house charges, this week he publicly defended himself on the floor of the house using the point of privilege rule and he was also investigated of ethics violations in 08 and it is back again and the plaza hotel, last night, one of the nicest hotels you will find in new york city and the mayor was there and both new york senators was there and the governor was there and i don t know if anyone missed the party. patti ann: a lot of people backed out for political reasons and of course they didn t say that. bill: mayors and senators and even the guy who wants to be governor was there last night. patti ann: but a lot of last minute excuses. bill: maybe they need charlie, still. patti ann: we ll see what happens. anyway, moving on. imagine a home with beautiful views of the pacific and perfect weather all year around. now, picture a large rv parked in front of it with people playing loud music and dumping trash anywhere, and engaging in drugs and prostitution. that is what residents of veni
to move to the front. reporter: housing authority officials arrived at 8:30, 30 minutes before the doors were supposed to open, and, we attempted to get answers about the process for handing out applications and their plan for the crowds. reporter: any reason why this is the only way they are handing out applications? it s the process we have in place, i cannot tell you anything else. reporter: why weren t you here two days ago when the line was forming. we were here. reporter: did you establish order? over here! patti ann: just for applications. bill: a lot of folks needing help and one woman down there, said they came from tennessee an surrounding states, too, coming up the best real estate in america likely the california coastline, a heated battleground, william lajeunesse is live in venice, california. what is happening there, william. reporter: the streets of venice have become a campground for america s homeless, living in rvs, campers and buses parked on the cur
william lajeunesse is in venice and has the story. hey, william. reporter: patti ann the biggest investment in your life is your home, why homeowners protect their neighborhoods and why the people of venice were upset when the homeless moved in, in rvs and campers and buses and started parking along the curb, not one or two but a half a dozen at each block and when the city attempted to put in parking restrictions, it got overruled by the state board, which said the homeless have a right to park wherever and whenever they like. . get that [bleeped] camera away this is a public place. reporter: welcome to venice beach, california. where tensions are rising. between homeowners and the motor homeless. a great place. reporter: who take over entire streets living out of camp, vans, buses, trucks and rvs. you will not be able to shut this down, because it is the ocean.
which controls venice and the state, that they will be able to impose overnight parking restrictions, provided that the city provide a safe parking lot for these vehicles to go as an alternative to parking on the street. patti ann. patti ann: william lajeunesse, live in venice, california, thanks. bill: and california, sending hollywood and offer it cannot refuse, sony corleone, the man who played it, has advice for tinseltown politicos. patti ann: and florida s attorney general argues his state needs an immigration law like arizona. why this law would actually go a step further. bill mccollum proposed it and he ll be here live to defend it in minutes. we need immigration reform! immigration reform! and we canook out more with friends. my card lets me work out more.
you can see venice has become an urban rv park. reporter: along with it, noise, drugs, alcohol, prostitution, and human waste. on the curb and in residents yards. they take up parking and leave a lot of trash and basically use people s front yards as toilets. is there a big problem. get a toilet and put it in your backyard where somebody can take a dump, if you can pay $1200 a month for rent you can afford a port-a-potty. they tried to restrict overnight park parking to residents only and the california coastal commission intervened saying any ordinance that limits parking reduces public access to the beach. access to the beach is ex-petroleumly important for the coastal commission. the only piece of land near the beach from santa barbara to san diego that doesn t have the right to have parking restrictions. reporter: now there appears to be a settlement of sorts, between the city of los angeles,