Venice Beach Undergoes Cleanup of Homeless Encampments

[@bluespruce786]

I wonder how many contaminated needles are mixed in with all that sand. One of the most well loved and visited beaches in the world turned into a superfund site.

[@tod3msn]

The citizens of California have every right to access Venice Beach and the minute an encampment pops up it should be trashed immediately. This is a public beach for families and those seeking to exercise and swim.

[@jackfntwist]

That makes too much sense for California politicians.

[@sunsensational]

These people don’t want services. They want to live free on the beach.

[@joefox9765]

That's not the way the industry works. You've seen the fall of Rome

[@charlesmurphy1510]

@@joefox9765caused by diversity not the homeless. There will always be homeless. All countries have them.

[@mc1dash1b]

@@charlesmurphy1510Yeah it’s caused by diversity. Because something something and Hilary Clinton had Emails etc.

[@seanthegod4585]

​@@mc1dash1b"F" the democrats!

[@seanthegod4585]

​@@mc1dash1bTrump 2024 🇺🇲

[@jackwilson8051]

Some stores now have shopping carts, that if taken off of their lot, the wheels will lock up.

[@lanzegife]

bruh they had these 8 years ago lol

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

The addicts have figured out how to Jail Break the lock-outs.

[@xxxtexanpa]

Thanks for keeping a steady camera while reporting what's going on with the homeless people. Your coverage is very informative.

[@1ROB82]

Most don’t want service’s because services come with rules.

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

bingo

[@GirlCode007]

About time. Glad to see that nightmare end. An iconic beach turned into a crap hole. The homeless situation needs to be seriously dealt with. That hurt my heart to see the beach looking like that.

[@huu7hbbjko]

Yeah...your broken heart. Meanwhile someone with a mental illness just lost everything dear to them but, hey....the beach is "clean" and you can pretend that nobody is hungry.

[@GirlCode007]

@@huu7hbbjko whatever.

[@huu7hbbjko]

@@GirlCode007 put yourself in their shoes, if you can. And hey, nobody wants a nasty beach. Nobody is comfortable when being asked for money by a stranger on the street with filthy clothes and in dire need of a shower. How safe does it feel when walking down the sidewalk, in a park, or on the beach to discover you are the middle of a homelsee incampment of very desperate people with little or nothing to lose? I get it. Imagine being in their situation. Dont fire back with how you wouldnt be there. Most do not want to be there either but, they have no where else to go.

[@GirlCode007]

@@huu7hbbjko whatever

[@huu7hbbjko]

@@GirlCode007 Hope you can surf.

[@happyinharned9583]

The city needs to put up a notice saying, you must be cleared from this area by 6am....then just go in and do a sweep.....this is silly to wait n watch them pack up...

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

ACLU takes that to court and wins.

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

Woke CRAP

[@Toddb2368]

Amazing work! 30 people standing around to pick up one person's shit at the speed of a snail.

[@jackfntwist]

One person there to just load their stolen carts up with gallons of taxpayer funded water bottles. In the middle of moving them.

[@jackfntwist]

Bottles that will end up on the ground, and people will be hired to pick them up.

[@terrell6439]

Todd Bernstein 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pittdog4496]

We need to build more mental insistutions with all the stimulus money being spent cleaning after these mental folks

[@pcrealty]

Unfortunately, the homeless debris are blocking pedestrian access and can cause injuries to others.

[@maursummers498]

The guy with the blue plaid shirt (outreach worker) really tries to get them into the shelter. It looks like he convinced one guy. Good for him.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

The shelter is not a permanent solution, tomorrow they will be homeless again. Do you really think it helps? It might make mr. Blue shirt feel better but in the end there will always be homelessness.

[@kayfurlano1462]

Watching the homeless pack should show the experts trying to help them how unorganized they are. One item at a time is handled and sometimes it is the same item time and time again as they are stalling and waiting out the sanitation crew so they don’t have to move. The items are mostly unnecessary for a homeless person, pretty much junk.

[@huu7hbbjko]

Unorganized? I guess throwing away someone's belongings should be easier for those who have a soul. Items are unnecessary? Maybe to you. I bet I could come to your place and point out how much "unnecessary" materialistic crap you have. Everybody wants to complain and moan but, what have you done to help?

[@Dwayne-mb2uj]

I was living in LA during the 1984 summer games and the city was very clean because we put on a show to the world that America was perfect and it cost a lot of money .

