The last stretch of along-troubled homeless encampmentalong Venice’s Rose Avenue was cleared Friday, as Los Angeles officials once again moved to reset a corridor that has repeatedly swung between cleanup efforts and the return of tents.
City crews and outreach teams returned to the area near Hampton Drive and Rose Avenue, where makeshift shelters had reappeared after earlier Inside Safe operations relocated more than 100 people indoors.
For nearby residents, the latest sweep was less a breakthrough than another turn in a familiar cycle on a block they say has been repeatedly promised change.
On Councilwoman Traci Park’ssocial media post, residents expressed frustration that the situation keeps repeating itself:
“Show me these sites in two weeks please.”“And they’re back already.”“Please ask the mayor to come back in 1 month to see how things are going.”
The operation followed an 11-4 vote by the City Council to apply a no-camping designation to 220 Rose Avenue, closing what officials described as the final remaining unregulated section of the corridor.
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But the decision also reignited debate at City Hall.
Councilwoman andmayoral candidate Nithya Ramanopposed the measure, arguing itwould not solve the underlying issue.
She toldthe Westside Currentthe ordinance “duplicates laws we already have to regulate camping, and at best succeeds in moving homelessness around a neighborhood.”
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