Venice residents hoping Measure H brings end to homeless camps

LAPD Officer Eddie Bermudez talks to homeless people on Rose Avenue near 3rd Avenue in Venice.

Nikoletta Skarlatos, center, talks to her Venice neighbors about the problems they are encountering with the homeless who live on their streets.

Guiding principles for a C3 outreach team offering services to the homeless at the St. Joseph Center in Venice.

Venice residents Vicky Halliday, left, and Mimi Webb-Miller, right, are worried about sidewalk access problems created by the homeless in their neighborhood.

Tarps are tied to a fence by the homeless to serve as shelters on Rose Avenue near 3rd Avenue in Venice.

Residents on a predawn walk use the street where the homeless’ tents block the sidewalk on 3rd Avenue in their Venice neighborhood.