[@bob733333]

They even had a fake UFO at the closing ceremony. Programming people for the fake alien invasion.

[@neverhungryagain2187]

@@bob733333 😅

[@aluckyman9308]

8 people millin about while one takes inventory and/or pictures? At this rate it will take almost a hundred years !

[@yousayso]

I moved to Venice beach when I was 19 and lived on park/speedway right smack dab in the center of it all. It was amazing. That was in 1994. So much has changed since then. I’m so glad to see they’re cleaning it up after the past few years of decay. I feel for the homeless, but the boardwalk is so important to the local economy. It’s a Los Angeles icon. Fun fact: I payed $475/month for my studio back then!

[@jackfntwist]

Democrats don't understand the meaning of "economy".

[@robertgibson3655]

I remember. I payed $880 for a house in 86 Gentrification actually cause this homelessness. Poor people know how to handle Street people there was no tents there was no sidewalk sleepers.

[@jackfntwist]

@@robertgibson3655 That's before decades of bad, Democrat policies.

[@Randydaudt]

Confiscate those shopping carts as I am sure that they were "liberated" from grocery stores by these folks. Shopping carts cost the stores between $197.00 and $365.00 each.

[@johnshields6852]

If a tent goes up and nobody does anything it'll keep growing, I don't understand why they just don't stop it at the begining. If I tried to put a tent up I'm my area the cops would kick me out before I finished putting it up. Like they should.

[@ksmith2852]

People are being trained to just throw their trash on the street. Why pay for trash pick up? Just throw it on the ground and let the city clean it up when they do housekeeping for the bums living for free at the beach. Their policies encourage people to stop paying when the irresponsible get things for free.

[@fleabag2mr.151]

One warning and next time jail. Help is available but is refused then take them to jail for 1 year to get clean or mental treatment.

[@richardgash2349]

glad to see the clean up of the beach area get those people out of there

[@martinlohstroh]

This should have been done 10 years ago. Any one sleeping in the streets should be put in a work camp.

[@elleg3651]

Like a Concentration Camp?

[@pittdog4496]

Aclu won’t allow it

[@Haven2U]

He/She might be homeless, but he/she doesn't seem to have gone hungry.

[@jackfntwist]

The removal guy stocked his/her stolen cart with free water - 6 bottles.

[@CarpeDiemTravelerMel]

I wish that this worked long term, but they just move their stuff down the beach and set it all back up again, or wait until everyone leaves. It’s an ongoing problem that will never truly go away.

[@Anna-fg6km]

Why are they carry around so much garbage all the time?

[@kixigvak]

Because they're crazy

[@elleg3651]

@kixigvak I was asking myself that same question, and I suppose your answer is just as good as any.

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

Addicts. Tranq hasn't hit the Venice drug scene yet but it will arrive any day now. You'll really see a shit show when it rolls into town.

[@anthonythomas1504]

Believe it or not it's their "stuff." It's why there are so many packed storage lockers filled mostly with junk. They get their stuff ripped off and reciprocate all the time. Plus you need stuff to mark your spot, like leaving your hat on a chair. In short it's all they have to call their own.

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

@@anthonythomas1504 its mostly stolen stuff, dont apologize for these vagrants

[@atefehkhalafi1092]

Thank you very much to clean up❤🎉

[@GirlCode007]

Ok Ms. Bass. I know you’ve got a big job on your hands but at least this is a start to move them off the beach. The problem is that a lot of these folks have mental issues and or don’t want the help.

[@texanheart]

Totally endless cleaning up after the homeless people that poor palm tree it’s been there longer then we have that older man with the brown jacket needs to be in a mental hospital to get proper medical care.

[@Jimmyxsx]

They need to ban camping like San diego has recently done.

[@bruceangel4459]

To get back to normal a city has to first appear normal. This is a step in the right direction.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

And where will they go? Another part of the city? Across the street from Nancy Pelosi?

[@joannegiordano9409]

They should be cleaning the mess they all made. Disgusting!

[@Hannah68-n7l]

It’s about time.. clean this mess up!

[@veronicalombardi2443]

One working…3 watching the truck work !

[@jackfntwist]

One loading 6 taxpayer funded water bottles onto the carts.

