Say NO to LA City Plans for legalized homeless encampment at Playa del Rey Beach
The Issue
Say NO to Mike Bonin’s reckless Motion to allow single-occupancy tiny homes, cabins, tents and RV camping in the parking lots at Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey.
If the Motion is approved by the City Council, unhoused individuals, a large number of which are already suffering from drug addiction and mental illness, will have the legal right to live in the parking lots at our public beach in Playa del Rey.
It will lead to an increase in crime and danger and a decrease in safety. It will negatively impact every resident and visitor in the community. It will create serious sanitation issues and pollute Los Angeles’s most precious resource: our public beaches and ocean.
Simply look at the devastation to the Venice Beach community. Once the premier tourist destination for art and culture located along the LA coastline, it is now a skid row plagued by massive increases in violence, drug addiction and other criminal behavior. Everyday, residents fear for their personal safety and that of their loved ones. Lacking any safety or security measures, it is clear that the proposal for Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey will have a similar effect.
By his own admission Councilman Bonin states that he is not in a position to increase services, increase enforcement of criminal behavior, nor address the larger root issues of homelessness such as mental illness, addiction, job training, job placement, etc. This proposal is merely a one-dimensional temporary band-aid approach to treating a complex long term problem that requires holistic solutions.
It will decrease access to the beach for individuals and families. Free public parking and access to Dockweiler Beach was decreased by 400 vehicles in 2017 with the removal of parking along Vista Del Mar. The City is now asking the County to remove public access to an additional 400 parking spaces. This is a barrier of access to public resources. It is contrary to the Coastal Commissions Environmental Justice Policy in that many of the visitors to Dockweiler Beach come from underserved communities and affordable access to the coast is one of their primary forms of recreation.
This proposal is not good enough for the homeless, not good enough for the community and not good enough for the visitors to the community.
Petition Closed
The Issue
Say NO to Mike Bonin’s reckless Motion to allow single-occupancy tiny homes, cabins, tents and RV camping in the parking lots at Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey.
If the Motion is approved by the City Council, unhoused individuals, a large number of which are already suffering from drug addiction and mental illness, will have the legal right to live in the parking lots at our public beach in Playa del Rey.
It will lead to an increase in crime and danger and a decrease in safety. It will negatively impact every resident and visitor in the community. It will create serious sanitation issues and pollute Los Angeles’s most precious resource: our public beaches and ocean.
Simply look at the devastation to the Venice Beach community. Once the premier tourist destination for art and culture located along the LA coastline, it is now a skid row plagued by massive increases in violence, drug addiction and other criminal behavior. Everyday, residents fear for their personal safety and that of their loved ones. Lacking any safety or security measures, it is clear that the proposal for Dockweiler Beach in Playa del Rey will have a similar effect.
By his own admission Councilman Bonin states that he is not in a position to increase services, increase enforcement of criminal behavior, nor address the larger root issues of homelessness such as mental illness, addiction, job training, job placement, etc. This proposal is merely a one-dimensional temporary band-aid approach to treating a complex long term problem that requires holistic solutions.
It will decrease access to the beach for individuals and families. Free public parking and access to Dockweiler Beach was decreased by 400 vehicles in 2017 with the removal of parking along Vista Del Mar. The City is now asking the County to remove public access to an additional 400 parking spaces. This is a barrier of access to public resources. It is contrary to the Coastal Commissions Environmental Justice Policy in that many of the visitors to Dockweiler Beach come from underserved communities and affordable access to the coast is one of their primary forms of recreation.
This proposal is not good enough for the homeless, not good enough for the community and not good enough for the visitors to the community.
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Petition created on April 7, 2021