Yahoo

How did Echo Park become so stratified with landed gentry and poverty? There was a plan 50 years ago

David Tyler, a homeless resident of Echo Park, posts a sign on his tent in Echo Park as protesters gathered Monday morning to stop a possible cleaning sweep of a homeless encampment in the northwest ...
The Eastsider

Echo Park survey to build Metro Micro support and more news and notes

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Yahoo

Investors bought a historic Echo Park home. Sisters who have lived there since childhood are fighting to stay

Lupe Breard holds a yard sale to help get rid of decades of belongings in case she is forced to leave. The 64-year-old faced eviction from the Echo Park house she has lived in for over 60 years.
The Hollywood Reporter

Meet the Man Behind the Echo Park Closure: “There Will Be No Living at the Lake”

The Hollywood Reporter spoke to L.A. councilmember Mitch O'Farrell about the firestorm of controversy surrounding the recent closure of Echo Park Lake and its future on screens large and small. By ...
ABC7

Echo Park Lake reopens after $1 million in repairs, clearing of homeless encampments

ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Echo Park Lake has reopened to the public after being closed for two months to undergo extensive cleaning and repairs. The lake and surrounding park area underwent ...
ABC7

Activists, homeless protest against planned clearing of Echo Park Lake

People experiencing homelessness in Echo Park are holding their ground as recent news has circulated that the city might clear out and shut down the park for repairs. ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- ...
Los Angeles Downtown News

O’Farrell calls for Echo Park community needs assessment

Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell led the city council in adoption of a July 27 motion that will transfer $500,000 to the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) for a community needs ...
Los Angeles Magazine

What to Know About What’s Happening in Echo Park

Yesterday, hundreds of community members came out in Echo Park Lake to support unhoused individuals living in tents clustered in an area of the park. They turned out following reports that authorities ...
Los Angeles Times

It’s the endgame for the Echo Park homeless encampment

A homeless encampment that took over a large swath of Echo Park for more than a year appeared on the brink of extinction Thursday as city officials fenced off the area and police prepared to remove ...
Eater

Echo Park Lake Displacement Leaves Street Vendors Vulnerable, Too

If you grew up in Los Angeles, you know that street food vendors are the lifeblood of our neighborhoods. In the San Fernando Valley neighborhood where I grew up, when the elotero came to our block, ...
Los Angeles Times

As prospect of Echo Park Lake closure looms, homeless people mull whether to stay or go

On Tuesday, homeless people in Echo Park were faced with a decision as an imminent city closure drew near. The choice: Leave, or hunker down. City officials have been planning to clear and fence the ...