LA Times Today: Venice Beach homeless camps are gone, but residents say job is not done
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In 2020, homeless encampments became a permanent fixture along Ocean Front Walk in Venice Beach.
Last summer, sanitation workers cleared the camps and offered unhoused people hotel rooms and shelter beds instead. Today, although the tents are gone, frustrations remain.
L.A. Times senior writer Doug Smith explains.
Last summer, sanitation workers cleared the camps and offered unhoused people hotel rooms and shelter beds instead. Today, although the tents are gone, frustrations remain.
L.A. Times senior writer Doug Smith explains.