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Among the homeless of LA's doomed Venice neighbourhood, the wayward son of a Hollywood legend shuffles aimlessly towards a blacked-out car... how did it all go so wrong?
Perhaps no individual better encapsulates Venice Beach's past and present than the young man we spotted shuffling about its dingy backstreets last Thursday.
The sun-drenched boulevards that once drew stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Julia Roberts are now marked by a stark divide: luxury homes jostling for space with makeshift tents, graffiti-stained walls, and an air of decay. Hogan's home is in the once-elite beachside suburb of Venice, where a rise in homelessness has seen hundreds of tents line the beach's famous boardwalk and a sharp increase in crime Over the past few years, residents of Venice Beach have complained about soaring crime rates and a rise in homelessness, which they claim has made life in the elite beachside community unbearable.
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