[Clueless Karen Bass...] LAPD resources 'strained' by downtown LA graffiti tower fiasco

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/lapd-downtown-la-graffiti-
tower/3338650/

Los Angeles Police Department officers have spent at least 3,000 hours on
duty at the abandoned Oceanview Plaza site in Downtown LA where the
unfinished high rise towers have attracted street artists, vandals, and
others, and the need for round-the-clock security has begun to stress the
already-understaffed police department.

"This has strained our deployment," Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday.

"We have called in some officers on an overtime basis, so that we can
provide for these added patrols or station them at that site to deter
vandals and others from gaining access to it while also ensuring that we
meet the minimum deployment requirements for stations across the city," he
said.

Core patrol functions, such as responding to 911 calls, have not been
affected, according to Moore.

Officers stationed at the construction site that spans two city blocks
between 11th and Figueroa and 12th and Flower Streets have made at least
18 arrests in recent days, including one for illegal gun possession and
several others for felony vandalism.

Many other individuals caught by officers at the site were questioned,
checked for warrants, and released without arrests or citations, Moore
said.

The LA City Council was also asked Tuesday to direct more than $3 million
in order to construct a more robust fence, clear debris, and possibly pay
for private security so LAPD officers can leave.

The motion was introduced by Councilman Kevin de León, who represents the
area, and it was expected to be heard by the Council next week.

The funding would consist of $1.1 million from a Building and Safety Fund
and a loan of $2.7 million from another City fund, both spent with the
expectation the money would someday be recovered from the owner of the
property.

“It is my understanding that the owner of that complex is bankrupt," Moore
said.

"I do know that the city family is aggressively looking to recoup all
costs --- ours as well as others -- that are anticipated with that," he
said.

Construction of the Oceanwide project began in 2015, but the funding ran
out in 2018. By 2019, construction at the site had been suspended.

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed by a variety of building construction
firms in connection with the project failure. Some have been filed against
the now-defunct developer, others name its investment entities or the lead
project contractor.

The City Council voted last week to order the property owner to make the
security and safety improvements by February 17, but one official told the
I-Team that city staffers "have had a very difficult time" getting in
contact with an Oceanwide representative.

One address listed in corporate filings for Oceanwide is a mail box rental
business a few blocks from the construction site; another is a law office
inside a high rise on Figueroa. The company's listed phone number does not
appear connected, and an attorney who represented Oceanwide several years
ago has not returned messages.


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