On a skirmish line a mile from my home, I stood with hundreds of Echo Park residents against the Los Angeles Police Department. Ours was to stand with our unhoused neighbors against the eviction, and to ensure that the public space of Echo Park Lake was kept public. O’Farrell’s plan to help residents of Echo Park Lake is what he calls “transitional housing,” like the state program Project Roomkey. The principal public space in Echo Park has now been enclosed in chain-link fencing. Under constant threat of police invasion, Echo Park Lake will be maintained for the few, not the many.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 03, 2021 10:17 UTC