LOS ANGELES – By 9 a.m. Monday morning, Los Angeles city workers had mostly cleared a large, long-standing homeless camp on South Vermont Avenue that had become a breeding ground for violence and crime. Tractors scraped the streets, lifting garbage and debris into waiting sanitation trucks while a police car and a parking enforcement vehicle remained nearby. By the end of the afternoon, the majority of the 3-4 dozen campers, trailers and dilapidated cars that had been parked on both sides of the side pocket street, from W. 65th to S. Florence Avenue, was gone. Photo: Jacy Hanes Photo: Jacy…
Author: Jacy Hanes
As Karen Bass approaches her 100 days in the Los Angeles Mayor’s office next week, her tenure has been singularly focused on rectifying the city’s homelessness crisis. But her efforts, though pro-active, have not only left doubt about whether or not the problem will be adequately addressed, but they raise questions about her ability to focus on other chronic citywide issues, as well. During her Mayoral campaign, Bass pledged to get 17,000 of the approximately 60,000 homeless in LA off the streets by the end of her first year in office. Since January she has been attacking that goal with…
The noticeable increase in the number of people working out since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold is long overdue. But the most popular gym in the Los Angeles area has not been able to keep up with the demand, leaving many wondering why. In March 2020, gyms across the area were shuttered, as U.S. residents entered an unprecedented lockdown period. Three months later 24 Hour Fitness declared bankruptcy and announced plans to close 300 gyms across the country. In Los Angeles, that meant the end of the downtown and West Hollywood locations, while the Hollywood gym remained closed until April…