LA mayor tours Venice homeless camp, says he won't get into 'p---ing match' with sheriff over crisis: report

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took aim at county Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Tuesday amid an ongoing political battle over how to best combat the homelessness crisis in the city's Venice neighborhood, according to a report. 

"I’m not going to get into a p---ing match with the sheriff, I welcome him here," Garcetti said Tuesday in Venice. "If he doesn’t want to have press conferences but he wants to have results, we housed more people yesterday than he had all week. And one could ask the same thing, where has he been? This is not about throwing stones around." Homeless outreach teams with the sheriff's department were recently dispatched to Venice to address an influx of homeless encampments along the Venice Boardwalk – an area near the beach that has concerned residents and businesses due to a recent increase in crime. Authorities said there have been shootings, fights, harassment, arson, and other incidents related to the encampments.