In July 2021, a “cabin community” of homeless housing opened in Tarzana to a great fanfare of political credit-taking. Now, it’s closing down.

“Demobilization of Tarzana Cabin Community” headlined an October 24 post on City Councilman Bob Blumenfield’s District 3 website.

“To help address the crisis of homelessness, five years ago, I led the effort to create the ‘Sunflower’ Cabin Community in Tarzana with the help of the non-profit Hope the Mission,” Blumenfield stated. He praised the 74-cabin project located on a slice of property owned by the county transportation agency, Metro, for providing housing and services “to help people on our local streets have an opportunity to turn their lives around.”

The statement is all about intentions. Results?

“It is no secret that this site had its

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