Police officers could be seen standing by as campers dismantled and packed up, while bulldozers hauled debris into dump trucks.
Sanitation crews along with police and community volunteers were at Dockweiler Beach early Thursday morning, working to clear homeless encampments from the sand. Los Angeles Councilwoman Traci Park led the effort, as notices were posted and handed out to people on the Playa Del Rey beach site that a cleanup was scheduled for 7 a.m. Thursday. It's not yet clear if the campers will be able to return to the site or not.
One man said on Thursday that he has been living on the beach for eight years after losing a loved one and a job. He said for now he moved away from the sand, but plans to return. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles County leaders have pushed back on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's order for local governments to clean up homeless encampments or lose state funding.The executive order came after the U.S.
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