Recent Comments

• Nick Z { Except CA unemployment is at 4.2% and US at 4%. In 2006, the CA unemployment rate was about 5%. All those jobs lost in the Great Recession have been recovered and then some. No, a large percentage of the Venice homeless are people attracted to the lack of legal enforcement... } – 2503 5:17 PM
• Harry Krum { I've been here since the 1980's. And the homeless situation was just as bad then as it is now. It ebbs and flows. There used to be a huge encampment of tents on the beach right down at Rose when I first moved in. What we are currently seeing here... } – 2503 4:29 PM
• Nick Z { Not exactly true Harry. While there have always been more homeless in Venice than elsewhere, the community has been inundated in the past several years with drug addicted, hoarding campers, often from out-of-state, who specifically move to Venice because for some reason, we can't enforce laws like the places they... } – 2503 2:19 PM
• Harry Krum { This is not Germany in the 1930's Rick. We're not going to be forcibly relocating anybody into any ghettos. And the only real reason you want to relocate them is because you live right across the street from the encampment on 3rd Street. That encampment has been there for years.... } – 2503 5:47 AM
• Rick Swinger { Harry exactly and none of this is going to happen overnight. So the best thing we can do right now is offer a better camping environment for these folks. Being next to a rat infested warehouse and storms drains that flow directly onto our beach putting thousands in harms way... } – 2403 4:35 PM
• Harry Krum { If you want to prohibit encampments like this the only solution is to stop opposing shelters in your neighborhood. The courts have been clear that you cannot prohibit homeless people from sleeping on your sidewalks if you do not offer them an alternative. If there were a shelter here in... } – 2403 1:25 PM
• Rick Swinger { I think its time we offer the transients on 3rd another campsite that has less rats, pollution and no storm drains that flow into the ocean. Mike Bonin's Great Streets! If its Great for Mike Bonin it would be Great for the Homeless too! Check out these Rat Proof Trash... } – 2403 1:10 PM
• Rick Swinger { Like near Mike Bonin's house in Mar Vista for they don't have storm drains that go into the ocean like we do and he just recenty delivered rat proof trash cans there! } – 2403 12:36 PM
• Marlene { It is inconceivable that we would spend so much 💲 cleaning up these disgusting, unsanitary messes instead of prohibiting them to begin with. SMH Thanks for your help with this !!!! 💜🎶 💜🎶 } – 2403 9:05 AM
• Rick Swinger { This is the perfect example how our local government and our super rich corporations, non profits have failed the local community here in Venice Beach. Its now our local marine environment's only hope is in its citizens will stand up and not allow this pollution to get to our Beach... } – 2403 8:36 AM
• Veronica Tucker { I have photographed this mural. } – 2303 10:14 PM