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Bellflower business owner urges city action after rise in homeless activity near Bellflower Boulevard
Summary
A Bellflower business owner told the City Council that increased homeless activity, vandalism and drug use near Bellflower Boulevard and Walnut has made his customers feel unsafe. Council members pledged follow-up with public safety staff and the new property operator, Olive Crest, and approved special-patrol outreach.
Michael Morales, owner of Dialysis Education Services at 16925 Bellflower Boulevard, told the Bellflower City Council on Oct. 27 that increased homeless activity near the corner of Bellflower and Walnut has created an unsafe environment for his clients and staff.
"We are currently seeing a lot of activity on that corner of Bellflower and Walnut," Morales said during the public-comment period, describing what he called a rise in vandalism, drug use and prostitution near his business and the adjacent Olive Crest foster-home property. "Just a couple weeks ago, I had five windows in my building broke, I'm assuming, by these, these, homeless or, even some of the criminal activity that we're seeing in our parking lot and in the back parking lot."
The council responded…
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