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The encampment - which is growing with each day - is a stone's throw from a local charter school that houses some 595 students in fifth through eighth grades, as well as an elementary school.
Homeless encampments are back in Venice Beach - after 200 people were cleared from the boardwalk last summer. A year later, footage from show dozens of tents and vagrants back again.
Councilwoman Traci Park addressed Venice's homeless crisis. Residents, however, say what Park is doing isn't good enough.
Public officials are excited about the incoming chief executive of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority. But the agency's challenges remain.
Mayor Karen Bass' Inside Safe initiative targeted an encampment that served as home to an estimated 98 people. By Monday, 82 had moved indoors.