Efforts Intensify to Clear Homeless Encampments at Venice Beach with Coastal Care+ Initiative

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, Venice Beach saw the deployment of the newly formed Coastal Care+ task force, as they conducted a major cleanup of homeless encampments along Speedway Avenue. This concerted effort involved multiple agencies including the LAPD, the Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Clean Harbors Environmental Inc., the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and the office of Councilwoman Traci Parks' Homelessness and Housing Coordinator.
Under the watchful supervision of the LAPD, the operation was executed smoothly and securely. Team members equipped with protective gear carefully managed the segregation and disposal of both hazardous and non-hazardous materials, ensuring a thorough cleanup. Assistance from Public Works and Clean Harbors was instrumental in handling the diverse types of waste encountered.
Adding a humane element to the cleanup, LAHSA provided essential support services, distributing food, water, and hygiene kits to those displaced by the cleanup activities. This initiative is part of the city's ongoing strategy to not only address the challenges of homelessness but also to enhance public health and safety standards across community spaces.
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[@sunsensational]

You know you’ve seen enough of Fabian videos when you start knowing every homeless person’s name

[@vansmythe-ee6gb]

Good for Tom , he's graduated from the restroom to a tent.

[@therichlife8657]

😂

[@jamesfra48]

The Mayor of Venice beach.

[@debbiesmith4850]

Tom is like Jesus. He’s everywhere

[@DavidLawrence-sc5fl]

Smelly Tom has a bad case of hoarding due to meth use ... What happened to his woman ?

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Coastal care that’s the biggest hypocritical joke I’ve company of ever heard of they care about their pocketbooks and getting city contract to hire a bunch of people react as if they’re doing something when they’re actually not but just taking our tax dollars and the nice cushy title by coastal care

[@aquatecpoolservice4547]

She's gonna have to collect a lot of aluminum cans to afford a lawyer. I wouldn't worry Fabian.

[@gatekeeperkane6732]

I've always been envious of Tom's hair.

[@gcrauwels941]

The Coastal Care+ Official Motorcade, complete with their own porta potty. Can you imagine the workers' trepidation with using it, with that blue liquid sloshing around in there from driving it around all day? I'll bet not even an imminent Del Taco episode would make them want to use it.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Because with all the money to get it from tax dollars they can afford their own personal pooper and that’s not right no company does that for anybody when you are on the road you must been for yourself that’s a double standard for them to have that especially in a position there and how does that make people look at the kick you off the sidewalk Alejandro personals shitter

[@user-kn7uh4bk8x]

Thus is horrifyingly inhumane. Arrogant use of tax dollars. Squandering tax dollars on these mindlessly cruel videos. These workers should be in prison for depraved attempted second degree murder. There is plenty of money to house people but this is how it gets spent.

[@therichlife8657]

Those Homeless People have more stuff. Then some people have in their homes. 🤷‍♀️

[@juvawaveredlighttherapy]

Looks like Sanford and Son

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

That was one of the best jams the opening of that show had the best jam musical I can still do it by heart

[@williamschlenger1518]

Where do they get these nice tents? I've seen that old white haired guy with the beard before.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Everything they have a pick up from people throwing out we are the biggest waste producers in this world and they get it before the trash man gets it so it’s all the same trashmen like them doing that for them

[@therichlife8657]

On here or German In Venice channel.

[@jackryan716]

In San Diego they have a parking lot fenced off with security guarding the entrance. There are hundreds of tents in that parking lot. All the same color.

[@tysa1999]

I wonder if Tom has ever applied for housing.

[@deedeedavidson8193]

He is waiting for what he wants..ot what they have..

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

That’s the essence of our life is application whether it be for a job for a home or the government doing it with a chemical into you

[@therichlife8657]

He said on German In Venice channel. That he does not want housing.

[@lorewilhelm9182]

They don't want to go to a shelter because they have rules. 😅

[@jackryan716]

If you find yourself living in a bathroom you know you've hit rock bottom. The definition of "down bad"

[@ronnie61b59]

Big money

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

And they claim they need more to do less which will happen

[@DanielGennaro]

Man they finally doing something

[@p.c.9714]

21:53 That MD 500 helicopter was definitely orbiting very low!

[@mikecotten1862]

Is this Speedway st.?

[@lorewilhelm9182]

It's really an alley.

