Exactly one month after opening "The Hope Village", the city's new 'safe outdoor space' is nearly full, but homeless encampments continue to draw complaints.
Paul Hogan said on Tuesday he was desperate to return to Australia as his adopted home city of Los Angeles is battered by Covid-19 and a surge in crime.
But it seems Aussies are less eager to welcome back the once-beloved comedian, who abandoned his native country decades ago when his Hollywood career took off.
Hogan, 81, failed to win any sympathy from viewers when he told Sunrise hosts David Kochie Koch and Natalie Barr he wanted to leave LA for good - only to then whinge about the prospect of 14 days of hotel quarantine.
Australians turn on entitled Paul Hogan: The Crocodile Dundee star, 81, has been told to stay in LA after he begged to return home on Tuesday. Pictured during his interview on Sunrise
398 shares You re living in the country, alongside New Zealand, that s the light of the world, Paul told the presenters. And I m living in LA County, which is 10 million people and half of them have got Covid. So am I homesick? You bet your life, he complained. My son [Chance] would have to be with me, we d strangle each other : The movie star went on to say he wouldn t survive Australia s mandatory 14-day quarantine Hell on earth : Paul lives in the once-elite beachside suburb of Venice, where a vast increase in homelessness has seen hundreds of tents line the beach s famous boardwalk and resulted in a sharp increase in crime
Venice s world-famous beach and boardwalk have been crippled by HUGE increase in robberies and a homeless camp has resulted in spikes in shootings, arson and even DOG attacks, say locals
Venice Beach residents say they are terrified of going out after dark due to increasing violence among the homeless community who have set up camp on the boardwalk
They say fistfights occur several times a day, and fires and stabbings are commonplace, and violent robberies are up 177% in the neighborhood from last year
Hundreds of residents have signed an open letter to city and county officials begging for them to help