A series of violent and disturbing crimes in downtown Long Beach has many business owners on edge.
LONG BEACH, Calif. --They range from a sexual assault happening during the middle of the day to a man exposing himself in front of a salon window.
Los Angeles DA George Gascón has filed charges against a Long Beach sexual-assault suspect, after facing backlash for initially declining the case."I carry pepper spray now to go to the store to go get a beverage and I've never done that before," she said. "And I've never felt like this in this neighborhood before."
"We need to partner with our counties to make sure we deploy more mental health and substance use vans and treatment here in our downtown. Comprehensively we need to work together to support our small businesses," Richardson said. "There's a lot of different problems on the street. Mental health would help, a lot of outreach to that. We can't have criminals sitting on the street either, pitching tents on the corner," said Michael Mosselli, owner of Brushstrokes & Beverages.
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