On Wednesday a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that, among other things, fires related to homeless encampments have nearly tripled.
According to the paper, in the first four months of this year there were 24 such blazes a day. Those calls accounted for 54% of all fires responded to by LAFD.Also on Wednesday, in a message to constituents Los Angeles Councilman Mike Bonin defended his effort to explore housing homeless people in temporary cabins or camping sites in certain West Side parks and beach parking lots.
Bonin represents much of the city’s affluent West Side including Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Venice, Mar Vista and Westchester.“These are not encampments.
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