The makeshift home also has a section dedicated to freshly plantedflowersand trees.
There is also a toilet, but it reportedly does not offer running water to its users.
The work is one day, two days then no more, he told the outlet.
Thats why were here.
That is pretty damn nice under the circumstances, one wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Why are we glorifying someone who is breaking who knows how many laws?
There is nothing commendable about this, another wrote on Facebook.
I was just admiring the work that theyve done, Neighbor Mike Ancheta toldKTLA.
Then, of course, you get violently attacked by these guys.
This doesnt belong here.
This is public property, Mike told the outlet.
But this is not what its supposed to be used for.
As you’ve got the option to see, someone is cooking out there, an open fire.
They are stealing electricity.
I mean, come on.
But he also agreed with Mike about the encampment needing to move.
It sucks that some of these people are here, he said.
I do wish better for those people.
I cannot be sorry for the mistakes that they made.
Its messed up, he told the outlet.
They should lower rent.
They should lower all kinds of stuff, especially in L.A.
There are thousands of people currently in Los Angeles who find it impossible to afford housing.
Our office regularly works with unhoused residents living in and around this encampment.
