PLEASE
HELP MAKE VENICE A SAFER COMMUNITY BY SENDING THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO
MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA, CITY ATTORNEY TRUTANICH, COUNCILMAN ROSENDAHL AND
POLICE CHIEF BECK
The disorder and criminality and especially drug use and sales on OFW
reverberate throughout our community, driving much of the crime we see
in our neighborhoods. And the City's tolerance of the campers on the
Boardwalk and in the park area has created a magnet that brings others
to Venice to engage in illicit activity.
The Message:
Subject: Enforce the Ban on Camping at Venice Beach
Please enforce the ban on camping in the Venice Beach Recreation Area (LAMC 63.44 (D) (4)).
The park and its Ocean Front Walk have become a cesspool of drug use
and sales, public drunkenness, public defecation and urination,
assaults, intimidation, late night noise, off-leash dogs, and a breeding
ground for criminal activity that is directed at residents, businesses
and private property, including automobiles which are routinely broken
into in Venice.
Residents and visitors now feel they must avoid the Boardwalk due to
the dangerous conditions that exist there. Many in the travel press now
advise visitors to skip Venice Beach due to these conditions.
The campers who truly want a bed for the night can obtain a bed at one
of the several shelters which have been opened early for this purpose.
Please act to restore Ocean Front Walk to its former glory as a safe,
cool and friendly place for LA residents and visitors alike.
Sincerely,
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debris piling up around public restrooms
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a magnet for drinking and drugs
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