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Los Angeles Could Begin Clearing Homeless From Venice Beach Boardwalk Ahead Of Sheriff’s July 4 Goal

L.A. County Sheriff has been feuding with elected officials and others he calls “the architects of failure.”

Jeffrey Cawood
Los Angeles Could Begin Clearing Homeless From Venice Beach Boardwalk Ahead Of Sheriff’s July 4 Goal
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Outreach workers are reportedly handing out notices to transients along Los Angeles’ Venice Beach Boardwalk indicating the city plans to “resume normal operations with a comprehensive beachfront cleaning” on Friday, two days before Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s goal to clear an encampment that has taken over the world-famous tourist attraction.

City officials have divided the boardwalk, also known as Ocean Front Walk, into five areas with sanitation efforts set to begin on July 2 and scheduled to continue every Friday throughout next month.

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