LA City to Verify Signatures for Bonin Recall Campaign This Week Amid Growing Homeless Population

A sign to recall 11th district Los angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin sits in the yard of a home in Venice Beach, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—The signatures collected by the recall campaign against Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, whose district includes Venice Beach and West Los Angeles, are expected to be verified on Jan. 18.

Venice Beach residents Nico Ruderman and Katrina Schmitt initiated the recall campaign in June and last November submitted 39,188 signatures—well over 27,400, the number required to trigger a recall election.