September 24 – October 21, 2021
Veteran Killed in San Vicente Encampment Stabbing September 15 incident under investigation B y S am C atanzaro A homicide investigation is underway following a stabbing at a homeless encampment alongside the West Los Angeles VA. According to Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Captain Jon Tom, the incident took place on September 15 around 6:30 a.m. “The victim, a male Veteran, intervened in a domestic violence incident between two other residents of the encampment and was stabbed. The victim was transported to the hospital and died there. LASD arrested the suspect, also a Veteran, and is handling the investigation,” Tom wrote in an incident report.
The encampment, located on Los Angeles County land, has now experienced two homicides in the past six months, following a March 4 murder. In the wake of this week’s incident, the Brentwood Community Council (BCC) called on Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl to take action. “The BCC has requested that Supervisor Sheila Kuehl initiate an ‘encampment to home’ on San Vicente program for more than 3 years. Kuehl has never agreed to cooperate. Today, we had a second murder within 6 months. Instead of the Supervisor, it is the LASD who is working on behalf of everyone by providing immediate shelter and housing options, while removing dangerous encampments,” the BCC wrote in a Wednesday afternoon email. “As of 9.8.2021, 39 homeless Veterans were living on San Vicente The V.A. has more than
San Vicente, see page 7
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The scene of a murder that took place at a homeless encampment alongside the West Los Angeles VA.
Recall Bonin Leader’s Home Vandalized After Address Posted on Twitter LAPD investigating September 16 incident B y D olores Q uintana S am C atanzaro
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Katrina Schmitt, one of the leaders of the Recall Mike Bonin campaign, says the glass front door of her home in Venice was smashed last Thursday around 8:30 p.m after her address was posted on the Twitter account of an antirecall campaign. The LAPD will be investigating to determine who is responsible for this incident. This
event was reported about a week after Bonin’s recall opposition committee published a video that had unredacted information that contained Schmitt’s address. Additionally, the committee’s Twitter account, “Stop The RightWing Recalls”, sent a tweet a few days later that contained both Schmitt’s and fellow Recall Bonin committee member Nico Ruderman’s home address in it. Schmitt alleges that the anti-recall committee’s posting of the information was “intentionally reckless” and that “I think they’re intentionally trying to intimidate us and putting us in danger”. It is unlikely that there will be any confirmation of these claims until the LAPD’s investigation is completed. LAPD spokesman Tony Im said investigators cannot say whether
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Schmitt’s home was specifically singled out or whether the incident is connected to the recall bid. “We can’t make any assumptions at this time,” he said. Jesse Zwick, spokesman for the committee against the recall responded, “I did not intend to reveal anyone’s personal information. I took the post down the minute I was made aware of the error,” he said. He added that the charges made by the recall committee about the release of the information are “absurd” and “reflective of the general dishonesty of the entire recall effort.” According to Zwick, he did not receive a complaint about the information until Wednesday, September 15, the day before the alleged vandalism occurred. Ruderman, who has not reported any
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Councilmember Mike Bonin.
incidents at his residence, placed the blame on Bonin for what happened at Schmitt’s.
Bonin Recall, see page 11
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