“The population of homeless people at the lake is different,” agrees Mitch O’Farrell, the L.A. city councilman representing Echo Park, who has the unenviable task of balancing his constituents’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...