@b14m23 15 күн бұрын

Outstanding. Our kids should not have to see bums living in filth everyday.

@robertsteele9940 14 күн бұрын

It could happen to you

@martyj.garcia 13 күн бұрын

Don't generalize all homeless people as bims. Some have mental health issues, lost their affordable apartment for various reasons beyond their control, etc and have no place to go. So much for this being a Christian nation, hypocrites, all of you

@Rick-nu6yc 11 күн бұрын

Gavin newsomes we'll fix it

@Meofcourse27 14 күн бұрын

Gutless cops!

@edithcooper2600 14 күн бұрын

The are just following orders.

@zabelkasparian8874 13 күн бұрын

This is great. Now we can use our sidewalks and not smell shit. Good job. Put them to work and make money.

@michaelhawks5683 14 күн бұрын

Vote blue and you can keep living on the streets near you

@e-iu6pp 14 күн бұрын

Кто телепатию крутил?

@FormerAccount-r7p 14 күн бұрын

I miss Daisy :(

@heehaw8401 14 күн бұрын

No way.

@explores40 15 күн бұрын

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.

@knaggs71 14 күн бұрын

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 ….🇺🇸

@robertsteele9940 14 күн бұрын

What a waste of tax payers money... 10 public servants ro one man surrounding him like animals I'm sorry but what a joke

@XwhyZee527 15 күн бұрын

Did he think he was in Florida with that trump sh!t?

@brown5252 15 күн бұрын

It's alright most of downtown L.A. is like this. You can thank your liberal politicians Pelosi. Waters and the great gnr. Gavin Newsom . 🤡🤡🤡 TRUMP 2024! FJB!

@650nelson 15 күн бұрын

No, he knows he is in Newsome land, where the parasites have more rights than the hosts