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The LA City Council is working on a plan that could take away parts of public parks from the public and close it off for safe camping for the homeless. And it’s caused an uproar for residents of one park in particular. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, July 20, 2021.

The LA City Council is considering a plan that could section off parts of public parks for safe and secure camping sites for people experiencing homelessness. And the news isn’t sitting well with area residents.

Officials are removing handwashing stations at homeless encampments. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, July 16, 2021.

Sanitation workers are expected to arrive in Venice Friday morning to clear a portion of the Venice boardwalk as the deadline arrives for unhoused residents to accept offers of housing and shelter or leave the area.

A petition for the recall of Los Angeles Councilman Mike Bonin was approved for circulation, the City Clerk announced Tuesday.

The LAPD and LA sanitation workers have been all day long up and down ocean front walk in Venice. They are clearing out homeless campers. The city says they have been offering housing elsewhere. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Jul. 9, 2021.

Sanitation workers and police officers fanned out on the Venice Boardwalk overnight in a cleanup operation at a sprawling homeless encampment at one of Los Angeles’ best-know tourist destinations.

City sanitation crews on the Venice Beach boardwalk were seen clearing out homeless encampments as part of a six-week plan to return public space to the public. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 8 p.m. on July 2, 2021.

The LA City council voted to ban homeless encampments from sidewalks and parks following a heated debate. Angie Crouch reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on July 1, 2021.

The LA City Council on Thursday voted 13-2 in favor of adopting a new city ordinance banning homeless encampments from public sidewalks and parks in the city of Los Angeles. The draft ordinance required a unanimous vote to be adopted on its first consideration. Councilmembers Mike Bonin and Nithya Raman voted no in the 13-2 vote. The ordinance will be…

Six weeks – that’s how long they say the latest plan on the Venice Beach Boardwalk will take to return public space to the public. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on June 28, 2021.

The Los Angeles City Attorney drafted a new ordinance Wednesday that would ban homeless encampments from sidewalks, doorways and within 500 feet of schools, parks, shelters and libraries. The council votes Thursday. Angie Crouch reports for NBC4 on June 30, 2021.

The LA City Council approved plans to deliver services and clear camps from sidewalks, without calling the police. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.

Tens of thousands of homeless have been staying in hotels across the U.S. paid for by federal programs aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19

An initiative begins Monday to offer a voluntary path to permanent housing for all people living in encampments along Ocean Front Walk in Venice.

LA begins its effort to offer a path from the Venice Boardwalk to permanent housing. Christine Kim reports for Today in LA on Monday June 28, 2021.

A man at a homeless encampment in Venice was found Friday evening with blunt force trauma to his head and pronounced dead at the scene.

A man at a homeless encampment in Venice was found Friday evening with blunt force trauma to his head and pronounced dead at the scene. NBC4 News reports at 11 p.m. on June 25, 2021.

Abigail is the first recipient of the city of Montclair’s homeless initiative that brings together local businesses, churches and nonprofits in an attempt to solve their own local homeless crisis. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, June 24, 2021.