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On March 25, Los Angeles Police Department enclosed Echo Park, site of an encampment, in a metal fence and forced the remaining unhoused residents to evacuate from the park. Before this concerted effort to “sweep” Echo Park, over 200 unhoused individuals had been living in the area with over a hundred tents. While City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell called the forced removals a success, pointing to the number of unhoused people that have been offered temporary shelter, the reality is that people have been violently forced into precarious circumstances without access to permanent housing.
Temporary housing, whether in the form of shelters or hotels, has been criticized as too far away from the park with strict rules that are difficult to follow, and overall an inadequate solution to the housing crisis in Los Angeles. Additionally, temporary housing places the burden of uncertainty on unhoused individuals who need to continuously
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