Police Beat: HB Camping ban, GPS trackers, stolen HB mail, Levi death charges, juveniles arrested for assault, and stolen wallet

by Liz Mullen Hermosa camping ban enforcement begins The Hermosa Beach Police Department is enforcing a new city ordinance prohibiting camping on the beach and got some new wheels to patrol the sands this summer. HBPD Chief Landon Phillips told the city council at its May 13 meeting that officers arrested one unhoused person three times for violating the city's no beach camping law after giving out plenty of warnings to local homeless. The new ordinance took effect on April 2