The demonstrators were seen clashing with the police as soon as the city’s gates opened the gates to start clearing a large home camp in Van Nuweiz Thursday morning.
At least one person was seen that he was arrested when the city’s sewage workers and LAPD officers moved to dismantle tents and remove debris along Oxenard Street near the 405 Highway.
The cleaning voltage started at about 6 am in the 15300 bloc of Oxnard, near the Burbank Boulevard exit, where officials say the camp has drew complaints from residents and business owners for several months. Part of the street was banned when the city’s sets begin to purify the area.
KTLA spoke to some people affected by cleaning. One of the unique individuals, who currently expresses property, has participated in her fears about the future future.
“I am tense. I am afraid because I don’t know what we will do. Like, I know that we will get possible housing, but this can always … they can get rid of it away from us. There is no guarantee.” “Many of us have no jobs, we are unemployed and just try to do it. We are not doing bad things because we want to be bad. We do bad things because we do not have any other ways to get what we need.”
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The demonstrators are looking at the city’s workers, as the operation of a homeless camp began in Los Angeles. July 2025 (KTLA) -
The demonstrators are looking at the city’s workers, as the operation of a homeless camp began in Los Angeles. July 2025 (KTLA) -
The demonstrators are looking at the city’s workers, as the operation of a homeless camp began in Los Angeles. July 2025 (KTLA) -
The demonstrators are looking at the city’s workers, as the operation of a homeless camp began in Los Angeles. July 2025 (KTLA)
On November 14, 2024, the same site was a fire scene that sent a thick black smoke across the San Fernando Valley. The fire broke out on the same day when a small plane crashed near the Sepulveda Dam, the first overwhelming respondent throughout the region.
On Thursday morning, Sky5 Aerials showed the police insurance while the sewage workers were close. The rich Prickett in KTLA noted that some residents have previously set a temporary fence around the camp, which limits the city’s crews. Awareness workers were also seen providing temporary housing services and options for those who are displaced.
Van Nuys cleaning comes at a time when local leaders face increasing pressure from both the government and the federal government to remove homeless camps from public places.
In May, Governor Gavin New Zum presented a typical decree urging cities to “solve camps” using billions of state financing and the last legal clarity of the Supreme Court ruling 2024 allowing the enforcement of anti -plans laws. The long -term camping plan prohibits in one place and requires local officials to provide shelter and notify before the site is cleared.
“There is nothing sympathetic to allowing people to die in the streets,” said newsom. “Now we are giving [cities] A model they can place immediately – urgent and human. “
The mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass, where a safe initiative, has conveyed more than 4000 people inside since 2022, the support of news and said that the program has cleared 95 camps so far.
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 25, directing federal agencies to help cities in cleansing camps and enforcing the embargo on urban camping, drug use, shyness and squatting. It emphasizes the civil commitment of individuals with serious mental illness and addiction, and it restricts federal funds to support damage programs such as drug injection sites.
According to The latest estimatesAbout 187,000 people suffer from homelessness in California, including 72,000 in Los Angeles Province. City officials say the displacement in Los Angeles decreased by 4 % this year – the first decline in several years – but clearing camps still exceed permanent housing.
A small group of community members gathered near the Van Nuys site Thursday morning to support the unique population, some of them carrying signs and expressing anxiety about cleaning. One of the supporters emphasized the difficulty of accepting the city’s offers when the plans remain unclear.
A community member said: “I know many people who want to take a show, and of course, we support everyone who takes an offer, but it is really difficult to do it when they are not clear about where you will go.”
The city says that the services will continue to be provided throughout the day. Cleaning is still ongoing.