Peter Nott, a Venice landlord who owns roughly twenty apartment buildings, has built his wealth on gentrification while publicly railing against the unhoused. In interviews, Nott has described homeless Angelenos as “drug addicts” and “criminals,” called for encampments to be cleared and relocated to “official campgrounds out of town,” and praised Traci Park for being “stricter” than her predecessor. He opposes shelters and affordable housing in Venice, falsely linking them to crime and “filth,” and has accused former officials of “pandering to the homeless.” Nott’s rhetoric—echoing far-right talking points about displacement and policing—reveals the worldview of a property owner profiting from the housing crisis while lobbying to remove poor and unhoused residents from his neighborhood.