[@Ronald-hk6fk]

Give them job applications

[@lisjones6874]

I hope the police officers, park rangers and cleaning crew are redeployed to other duties and locations after spending months in these depressing and upsetting duties. It must be soul destroying for them to meet repeat persons, locations and the apparent futility of the whole exercise. Respect to LAPD and the other bodies involved for running this cleanup program.

[@nightfall22]

I can almost guarantee the lapd officers are there on days off pulling overtime. When I was a highway patrol explorer 5000000 billion years ago the CHP officers would love these details… they get to chill and get paid that overtime pay.. when you’re driving and see construction on the freeway and that one lone chp cruiser hanging out that officer is raking it in 😂

[@williamschlenger1518]

They should have a mural of Daisy.😃

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

That would be better than the Joe Biden crime family mural

[@therichlife8657]

😂

[@ednicholes1294]

What ever happened to the word BUMS???????

[@phoenixman8569]

With this world of political correctness, it went by the way of the dodo....

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

What happened to the word hobos? LMFAO!

[@jackryan716]

​@@user-lp1jw9bo5yA hobo is someone that generally rides the trains, illegally of course. Nonetheless still homeless

[@lorewilhelm9182]

Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.......

[@avalon1rae]

It's ELECTION TIME .

[@mhouse718]

In addition to just moving them, the city could be checking their health and well being. Some of them look very ill and malnourished. They're our brothers and sisters and one day, it could be you.

[@jamesfra48]

Thats the job of the outreach people standing around and doing nothing. Tons of money (taxpayers) wasted. Enough to buy the homeless condos in Venice. Thanks for sharing another great video Fabian.

[@jaysonpida5379]

Look how old they are...don't you think THEY KNOW WHERE THE HELP IS by now? How many times do you think they've been offered help? LMFAO

[@thecanucksway7633]

wood is crazy expensive yet they just throw it out... what a waste..

[@badcat4272]

Their not clearing it, their relocating it.

[@williamschlenger1518]

Old guy in green tent.Has a junkyard on wheels.🤭

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Junkyards rights matterJRM,,,There’s an old saying older than you and I one man’s trash is another one’s treasure if you got a problem with that try to change that saying because we can’t it’s in history

[@PauloHernandezXD]

This is the future of Cyberpunk; wish I had a Sandevistan :(

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

allow me to correct you you’re talking about the past The current is a AIPunk,, artificial intelligence punk!

[@shrunkenappleheads]

You know what I see, I see a bunch of city worker stealing all the homeless stuff. They get paid to recycle everything that they take. So they just take the homelesses stuff and recycle it, you know in the name of progress, and humanity. Isn’t that sweet? They’re being compassionate as they take, All of these homelesses stuff.

[@jackwilson3121]

Tom needs a bigger cart

[@shrunkenappleheads]

These people are fostering homelessness, they don’t want the homeless to go anywhere, if they did, they would be out of a job. But at the same time they make a move every eight hours, got to keep them moving because you don’t want them getting comfortable. How much has Gavin Newsom spent on homelessness already? It’s in the hundreds of millions, that is a big industry. Look at all of the people you’re going to be putting out of a job if you figure out how to deal with homelessness. And it’s really easy all it is is communal spaces where people can sleep eat and be happy.

[@DeeSue517]

What are they wasting money on now? Look at all these people. I think that's a waste of text pair's money to me

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

But it’s an election year they will have a news media story and how great a job they’re doing and how they’re benefiting our society within the real asses they’re just collecting a paycheck because nothing will ever change with the situation of the crime family of our western plantation civilization

[@thanksforlooking10-4]

How did you get 7 likes on this gibberish? Must have been your first sentence. 🤪

[@wooster2452]

Is that a pop-up encampment? Looks they’ve been there for a while. Those are the some of the most expensive beachfront properties in Venice, the “alphabet streets.”

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Tell that to the next title wave

[@TomSmith-ls5rn]

More like Coastal Clown Show.

[@deedeedavidson8193]

Thomas got a tent..

[@therichlife8657]

Maybe he bought it with the cash that German In Venice gave him. 😊

[@explorations40]

Omg again and again the homeless keeps taking over never ends.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

oh my God again and again migrants keep taking over at 10,000 a day across our border for 7.2 million for the last four years oh my God/?

