Venice Residents Sue LA City, County Over ‘Lawless’ Boardwalk (Santa Monica: apartment, neighborhood)

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by WestSideGirl310

I was on the Venice boardwalk 4 months ago and I found the homeless to be aggressive. My friend had one come right up and mock us as he overheard us talking and another was walking around with a sign the said "F You!"

I don't think people are overacting! There is no need for that nonsense. It's out of hand when the homeless are bothering and annoying people that are just going about their own business!

Totally crazy...and Venice is a big attraction for tourists. I guess part of the appeal is the craziness of it..but I can't imagine people wanting to be harassed like that ...not most people's idea of fun.

The problem is that the police can't enforce the laws because of all these moron politicians and judges saying that "the poor homeless have rights too". Insanity!

Just enforcing the laws against panhandling and loitering would help to eliminate most of the problem..but the sad part is that people know where they can take advantage of weak enforcement .

[majoun]

Originally Posted by jm1982

yeah exactly. I had my house broken into by homeless people (my neighbor witnessed it and called police) and when I tried to get information from the police department I get an attitude , one of the 'officers' even told me he couldn't tell me any information because I might be the criminal! ...can you believe that?

I also said that my neighbor could I identify the person and they should arrest them and another guy told me that "those homeless people have civil rights you know"..

That's a big problem with L.A , they are protecting the 'homeless' more than law abiding working citizens. No common sense. When is enough enough?

I think enough is enough and it's not just a problem in Venice beach, it's a big problem in many parts of L.A

Typical LAPD. That's the sort of thing that makes one appreciate the SMPD, CCPD, BHPD, BPD, etc. none of whom treat the homeless as a protected class and none of whom would react in the same way. Living in the city of L.A. you're essentially on your own.

[Huckleberry3911948]

A great post esp the comment about catalina

[majoun]

Originally Posted by hjt123

I was on the boardwalk this afternoon. I didn't experience any 'lawlessness'; in fact, it was great public space as usual.

These ninnies need to go sit on a pinecone.

Try going there at night

[Exitus Acta Probat]

I wanted to walk a few blocks on Wilshire this evening, but I still have the images of sidewalk excrement in my mind and the thought of walking in proximity to it repulsed me.

#PantsUpDontPoop

[HarryKerryJr]

Originally Posted by majoun

Venice and West LA are part of the same city and under the same police department. There'll be more of them in West LA for sure. LAPD treats the homeless as a protected class.

If you don't want that sort of thing do not live in the city of L.A. There is no advantage to living in the city of L.A. and many disadvantages.

PART of the reason LAPD does treat "them" as a protected class is because of recent court rulings, including one that allows people to just leave their belongings on the street or sidewalks as storage whilst the homeless individual who owns that stuff goes on sabbatical--you and I would be cited. And the courts have told city of LA and LAPD to leave those NUTTER costumed beggars on Hollywood Blvd. alone, even though they constantly have fist fights with each other and intimidate foreign tourists to PAY them money, which is AGAINST the law as "aggressive" pan-handling. Let's bus all the mental, drug abusing folks to all the homes of judges and advocates and see how long THEY put up with it.

[WestSideGirl310]

[QUOTETry going there at night][/quote]

I can only imagine...or maybe I don't want to...lol.

It's a real shame though that they've let things get that out of hand!

[WestSideGirl310]

Totally crazy...and Venice is a big attraction for tourists. I guess part of the appeal is the craziness of it..but I can't imagine people wanting to be harassed like that ...not most people's idea of fun.

The problem is that the police can't enforce the laws because of all these moron politicians and judges saying that "the poor homeless have rights too". Insanity!

Just enforcing the laws against panhandling and loitering would help to eliminate most of the problem..but the sad part is that people know where they can take advantage of weak enforcement .

Yes, I totally agree. And it's a shame when we're made to look intolerant for not liking what's going on!

[MItoBH]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Totally crazy...and Venice is a big attraction for tourists. I guess part of the appeal is the craziness of it..but I can't imagine people wanting to be harassed like that ...not most people's idea of fun.

The problem is that the police can't enforce the laws because of all these moron politicians and judges saying that "the poor homeless have rights too". Insanity!

Just enforcing the laws against panhandling and loitering would help to eliminate most of the problem..but the sad part is that people know where they can take advantage of weak enforcement .

In the 11 years I have been regularly visiting Venice Beach, I have not once gave a homeless person any money, or felt threaten to give them money. But it does concern me that a lot of people are feeling uncomfortable and intimidated by aggressive personalities and the increased traffic of homeless people to this otherwise, welcoming and popular area.

When I was checking out some open houses last June, I was surprised to see security guards standing outside of the homes on view. I now can guess as to why they were there - to keep out riff raff and homeless wanderers. Tis a shame.

[jm1982]

I bet that 99% of the idiots making these laws don't have to live with their sh*t! ...LITERALLY.

They are likely all living in secluded ,gated type areas .

It's not good when the people making policies are so out of touch and lack common sense.

I've seen it too many times in L.A where a 'homeless' person gets away with things that a non 'homeless' person would never be able to do...just because they are 'homeless'.