man clobbers women as they walk by.. Sherman Oaks

[IcyPeas]

3. The businesses in this area have been complaining about this

for a few years now. Sleeping and defecating on the doorsteps, setting bins on fire behind restaurants. There have been tent cities set up under freeways... and fires.... they clean them up and they go to another spot. Junkies on the LA River walkways. It's a real problem. I've lived here for a few decades and this used to be a very safe area. Never used to have to worry about taking a damn walk in my neighborhood.

I'm in a "secure" building and we've been broken into and mailboxes ransacked 3 times in the past few years. Garage also has been broken into and some cars and storage areas robbed. And this is happening around the area. Some of these are probably organized criminal gangs and some are tweaked out junkies.

I don't know the solution. But it's no fun living here anymore.