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City Council voted to draft rules prohibiting people from sleeping specific distances from some public areas
The measure requires second vote in late July, and orders people who resist leaving the encampments to be fined rather than arrested
It also rules that cops would only get involved if there has been a crime committed
The motion is seen as a more humanitarian alternative to banning all homeless camping in the city
The scale of crisis was showed as rows of tents lined the Ocean Front Walk down Venice Beach on Wednesday
The Los Angeles Police Department told Fox News it was unaware of the incident.
In another video, a man is seen being taken into custody by police officers on the beach before he is put onto a stretcher. The user who posted the footage said it occurred after a random attack near the boardwalk. The LAPD did not respond to a Fox News inquiry of the incident.
In a video posted to YouTube by TonyVeraNews, a man being interviewed claimed the attacker broke his fishing rod and punched him in the stomach. This guy was having a mental health episode and he basically assaulted me and battered me on the beach, he said. It was more upsetting than serious until he broke my fishing rod and I was like ‘Well, now he does have a weapon.’
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