Homeless Encampment Known As ‘Veterans Row’ To Be Relocated Monday
“’The bulk at this point, it’s motels. It’s the tents or they moved directly into housing,’ Perkins said.
Clearing the encampment was not solely about housing, but also about safety. In the last six months, there have been two homicides in the encampment.
The goal was to avoid a repeat of the violent clashes when an encampment in Echo Park was cleared out.