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 ...
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 ...
NBC Los Angeles

Echo Park Reopened to Public Following Cleanup, Homeless Relocation

Echo Park Lake reopened to the public at 3 p.m. Wednesday, two months after the park was closed following the relocation of about 200 homeless people who had taken up residence there. The park is ...
Los Angeles Magazine

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

“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’ ...
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 ...
KCRW

Echo Park Lake reopens — Angelenos cheer and mourn

Echo Park Lake reopened to the public this week after two months of being closed for repairs, with some obvious changes. By early afternoon on a picture-perfect May day, the park was full of joggers ...