L.A. city officials and homeless services providers are rushing to move as many homeless people as possible from Echo Park Lake this week in advance of an expected sweep to remove tents and fence the entire park for repairs. latimes.com/homeless-housi…
City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, who has said he planned to close the park, has declined to confirm the timetable, but a source with direct knowledge of the process told The Times that the city plans to clear the encampment Thursday, fence the park and close it for renovations. 
Outreach workers have been registering as many people living in the park as possible and taking them to hotels being rented by the city for homeless people. latimes.com/homeless-housi…
Plans for the park are being tightly held for fear of inspiring large protests like the ones that occurred last year when a similar cleanup was attempted there.
The plans are subject to change. latimes.com/california/sto…
The plans are subject to change. latimes.com/california/sto…
Over the last year, the encampment has divided the Echo Park community and became a case study of the conflicts arising in neighborhoods across L.A. over the rights to public spaces and the competing interests of the housed and unhoused. latimes.com/homeless-housi…
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