LA To Explore Controversial Westside Homeless Camps - Los Angeles, CA - The LA City Council voted to explore plans to build temporary tiny home parks and camping sites for the homeless across the Westside.
The Los Angeles City Council agreed today to move forward with a feasibility study on the possibility of housing homeless people in temporary cabins or camping.
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The Los Angeles City Council voted to move forward with a study on the feasibility of housing homeless people in temporary cabins or camping sites in westside parks and beach parking lots (Paige Austin)
LOS ANGELES, CA The Los Angeles City Council voted to move forward with a study on the feasibility of housing homeless people in temporary cabins or camping sites in certain westside parks and beach parking lots despite opposition from neighborhood groups in the area.
City Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents the Westside communities affected by the proposal insisted that the action asks only for a feasibility study, and was not a final decision. Since proposing the plan to put homeless cabins and campsites in some of the wealthiest and scenic parts of the city, Bonin has faced fierce opposition. Many in the community say they have endured impacts to their quality of life due to the proliferation of homeless encampments in the area. On Wednesday, Bonin described the opp
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On Wednesday a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that, among other things, fires related to homeless encampments have nearly tripled. According to the paper, in the first four months of this year there were 24 such blazes a day. Those calls accounted for 54% of all fires responded to by LAFD.
Also on Wednesday, in a message to constituents, Los Angeles Councilman Mike Bonin defended his effort to explore housing homeless people in temporary cabins and camping sites in West Side parks and beach parking lots. Bonin represents much of the city’s affluent West Side including Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Venice, Mar Vista and Westchester.