Under Newsom and Bass, Homeless Crisis Gets So Bad Venice Residents Hire Former Gang Members
Under Newsom and Bass, Homeless Crisis Gets So Bad Venice Residents Hire Former Gang Members By Ben Smith | 8:35 AM on August 18, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. AP Photo/Alex Gallardo Fed-up Venice residents and business owners are hiring former gang members to do what decades of progressive governance and billions in homeless spending could not: keep encampments off their streets. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_2"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_2"]]) }); Hundreds of locals hired Ghost Town Consultants, an unarmed private patrol founded by Venice natives Bobby Luna and Ricky Myers.
- ▪Under Newsom and Bass, Homeless Crisis Gets So Bad Venice Residents Hire Former Gang Members By Ben Smith | 8:35 AM on August 18, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedSta
- ▪AP Photo/Alex Gallardo Fed-up Venice residents and business owners are hiring former gang members to do what decades of progressive governance and billions in homeless spending could not: keep encampments off their streets.
- ▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_2"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_2"]]) }); Hundreds of locals hired Ghost Town Consultants, an unarmed private patrol founded by
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Under Newsom and Bass, Homeless Crisis Gets So Bad Venice Residents Hire Former Gang Members By Ben Smith | 8:35 AM on August 18, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. AP Photo/Alex Gallardo Fed-up Venice residents and business owners are hiring former gang members to do what decades of progressive governance and billions in homeless spending could not: keep encampments off their streets. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_2"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_2"]]) }); Hundreds of locals hired Ghost Town Consultants, an unarmed private patrol founded by Venice natives Bobby Luna and Ricky Myers.
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