By City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Councilman Mike Bonin said today that 160 people who were living along the Venice boardwalk have been brought inside and accepted the city s offer of a pathway to permanent housing.
Bonin s Encampment to Home program began on June 28. The program promises all residents who accept shelter a pathway to permanent housing in an effort to clear the Venice boardwalk, where a large encampment developed during the pandemic.
Outreach teams with St. Joseph s Center have offered services and housing to encampment residents section-by-section. As of last Friday, residents were offered housing and were required to leave the area from Windward Avenue to Park Avenue and from Navy Street to Sunset Avenue. This week, teams are offering housing to residents between Sunset and Park avenues, and those who do not accept will be required to leave the area by Friday.
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By City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced today that she has authored a motion to create a Blue-Ribbon Commission on Homelessness to give recommendations to the board on ways to solve the homelessness crisis.
“The creation of a Blue-Ribbon Commission is critical to finally address that homelessness is a serious crisis, Barger said. A blue-ribbon commission is typically made up of experts in a field and functions to give recommendations, but doed not hold any power itself.
“I have said many times that the status quo is no longer working and it s time that we engage and collaborate with service providers, government agencies and city representatives throughout the county to come up with new strategies and solutions to bring individuals off the street and provide them with the care and services they deserve. We cannot wait another day before upending our existing systems and approaches whi