{"id":1588330,"date":"2022-08-04T08:37:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T12:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1588330"},"modified":"2022-08-04T08:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T12:37:59","slug":"leftist-activists-storm-meeting-to-prevent-homeless-tent-cities-from-being-built-near-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-activists-storm-meeting-to-prevent-homeless-tent-cities-from-being-built-near-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Activists Storm Meeting to Prevent Homeless \u201cTent Cities\u201d from Being Built Near Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-activists-storm-meeting-to-prevent-homeless-tent-cities-from-being-built-near-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1588330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Left-wing activists stormed <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles <\/a>City Hall on Tuesday, unsuccessfully trying to prevent lawmakers from expanding an ordinance banning homeless encampments near schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve taken over City Hall and are now rolling out the \u2018People\u2019s Public Comment.\u2019 F&#038;@k their bogus rules; this is what democracy looks like,\u201d tweeted the Los Angeles Community Action Network, a group that bills itself as \u201chuman rights defenders and truth tellers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/la-homeless-camp-cleanup-tons-trash-biological-waste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LA HOMELESS CAMP CLEANUP NETS TONS OF TRASH AND BIOLOGICAL WASTE<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                A homeless man sits at his street side tent along the Interstate 110 freeway along downtown Los Angeles&#8217; skyline on Thursday, May 10, 2018.<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                (AP Photo\/Richard Vogel)\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The mask-wearing activists chanted, stomped, and cheered while waving posters asking for municipal code 41.18 to be abolished. This makes it illegal for a person to sit, lie, or sleep near a narrow group of schools and day care facilities. At one point, they chanted, \u201cNo justice, no peace, no more racist police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After taking an hour of public comment with half a dozen police officers standing guard, the City Council eventually <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/los-angeles-city-council-approves-measure-ban-homeless-encampments-near-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted 11 to 3<\/a> to expand the existing ordinance citywide. In addition, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homeless<\/a> people will be prohibited from loitering within 2 feet of a fire hydrant, 5 feet of any entrance or exit, and 10 feet of docks, driveways, or bike paths.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetUrl\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve taken over City Hall and are now rolling out the \u201cPeople\u2019s Public Comment.\u201d F&#038;@k their bogus rules; this is what democracy looks like. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9nf2fu53k3\">pic.twitter.com\/9nf2fu53k3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LA CAN (@LACANetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LACANetwork\/status\/1554544668746006531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a>\n              <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles County has about 80,000 homeless people, according to Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has fronted efforts to clean up homeless dens on the Venice boardwalk and in front of a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/veterans-row-homeless-settle-into-new-va-tent-city-digs-but-problems-persist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">veterans affairs<\/a> facility near the celebrity haven Brentwood. The last <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lahsa.org\/news?article=726-2020-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-results&#038;ref=hc\">count<\/a> in 2020 was 66,436, among the highest in the country.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Last year, city officials closed iconic Echo Park Lake, which had become a minicity of homeless people, polluting the waters and frightening adjacent residents. More than 723 pounds of hazardous waste was pulled from the area.<\/p>\n<p>Echo Park Lake\u2019s closure wasn\u2019t without controversy as LA CAN and other groups clashed with police to prevent the closure on grounds that homelessness is a right. The activists aimed to prevent authorities from taking homeless people into shelters or rehousing them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-wing activists stormed Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday, unsuccessfully trying to prevent lawmakers from expanding an ordinance banning homeless encampments near schools. \u201cWe&#8217;ve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1588334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1588330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1588334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1588330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1588330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}