[@kayfurlano1462]

The state of homelessness isn’t necessarily because of finances. There may be drug use, mental illness, hoarding tendencies or legal issues including evictions that make it difficult to be approved for housing. Then it could be as easy as they don’t want to abide by anyone’s rules but their own. Landlords should not have to put up with that kind of renter.

[@anthonythomas1504]

The workers need to put some hustle into it. Seven or eight of them for that little pile. And whats to inventory? Just throw that trash away and keep moving. Andele!

[@jdc8352]

Thousands of hours in wasted time

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

im sure many of them want to shovel the garbage into a dumpster but the state/county would most likely fire them or give insane allowances to the vagrants instead.

[@anthonythomas1504]

@@andrewkaminskas7721 If you say so.

[@jackfntwist]

They're literally stocking the grocery cart with water bottles, simultaneously! Lol.

[@PapieTheha]

This country always talks about human rights to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, but its own citizens' rights are not considered and their human rights are far from being fulfilled.

[@jackfntwist]

What are you talking about? Every country has homeless / mentally ill / substance abusers. They're being removed from the beach, but simultaneously being given free water bottles.

[@mrich9654]

Good riddance! I’m sick of drug addicts ruining public spaces !

[@colinchampollion4420]

They occupied sooo many paid employees that's only a two man job ~ waste of tax payer's money😮

[@jenniferdaulby5519]

I agree! There's one of these workers who, in one video, never took her hands out of her pockets & in another picked up two tiny bits of trash with a pick up stick! I watch them waiting for them to spring into action but they move in slow motion. 😅😅

[@colinchampollion4420]

@@jenniferdaulby5519 glad you noticed that Jenn😋👌! See where our tax dollars are going😵‍💫😤😈! LAZY~ drugged-derrilicts and lazy trash picking employees. Plus they are over staffed!

[@louise7552]

In Oz we have community service for criminals who have low charges, they work every day cleaning etc. It really works well. I must say your drugs sentences are insanely long.

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

drugs are effectively decriminalized in that state, you can shoot heroin in front of children and not get in trouble, dont know what sentences you are talking about

[@louise7552]

@andrewkaminskas7721 not heroin that's for sure. I thought only pot was legal in USA.

[@jackfntwist]

@@andrewkaminskas7721 With taxpayer provided needles, and free water and food.

[@jdc8352]

I'll never understand the hoarding of scrap bicycles and parts.

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

mentally unstable

[@johnalbert5187]

I miss the days when convicts cleaned up the streets on a chain gang

[@total2199]

Unfortunately, it will be the same in couple of weeks…..if homeless problem is not dealt with

[@paulreportingliv]

When winter comes, our bums go… That’s the nice thing about cold climates they don’t hang out more than a half a year. And we don’t have to lift a finger, we just watch it happen. 👍👍👍

[@anderander5662]

They're not going to go into a shelter...drugs not allowed

[@paddy9449]

That place is SOOOOO GROSS and DIRTY!!!!

[@rickhammond2473]

Maybe if there were good jobs that that we once had instead of taking them away and having slave labor wages lower the cost of living across the board we would not have this problem.Was not a problem in the 80's.The Government and local Politicians could careless.

[@louise7552]

Good point. Your wages are appalling. I feel so bad for you guys.😢

[@jackfntwist]

Mentally ill and substance abusers don't need good jobs.

[@jenniferblane7550]

Don't be stupid .these people have no intention of working.....they cannot even keep them Selves clean or hardly able to talk due to drugs

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

Daily sweeps would be a big improvement.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

Clean up the beach today and what of tomorrow? What will you do with the people.

[@saraanderson6615]

That old man is a couple slices of bread away from a sandwich!!!

[@eldorajohnson1150]

If the clean-up crew has to wear hazmat suits why do regular people go to this beach?

[@beckystarrski]

Dude!!! Let the grass grow GREEN again!😂

[@davidharris2657]

Those public restrooms have to be a horror show !!!

[@ThatGirlLib]

I bet that blue Coleman cooler was stolen from a beach goer or left behind by some drunk people. Those aren’t the cheapest ones at Walmart. 👀

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

Probably from one of the residence patios. Theft like this is real common.

