LA County houses homeless, clears encampments in East Gardena

EAST GARDENA, Calif. (KABC) -- It was a day residents and business owners in East Gardena had been waiting to see for three years. Some of the unho...

August 23, 2023
2:26 PM

EAST GARDENA, Calif. (KABC) -- It was a day residents and business owners in East Gardena had been waiting to see for three years. Some of the unhoused in the area who have been living in mostly derelict RVs were moved to temporary shelter and the RVs were towed away. "We've had a lot of break-ins, damage is done, stealing electricity... It's just been terrible," said Rosemary Silva, who works nearby at Noir Trading in East Gardena. It was also a day the unhoused had been waiting for - fed up with life on the streets, having to pay rent to live in waste and unsafe conditions.

Josh Haskell