The Los Angeles City Council voted to eliminate anti-camping zones in Hollywood, Silver Lake, and Echo Park.
Tuesday night’s vote was 10-3.
Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez represents the areas where zones are being erased. He said he had strong support to remove it.
“We did extensive outreach, and what we found was that in my district, 96% of the people we spoke to either agreed with removing the zones or had no opinion on the matter,” he said.
He also said he doesn’t believe the anti-camping zones are effective and that they make it harder to get the people on the street into housing.
But Councilmember Monica Rodriguez says the anti-camping law wasn’t enacted to solve the homeless crisis.
“It was about protecting spaces where families were child care centers, parks, areas that should, in fact, be protected spaces,” she said.
KNX News’ Jon Baird spoke with Angelenos about their thoughts on the zones being eliminated.
“I think there should be resources out there as far as housing goes for unhoused people,” one woman said. “I don't think they should be able to camp and have encampments on the street.”
One man said he thinks they should be banned from some areas
“I mean, we have so much space for them to live, like, the valley and where they can put, like, a territory for them just to be there,” he said. “I think they should put them all together.”
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