“On Venice Boulevard in front of Vice Media’s offices, a chain-link fence was erected to prohibit tents from going up. Residents around Penmar Golf Course have started a GoFundMe page and have hit their goal of raising $80,000 to fill a pedestrian pathway with native plants and landscaping — a project being called the Frederick Avenue Pass-Through but whose real objective is to deter the large encampment that has ballooned there.” LA’s Battle for Venice Beach: Homeless Surge Puts Hollywood’s Progressive Ideals to the Test. (This is a very interesting look at the interaction between homelessness and a wealthy community. But I’m pretty sure that “progressive ideals” are more about solving homelessness than living next to it.)