As someone who became a parent while living in Venice, I can admit that the homeless population was one of the top 3 reasons we left LA. I’ve always wanted to help the homeless, desperately, but I also witnessed the intensity of the situation balloon from my 20s to 30s living there and I became desensitized to it and gradually more callous about it. When you have a kid, your risk tolerance completely shifts. I’ve been waiting to hear leaders talk this pragmatically about solving homelessness is

'BATO'S BFF' PADILLA ON 'WANTED' SENATOR HOLING UP IN SENATEWATCH: An old video of Sen. Robin Padilla criticizing former senator Antonio Trillanes IV for staying inside the Senate to avoid arrest has resurfaced amid the pending arrest warrant against Senator Ronald dela Rosa before the International Criminal Court.In the video, Padilla urged Trillanes to submit to authorities and comply with the law if a warrant had indeed been issued, saying the Senate should not be used as a hiding place.Now,