In LA County, more than 500 homeless RVs line the streets for miles, creating a scene that looks more like a third-world country than the United States.
, more than 500 homeless RVs line the streets for miles, creating a scene that looks more like a third-world country than the United States. RVs in LA County. And on Tuesday, community leaders started cleaning it up, thanks to one man, who says it’ll only scratch the surface in what needs a serious overhaul.
Trashed-out, broken-down homeless RVs, blocking sidewalks and lanes of traffic, infested with filth, drugs, weapons and crime. Some homeless fires here are accidents, others "pay-back," like one today, captured on surveillance. The burned-out RVs just become part of the roadside décor. One on 135th burned down 4 months ago and is still here. In front of it, exposed electrical wires run along the sidewalk, where the homeless steal power by hard-wiring their RVs into the traffic light.
"Just holding his hand and just making sure that he felt safe and that he wasn’t alone, regardless if he’s homeless, doesn’t make it any different," says Harbor Gateway Community Advocate Fabiola Robles. "It’s even more special because we should make a difference every day so that when we get home, just as well looking back in the mirror and laying your head to sleep that you know that you made a difference today.
"We have rat-infested RVs that have hundreds of rats," says Matthews. He moved here from Pasadena 6 years ago. With some savings as a private chef, he quit at the start of COVID to form the Harbor Gateway Chamber of Commerce. He doesn’t make any money, but earns what he holds more valuable – a sense of purpose – in fulfilling the promise he made to help his new community – not only the outraged residents, but the homeless.
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