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

these vagrants have been known to enter peoples homes, one crazy naked lady was screaming bat shit crazy and showering in someones condo

[@roberthicks9191]

every shopping cart they have is stolen

[@dianabias3024]

Quite cleaning up after them and have more law around to keep them off the beaches ⛱ an jail time when thay throw any thing on the streets or the beach and in the water 💧 behind bars for 24 to 48 hours plus a fine 🙂 🤔

[@djdrunky]

And you will pay for the fine right? Because they don't have a job. They just people living on the streets. This is do to the government. They started raising the rent, some of then got fired from their jobs, they couldn't paid rent anymore so they didn't have any other choice than living on the streets. 95% of them are not criminals. So why put them in jail? If the real criminals are not in jail why mess with the homeless. Is good helping them but not all of them want help. Why? Because they don't want to be supervised.

[@tatsnneeps341]

Fines taken straight from their next welfare check before they get it 😂

[@acmecompany]

They keep doing same thing over and over

[@louislamonte334]

All this taxpayer money wasted on these people's poor choices and bad decisions! They'll be back because Venice has a warm climate, a rich population and a very liberal government. I'm very surprised this encampment was actually cleared.

[@spezzano11]

What amazes me is the woman or whatever is it can be homeless yet super obese,… you think she cub back on food

[@patboggio3193]

I know. In her defense if she is on any psych medication you can balloon up even without overeating.

[@KellyKeller-w6f]

We don't want free service we do not schedule an appointment with Sanitation real tired of having items stolen out from under our feet please your please

[@CalvinMorris-cf8jk]

another 4.000 dollar clean up, your tax dollars hard at work. 22 people and 4 trucks and that was a small clean up.

[@jackfntwist]

Gotta stock those grocery carts with a dozen taxpayer provided water bottles to end up on the sidewalks.

[@bon2062]

Again? What’s the occasion and who in the high ups are visiting? They seem to do the cleaning sporadically

[@Realroyrogers]

Doesn't America have a Saint Mungo's for these people? it's all very confusing to see the mentally ill wondering around a tourist destination

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

this is a liberal city, they all spout great ideas but none of them actually do anything except let them keep doing this

[@KidBiff]

A little music over would be nice. I suggest “I don’t live her anymore” by The War On Drugs.

[@paulinejuarez7452]

Sharer do these people come from. Are they being sent here fine other states.

[@jackfntwist]

Many want to go to California for the climate and liberal government, drug availability, etc.

[@davidstock2713]

They make sanford/son look like the amateur hour.

[@888ssss]

once people become homeless, the chances of them buying a 600k cali apartment is very low.

[@jackfntwist]

Who says that's a solution?

[@the_guy_with_yeeyee_a_haircut]

Isn't that vaspucci beach?

[@lindab6490]

It's funny how they seem afraid to deal with the crazy ladies. Don't blame them

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

Never get close to them.

[@Dwayne-mb2uj]

It is a scam ! set up a tent and jump the line for free housing or reduced rent housing for meant for the people on the wait list.

[@jackfntwist]

Interesting point.

[@JOHNSMITH-dc6lr]

I don't understand do lapd n lasd share this jurisdiction?

[@KatzMeow268]

LAPD and LASD do not share this jurisdiction. Venice Beach is exclusively LAPD, Pacific Division. The uniformed men dressed in khakis are Los Angeles Park Rangers.

[@JOHNSMITH-dc6lr]

@@KatzMeow268 yall remember when the last sherrif had this beat? Lapd still had that so why were they there cleaning up homeless?

[@jenniferdaulby5519]

The workers in the yellow vests; there is one woman who (1st video) never took her hands out of her pockets & (2nd videos) picked up two bits of rubbish with a pick up stick. Watching everyone do all the work, it's quite funny! Are these people doing community service or paid? Wondering ....

[@doreen9838]

Really would you want to pick up trash

[@jenniferdaulby5519]

@@doreen9838 When I take my pooch to the beach I always take a bag to pick up any rubbish whilst we're walking. Lots of people do it. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️

[@doreen9838]

@@jenniferdaulby5519 be careful what you pick up! Stay safe

[@anthonythomas1504]

I hadn't considered the community service angle.

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

@@doreen9838 leave the world a better place than you found it. Im sure youve done nothing in your life to improve the world around you except for your small selfish bubble

[@abelreytor7722]

😂 as the cost of living keeps rising , the homeless population will keep growing, all this clean up is not going to solve anything only make it worse…

[@terrell6439]

@Abelreytor I know

[@erikdraven1731]

It's too bad the city doesn't have the resources to do what mine does. There are several undeveloped lots/parking lots that they allow the homeless to set up shop in. They also provide facilities for toileting and garbage collection. The only thing they have to realize is that when the lots are going to be developed, they have to move along within a day or two. Police/homeless support workers are also on hand to help with relocation.

