L.A.'s Echo Park Lake Closed After Protest to Save Homeless Camp
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hollywoodreporter.comA newly installed fence surrounded a popular Los Angeles park Thursday after authorities moved in to evict residents of a large homeless encampment despite protests by the people who live there and their supporters.
Only a few tents and about a dozen people remained by evening along the grassy banks of Echo Park Lake, where tents had proliferated for months during the coronavirus pandemic, sparking concerns about trash, drugs and violence.
Residents argued that the complaints were overblown and the encampment offered a community setting for people without means who have nowhere else to live.
Police gave people until 10:30 p.m. Thursday to leave so that the city could perform what officials said were necessary repairs to the site.
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