LOS ANGELES—Despite an ordinance prohibiting homeless encampments near schools and other public areas, some unhoused Angelenos have been camping out near schools, causing concern for student safety among educators and parents. Some Los Angeles residents have noted several encampments near schools in various parts of the city, including a Catholic elementary school in Venice Beach most recently. A Venice resident first noted encampments by the school in a Dec. 23 tweet showing pictures of the sidewalk with one tent on Dec. 21 and two tents on Dec. 23. “Encampment across from [Saint Mark School] is growing daily, again,” the Twitter user wrote. For comparison, a pre-pandemic picture of the same location filled with camps was later posted by the same Twitter user, who said “Now [Councilman Mike Bonin] won’t be happy until the sidewalk is completely blocked by hard drug users that scream profanities and/or assault families on the way …