[@jackryan716]

The cost of living is so high. Even if the homeless got a full time job it would barley be enough. Anyways homeless people have a philosophy on life. It's pretty much "freedom". They don't like this system. So they choose to not play the game. I don't necessarily think being homeless is the best option I feel you could be creative and work a few side gigs doing something you hopefully enjoy. Living in a bedroom and renting out the rest of the house. There's plenty of creative ideas to work less and figure out a way to not be homeless. But everyone does things differently. Some people have more knowledge and gumption than others. The homeless that do the most damage are the mentally ill ones. The type of homeless that belong in the looney bin But the system is purposely designed to cause suffering. Think about parasites sucking your blood. Now think in terms of feeding off fear

[@lorewilhelm9182]

It must be nice to live at the beach for free.

[@jackryan716]

@@lorewilhelm9182 Not if your living in a tent or bathroom lol. Dirty conditions. Unhealthy. Especially in the city.

[@rambojambone4586]

7:32 it’s funny watching the police, the social workers, the clean up crews, circle around the tents and poor unfortunates, while wasting millions of $ and accomplishing nothing.

[@Daniel-js7on]

There need to build low income and affordable housing I live out of a run down motel work all work and have barely any money left and they took all my cal fresh because I got a 50 cent raise i make 1837 a month after taxes 1500 rent 1400 25 bucks a week to live on I'm living off the food pantry

[@billymccoy9155]

Your numbers don't make sense. That's 11.50 an hour with zero overtime.

[@juvawaveredlighttherapy]

Yeah. Something not adding up. Why would you work for 11 and hour if you didn’t have to especially with unemployment at 3%? No one chooses to live in a run down motel unless their credit is shot and can’t qualify for an apartment or they have no money to afford an apartment or there is some sketchy stuff in your background that landlords and employers don’t want to deal with. If you’re on Social services then you’re not paying for the hotel and it’s supplemented by social services and you are getting to live there for free while you’re looking for an apartment or new place that social services sets you up with.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

If they did that they cannot gouges us and create inflation and despair and poverty,,Those three things create fear and with fear they control us which is why they won’t build your housing for you

[@nightfall22]

Yeah, you go ahead and try to sue him for recording… see how far that gets you tiny. 😂

[@MrBenfaust]

Eugenics

[@lortiz-baca7720]

First pick up was Daisy’s house.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

You have no right to say that if you’re living alone I regardless of how big your house may be,, or your apartment!

[@therichlife8657]

Daisy lives in a mansion I heard. Her father was a famous violinist.

[@user-px8lx9dp6h]

That's a stupid obvious place to set up a tent in the first place duh!😅

[@user-px8lx9dp6h]

Guaranteed most of all the stuff being put in the truck for disposal was stolen already for sure!😮

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Guarantee they picked it off the streets of those million dollar homes around the community who throw it out on a regular basis

[@nhbentneedle]

💯 right

[@russellgraham7497]

Oh look! It's the 'Homeless industrial complex' rolling through with 60,000 dollar trucks and equipment...lol.....a bunch of employees standing around with tablets and phones paid for by you tax payers....guess who pays for all the fuel for all the vehicles? Lol......

[@doneown503]

" , Where Did all the $$$ Gooooo???"😅

[@bobdicker3118]

hopeless .......time to move out of California....it will never get any better.....

[@thanksforlooking10-4]

Good thing this isn't smellavison! 😷 Guy @20:00 must have been the first one to fall asleep last night! 🤡 Somebody colored all over his face! 😂

[@timb7775]

Only the city can waste so much time and money. 9 cars following a trash truck around. Wait around while someone takes photos of the trash before workers in slow motion throw the trash into the truck. And I have never seen a traveling porta john until now.

[@RudolphRivers]

Not the guy with the Gray hair & White b Gotee! Lock him up a d throw away the key If there is one that takes their job seriously and is not there to joke. It's the dark haired lady in blue! All of them should be like her. She doesn't have time to BS with Daisy!

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

OK supervisor of coastal care!,,LMFAO

[@JamesCrisp-iq4cs]

Where is lazy Daisy she should be front and center😂 she is never there when she should be there talking to the police for the homeless😂

[@fluffles9591]

I was just thinking the same

[@fluffles9591]

Her and germany in venice GIV need to get married

[@buckycool]

And you care why!?

[@fluffles9591]

@@buckycool shes gonna be mayor of venice soon

[@jimo3393]

Not a big enough audience for Daisy.