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Originally Posted by jd3189
The tent cities at Skid Row, Venice Beach, and other parts of LA city and county will soon be in Beverly Hills, Century City, all over Downtown near Staple Center, and quite honestly anywhere the cops will ignore.
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It's actually moving in the opposite direction. For now. The Venice Beach and Echo Park encampments have been cleared out, and by law everyone has to be offered shelter when they are removed. These places didn't have tent cities before last year, so it's mostly pandemic related, and things are slowly returning to a more "normal" level of homelessness. The Venice Beach cleanup was big news and there was a bit of a controversy between the county and the city. It was the sheriff who eventually stepped in and started the process. But things are mostly back to normal there with the crowds starting to return.
Venice Beach Oct 2020 vs Sep 2021:
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Echo Park May 2021:
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