Los Angeles Magazine

The Homeless Republic of Echo Park: Life (and a Death) in L.A.’s Fastest-Growing Tent City

East Coast transplants Cody and Philly are encampment “enforcers”; their job is to identify people living in the park who don't behave by the rules. It’s nine o’clock on a blazingly sunny October ...
ABC7

Homeless living at Echo Park Lake confront cleaning crews attempting to clear the area

ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A clean-up at Echo Park Lake failed to get homeless people who've set up camp there to leave the area. Los Angeles city crews rolled in at 8 a.m. Friday and began ...
ABC7

Echo Park Lake set to reopen Wednesday, checking in with the homeless population who lived there

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As officials prepare to reopen Echo Park Lake, many are wondering if the homeless population will return. When Echo Park Lake shut down for repairs in March, many of ...
The Eastsider

Warning that wall could collapse on El Sereno homeless camp, literary readings in Echo Park, East Hollywood and Los Feliz, and more news and notes

El Sereno —Business owners along the 5400 block of Alhambra Avenue are warning that a concrete wall may collapse on a nearby ...
KCRW

Homeless camp at Echo Park Lake was dismantled for park repairs. What happened to people living there?

In March, hundreds of people protested the city’s decision to remove a homeless encampment along Echo Park Lake. About 200 unhoused Angelenos were living there, and more than 160 of them moved into ...