A progressive coalition of activist groups in Los Angeles have targeted Democratic City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, blaming him for the relocation of about 200 homeless people who were part of an encampment that had taken over a public park in his district.
Homeless advocates swarmed O’Farrell on Wednesday afternoon as Echo Park Lake officially reopened after two months of undergoing extensive cleaning, repair, and renovation. The project cost more than $1 million. Sanitation crews had reportedly removed syringes, guns, machetes, and according to O’Farrell’s office, more than 700 pounds of biological waste.
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