![]() ![]() Garcetti tours Venice, says he won't get into 'pissing match' with Villanueva And one could ask the same thing, where has he been? This is not about throwing stones around." "If he doesn’t want to have press conferences but he wants to have results, we housed more people yesterday than he had all week. "I’m not going to get into a p-ing match with the sheriff, I welcome him here," Garcetti said Tuesday in Venice. RELATED: Homeless crisis: Mayor Eric Garcetti tours Venice as residents call for meaningful change Last month, he asked county leaders to declare a state of emergency in response.Įarlier this week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti claimed he wanted to avoid a confrontation with the sheriff over the homelessness issue. In response, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has dispatched deputies with his department's Homeless Outreach Services Team to address the homeless issue in Venice. Some residents previously told Fox News they have refrained from going to the beach after certain times or altogether. Since the expansion of the Venice beach encampment, authorities have fielded reports of shootings, arson, assault and harassment. Overall, felony arrests in Venice increased by 81%, according to figures the LAPD provided to Fox News. Robberies in which a homeless person was the victim increased by 1,100% and robbery incidents where a homeless person was a suspect saw a 160% increase. "It was more upsetting than serious until he broke my fishing rod and I was like ‘Well, now he does have a weapon.’" Assaults, robberies up sharplyĪuthorities did not have figures readily available Friday but as of the end of May, Venice experienced a 132% increase in assaults in which a homeless person was a suspect this year and a 126% increase in which the victim was homeless. "This guy was having a mental health episode and he basically assaulted me and battered me on the beach," he said. In a video posted to YouTube by TonyVeraNews, a man being interviewed claimed the attacker broke his fishing rod and punched him in the stomach. The LAPD did not respond to a Fox News inquiry of the incident. ![]() ![]() The user who posted the footage said it occurred after a random attack near the boardwalk. In another video, a man is seen being taken into custody by police officers on the beach before he is put onto a stretcher. The Los Angeles Police Department told Fox News it was unaware of the incident. Woman arrested with knife at Venice news conference held by councilman speaking about homelessness crisis.Elderly man viciously attacked in Venice suspect arrested.Man killed, woman wounded in car-to-car shooting, crash in Venice. ![]()
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