[@robinwiebler9838]

What are the pictures and documentations for?

[@Dive-Bar-Casanova]

ACLU drags all of this into court claiming unconstitutional, and encourages the addicts to sue.

[@jackfntwist]

So when they sue for their junk being stolen, there's proof of what happened to it.

[@matildemorales2607]

Y ya ponen a revisar cuándo termina si él dejó voten todo eso

[@cicco2156]

Solche Videos schaue ich gerne an von euch auch wo ihr ganze Strassenzuge sauber macht und wo die ganzen Mülllager mit den ganzen zelten stehn davon könnt ihr gerne mehr Videos Hochladen schaue ich an und Bewerte Sie.Die Stadt hatt so fiele leerstehende gebäude da kann mann ein Paar Feldbetten von der Army aufstellen und die Klos Reparieren und dar dann die Obdachlosen unterbringen dann würde die Strände u die Strassen nicht so Verwahllost mit den ganzen zelten u Müll aus sehn.Und die Grünen Müll Contierner könnten auch mal wieder gestrichen werden mit neuer Farbe an de Beach Strand

[@kayfurlano1462]

The housing or encampments turn into drug dens and a nightmare of crimes towards each other or innocent people. Their style of living has no future just what they need at the time. Rules are lost on them.

[@jamesblond150]

Ship them to Florida like they do

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

nah liberal states would never do that, thank god keep them away from us!

[@miket.1095]

Does it take 3 cops to just stand there?

[@emgee2267]

And they will all return in the evening. Makes for a good video - but it's a pretty useless operation.

[@gingertom2768]

I think the Clean up people need to Move faster !!

[@elliotmann9787]

at 21 min, that's the guy that was interviewed last week with the shower tent.

[@ksmith2852]

They just move from one side to another. They know they can do whatever they want without any consequences.

[@cjrddic3548]

This beautiful Beach is not a hotel Think about people who was too bring their families WHO want to ENJOY a day at the beach 🌴 And THE tourists. There are places FOR the. Homeless.

[@johnnyespinozs3273]

Workers must be paid by the hour,😊

[@juliehake2635]

It took six people to clean up that little bit of junk? And our taxes are paying for all six. Note how slow they move! This could have been done by two people. Government waste of taxpayer money right here.

[@rickymcdonald2669]

What's the point of having a pet and you don't have anywhere to live?

[@Sam.G79]

All this junk that just goes to the landfills. Sick

[@davidharris2657]

IOf they can't take care of themselves how are they taking care of two little dogs ?

[@cjrddic3548]

Just. THINK if the Beach 🌴 was NOT. Cleaned UP THERE would be. No. VENICE. BEACH 🌴

[@paulsuprono7225]

Wake up & tear down at 0700 would minimize said experiences 🇺🇸

[@davidharris2657]

Long overdue !!!!!

[@aaronkeeth651]

the city employees are about useless, taking turns standing around.and what is the point of going through the personal property of the homeless?

[@jennyrose2200]

As usual it takes 8 people to do the job of one. And they are lazy too

[@vernlapoint1528]

What happened to the Hot homeless chick on the skateboard ❔❔❔

[@anntang75]

Have to clean throw everything away otherwise they move garbage around.

[@paulsuprono7225]

AGAIN . . . .. 💀

[@rosemchaney7655]

Accumulating stuff as if they have four walls and a roof. SAD!!

[@cheekymonkey9997]

I would rather watch the actual clean ups instead of these weirdos babbling to the camera and watching these people be coddled and begged to move. Just my opinion.

[@johnjaco5544]

It's a joke,they will be back.

[@robertgibson3655]

She doesn't look like a drugs addict or mentally ill. The city and the county need to make an internment camp in the desert. There is vast empty space and whole abandon towns that could house 5000 people or more. Vagrancy can be made illegal unconstitutional if the government provides alternative 2 incarceration. Carrot and stick you move today internment camp are you go to jail Or provide proof of residence. 😏

[@ricks.1318]

This is like "Watching paint dry" ....... ugh

[@unclaimedtreasure352]

California should give homeless people one way ticket to Florida they need help.