Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is blasting “career elected politicians” who he says are “seeking higher office” for failing to adequately address the increase of homeless encampments in the region, particularly in the City of L.A.
Villanueva walked the Venice Beach boardwalk with the Sheriff’s Department’s Homeless Outreach Services Team on Tuesday and described the pop-up tents that have sprouted up throughout the world-famous tourist destination as “a hot mess.” He spoke with residents of the neighborhood, business owners, and people experiencing homelessness about his plan to “compassionately reclaim and regulate public space for the community.”
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