Comments on: Venice Parking Vote Highlights Homelessness and Gentrification http://blogging.la/2009/06/15/29468/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Victory in Venice! | The Hobosoul http://blogging.la/2009/06/15/29468/comment-page-1/#comment-22343 Victory in Venice! | The Hobosoul Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:31:53 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=29468#comment-22343 [...] a more detailed summary of the meeting at LA Metblogs, where I found my information. Matt Mason, the author, clearly disagrees with the Hobosoul’s [...] [...] a more detailed summary of the meeting at LA Metblogs, where I found my information. Matt Mason, the author, clearly disagrees with the Hobosoul’s [...]

]]> By: Queequeg http://blogging.la/2009/06/15/29468/comment-page-1/#comment-22342 Queequeg Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:03:16 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=29468#comment-22342 ...and with both city, county, and state governments forced to cut their budgets, any hope that scarce public funds will be directed at resolving, or at least alleviating, this problem is slim to none. Where's the riot? …and with both city, county, and state governments forced to cut their budgets, any hope that scarce public funds will be directed at resolving, or at least alleviating, this problem is slim to none. Where’s the riot?

]]> By: Lucinda Michele http://blogging.la/2009/06/15/29468/comment-page-1/#comment-22341 Lucinda Michele Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:17:31 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=29468#comment-22341 <em>allowing people to camp permanently in cars and RVs on Venice’s residential streets is a poor solution to a genuine problem.</em> Amen. The problem is, small governments like Venice's don't have the funds to solve homelessness in LA. There needs to be a county-wide fund, contributed to by the cities, to address homelessness endemic to the entire area. Of course, now that everyone's even more uptight about their pocketbook, that's even less likely. allowing people to camp permanently in cars and RVs on Venice’s residential streets is a poor solution to a genuine problem.

Amen. The problem is, small governments like Venice’s don’t have the funds to solve homelessness in LA. There needs to be a county-wide fund, contributed to by the cities, to address homelessness endemic to the entire area.

Of course, now that everyone’s even more uptight about their pocketbook, that’s even less likely.

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