Homeless Encampment Cleanup Effort Undertaken on Venice's E. Sunset Avenue
Venice, Los Angeles - April 25, 2024: A collaborative cleanup operation targeting a homeless encampment was carried out on E. Sunset Avenue in Venice. The task force involved included Los Angeles Police Officers, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Clean Harbors Environmental Inc., and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
Los Angeles Police Officers were on-site to ensure that the cleanup proceeded smoothly and securely. The operation featured a joint effort between the Department of Public Works and Clean Harbors Environmental Inc., with team members wearing protective gear and focusing on the separation of hazardous from non-hazardous waste to achieve a comprehensive cleanup.
This initiative is part of Los Angeles' broader efforts to manage homelessness and improve public health and sanitation, reflecting the city's commitment to addressing these critical issues effectively.
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The gentleman that drives the trash truck works harder than anyone. He isn’t lazy and is always working when others are just standing around.
The Producers of 'Hoarders' should do a 'Hoarders on Wheels' edition. Endless subject matter.
Man, that’d be interesting. But considering they’d be on the streets instead of a physical property; that would mean less production control for video & audio :P
That's Sarah?! I remember your interview with her, on 4-11. She had a lot of pretty artwork.Interesting lady. You were so kind to her, I'll bet you made her day! 🎨🖌💟
Great job by you, the cleanup team,😄💪👷🛻🚧🦺 and the LAPD Santa Monica police officer. 🚔🚔🚔👮♀👮♂👮Another pile of rubbish from caravans that spoils the cityscape with the scrap caravans doesn't look nice when you come to you as a holidaymaker, there are scrap caravans and cars on every corner on the streets
It’s sad. These officers are often the ones to see the end of the line for these people who’s lives have fallen apart, who’s families have completely disappeared or died, who’ve lost everything and everyone…these officers see what happens when you lose everything and die alone. That’s really got to wear on someone after a while.
Their families usually give up after trying everything to help them. Thank God you obviously haven't had to deal with this problem in your family.
Where is lazy Daisy to help with the cleanup😂
She’s Getting antibiotics at the std clinic
I remember this parking lot from one of your clips some months ago. There was an RV on the street out front with a makeshift bike shop set up around it. There were all kinds of tires and tubes hanging from the mirror and a motorcycle frame on blocks in front of it. The ebb and flow of life on the road.
This is a never ending thing
I feel so bad for this woman, my heart goes out to all elderly homeless people.
LAHSA should be helping her. She is seriously mentally ill.
Care Court! The gravely disabled?
C'mon! The lady has a choice! She's probably been asked a hundred times if she wants to live where a roof is over head. As soon as they tell her she must be drug tested daily, she refuses the help. Haven't you people been watching these videos? She's a tweeker!
@@Meofcourse27 actually that is probably true - if she stopped the drugs she would realize the hoard she has and what she has become
The big bus is back 😡
The Governor is guilty
I feel bad for the sanitation men.Get the homeless to clean up the mess They made.
8-9 people being paid to stand there watching an old lady trying to gather her belongings and trying to figure out where to go next. Nobody lifting a finger to help. Pathetic!!
I can't believe she got that thing to move.👍
Why are all these reports filmed in slow motion?
The Graffiti on the Bus @2:40 is amazing, such artistry is really cool, I wish you would have panned out to show us; that's talent.
There is a cat sitting in the front window of that bus...
What a waste to trash those good shopping carts. They are not cheap to replace.
Does anyone know why that old woman doesn’t take shelter? I am certain they would prioritize her given her age unless she prefers to live this way.
She refuses because they drug test you.
Doesn't want to drug test. Where have you been.
drugs- also why she hoards- she needs to let go of some of that junk
Stealing shopping carts????? Thats their transportaion for their junk...Why can't they go to jail for stealing??
Simple Sense : Comfortable in a Senior Center but no, she must survive an indigenous life on the streets. What does she do with S.S. check ?
What a waste of time.
YOU ARE A WASTE OF TIME !!!
Where is this woman going to push this junk too?
down a block- then she will come right back. the police know it but cant do anything about it.
What's with the hard hats and masks?
It's dangerous work. Needles, infections, fentanyl, disease.
Sie lässt sich nicht helfen!!😊
They know & she knows there's no place to go.
Yeah, there is place to go.
Isn’t this the older lady that had all the paintings the other day?
Yes