This is a homeless eviction.”Tents have become a familiar sight in the northern corner of the park surrounding Echo Park Lake. The homeless encampment has been a frustration to some Echo Park neighbors and become a cause for others. Housing is a human right!” or argued with city workers, surrounded by reporters and activists holding up smartphones to record them. Lloyd Edward, another resident who lives in the encampment along Echo Park Lake, said he had been on a waiting list for housing for six months. “It’s not really what the park was intended for.”Other Echo Park residents, however, have joined with people living in the homeless encampment to argue against any crackdown.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 24, 2020 20:01 UTC