LA Parent Advocacy Group Stops Planned Drug Recovery Center in Venice Beach

A school bus is parked outside the Venice High School in Venice Beach, Calif., on March 14, 2015. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles’s plan to put a drug recovery center at the former Venice Senior Center in Venice Beach came to a halt after parent advocacy group Venice Kids Count sent the city a cease-and-desist letter against the plan.

Originally proposed by Councilman Mike Bonin, whose District 11 covers the Venice community, the city planned to turn the former Venice Senior Center into a drug recovery center, a facility designed to shelter and help homeless people with substance abuse and mental health issues, the Westside Current reported on Jan. 17.