{"id":567096,"date":"2021-06-17T15:07:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567096"},"modified":"2021-06-17T15:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T19:07:10","slug":"l-a-progressive-who-represents-venice-beach-served-with-recall-notice-as-tensions-rise-over-homeless-encampments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-progressive-who-represents-venice-beach-served-with-recall-notice-as-tensions-rise-over-homeless-encampments\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Progressive Who Represents Venice Beach Served With Recall Notice As Tensions Rise Over Homeless Encampments"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fl-a-progressive-who-represents-venice-beach-served-with-recall-notice-as-tensions-rise-over-homeless-encampments%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=567096&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mike-Bonin.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A progressive Democrat representing coastal communities in Los Angeles has been served with a recall notice amid rising tensions over homeless encampments in his district, particularly those lining the famous Venice Beach boardwalk.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the effort say a process server presented the notice to Councilman Mike Bonin outside his home in the Mar Vista neighborhood on Tuesday morning. If city officials approve their petition, recall proponents would need to gather more than 27,000 valid signatures from registered voters in Bonin\u2019s district within 120 days for ballot placement.<\/p>\n<p>The recall notice accuses Bonin of breaking promises, implementing flawed strategies addressing homelessness, and claims he \u201chas abandoned his constituents and ignored their pleas for help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil District 11 has suffered loss of life, destroyed livelihoods, and now faces a massive humanitarian, public health, and public safety crisis,\u201d the document says. \u201cOur streets have become de facto campgrounds, sanitation policies are failing, crime is rising, and Mike Bonin remains unresponsive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bonin dismissed the campaign as an attempt to \u201cderail\u201d his proposed solutions to help homeless people and \u201cthe latest in a series of recall attempts to silence strong progressive voices,\u201d referring to similar drives targeting Governor Gavin Newsom, L.A. County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n, and L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis effort is encouraged, backed and fueled by people who have repeatedly fought to stop housing, shelter, and services, perpetuating a crisis that is hurting our neighborhoods and leaving people to die on the streets,\u201d Bonin said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cAnd make no mistake \u2013 this recall has been championed and promoted by the same right-wing forces that are trying to erode the democratic process and take down progressive officials around the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katrina Schmitt, a resident of Venice and co-chair of the \u201cRecall Bonin 2021\u201d campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-06-15\/la-westside-councilman-mike-bonin-recall\">told<\/a> the Los Angeles Times that three of the five constituents who signed the recall notice are Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis recall is not \u2018right-wing forces\u2019 coming after Mike Bonin,\u201d she wrote in an email to the Times. \u201cWe are a nonpartisan campaign of multipartisan residents\u2026including many people who voted for Bonin.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5964010282776\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Bonin has been served w\/the intent to recall. All of you who\u2019ve asked \u201cwhen is it time?\u201d-its now time to move forward. This is a non-partisan effort run by a multi-partisan committee of real people from across all of CD11. Sign up at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FoPHpqzdYj\">https:\/\/t.co\/FoPHpqzdYj<\/a>.  Thread below\u2014> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h5CKevfw9A\">https:\/\/t.co\/h5CKevfw9A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qhtj5sBpuX\">pic.twitter.com\/Qhtj5sBpuX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RecallBonin2021 (@recallbonin2021) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/recallbonin2021\/status\/1405203882687361034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The recall campaign\u2019s website says the drive is a separate segregated fund and project of Protecting Our Beaches Schools Neighborhoods And Parks, a California nonprofit and 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.<\/p>\n<p>Bonin has been feuding with neighborhood councils and L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva over the best way to handle the homeless population at Venice Beach. Tensions recently escalated after Villanueva deployed deputies to the boardwalk last week to evaluate the situation and implement an incremental plan to clear transients from the area by July 4. The sheriff said he is forced to take action because Bonin and other elected progressives have prevented the Los Angeles Police Department, which patrols Venice, from enforcing the rule of law and regulating public space.<\/p>\n<p>A proposal put forth by Bonin seeks to use parks and beach parking lots in his district as temporary \u201csafe camping\u201d sites for homeless people. Opponents argue, however, that the plan would reduce access to recreational areas and negatively impact public safety.<\/p>\n<p>According to the L.A. Times, \u201cBonin is already running in the June 2022 election for his third and final term, and currently faces a single opponent.\u201d The outlet reported, \u201cIf recall proponents gather sufficient signatures over a four-month period, and the council uses the maximum time for scheduling an election, the recall vote would \u2018most likely\u2019 occur in May 2022, said Jinny Pak, who manages the city clerk\u2019s election division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/l-a-sheriff-says-paid-activists-are-behind-opposition-to-cleaning-up-homeless-encampments\">L.A. Sheriff Says \u2018Paid Activists\u2019 Are Behind Opposition To Cleaning Up Homeless Encampments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dsa-member-elected-to-l-a-city-council-faces-recall-threat-less-than-6-months-after-taking-office\">DSA Member Elected To L.A. City Council Faces Recall Threat Less Than 6 Months After Taking Office<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/l-a-county-sheriff-vows-to-reclaim-and-regulate-public-space-at-venice-beach-blasts-gutless-politicians-over-homeless-encampments\">L.A. County Sheriff Vows To \u2018Reclaim And Regulate Public Space\u2019 At Venice Beach, Blasts \u2018Gutless Politicians\u2019 Over Homeless Encampments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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