A group of Venice Beach, California, residents warned city leadership they
could be liable for multimillion-dollar lawsuit payouts for not enforcing laws
banning overnight homeless encampments.
An attorney for the Venice Stakeholders Association sent a letter to several
City of Los Angeles offices last week on behalf of residents concerned that
"transient-related fires" could once again jump to personal
properties, KABC-TV reported. Residents fear the fires could spread to their
homes or businesses, causing damage to structures and tenants’
belongings and posing a serious risk to personal injury or loss of life.
"There will be no question that the city had been warned of this danger," the
letter states, arguing that should a fire spread to homes, the city could be
liable if it continues to fail to enforce the overnight curfew order and
remove tents, encampments and other personal items. "We’re putting the
city on notice that if there is a loss of life," Mark Ryavec, president of the
association, explained, "they are clearly already negligent and they already
face a huge settlement
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