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A homeless encampment quickly can present a profound health hazard to people living in a camp but also to residents and others in the neighboring community. Human waste, moldering garbage, as well as contaminated syringes and needles, are examples of contaminates that quickly litter the site of a homeless encampment and the surrounding vicinity. Specialized homeless encampment cleanup is necessary to ensure that an area used for this purpose is safely remediated and returned to a safe condition. Call our veteran-led homeless encampment cleanup services company.
News reports in California and in other parts of the country illustrate what some might fairly call an ongoing assault on shopping centers and retail stores. This includes everything from organized mass shoplifting raids on these merchants resulting in large-scale losses due to theft. It also includes situations involving trespassers who engage in a range…
Located in the northwest corner of Greater Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks was founded almost 60 years ago and has been a growing, vibrant community ever since. Thousand Oaks is home to a number of top-notch shopping centers, including one we will call CenterPointe for the purposes of this article. (We protect the privacy of our…
A national retail chain store with a location in Riverside, contacted Eco Bear recently. The store needed our biohazard remediation professionals to assist in cleaning up a site that had been contaminated due to trespassing and other conduct by people who are unhoused. The store maintained its trash bins in a fenced, gated, and locked…
Laurel is a resident of Texas who recently purchased a home in Studio City. The Studio City home had been vacant for some time and became attractive to homeless people. Laurel reached out to Echo Bear for assistance cleaning up the residence after its “use” from time to time by unhoused people. Fortunately, in this…
Los Angeles is the location of a number of homeless programs designed to assist unhoused vets in transitioning into suitable, safe housing. An example of these services is apartment units housing, providing living spaces for previously unhoused vets. In many ways, this particular center operates like any other apartment complex. With that said, a vet…
In the past few years, a growing number of residential neighborhoods have faced the establishment of homeless encampments in their environs. Because this is something of a newer phenomenon, there is little definitive research on the precise impact homeless encampments have on property values in residential neighborhoods in which these camps exist. Historically, homeless encampments…
Americans generally are familiar with the ins and outs of Social Security retirement benefits. Additionally, U.S. citizens generally realize that Social Security does provide disability benefits in certain situations. What many people do not realize is that there are two different Social Security disability benefits programs: Social Security Disability Insurance Supplemental Security Income A discussion…
There are situations in which children qualify for Social Security disability benefits. This includes children who are homeless. There are two primary situations in which children may qualify for Social Security Benefits: When a determination is made that a child is disabled When a child has a parent who has been deemed disabled Children and…
When it comes to advocacy programs for homeless people in Southern California, and elsewhere across the United States, it’s important to have an understanding of the two disability options available through the Social Security Administration. While many people are aware that there is financial assistance available to disabled people via Social Security, they understandably may…
Homelessness is a persistent, prevalent problem in California, including in Southern California. Indeed, the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have some of the most significant homelessness issues of any location in the United States. The reality is that neighborhoods across Southern California are faced with the presence of homeless people. In some…
Disabled citizens make up a large portion of the homeless public in the United States and because of this, action is necessary to protect the civil rights of these individuals to receive fair and adequate housing, when necessary. In order to make this a reality, however, there are several barriers that must be overcome. In…
California likely leads the country when it comes to the issue of people squatting in or on property owned by someone else. Over the course of a number of years, squatters have taken possession of vacant homes in many of the larger urban areas across the state. More recently, homeless encampments have started to spring…
In a considerable number of communities across the United States, including in Southern California, the homeless population is spreading. Not only is the number of homeless people increasing, but where people without permanent homes are congregating is expanding beyond areas that traditionally were associated with people lacking permanent places to live. This has resulted in…
Housing instability is a widespread problem throughout the United States, including in Ft. Collins and in Colorado generally. A common misconception amongst the general public about housing instability is that younger children are resilient and quite capable of “going with the flow” when a family is faced with housing instability. In fact, housing instability has…
The population of homeless people in the United States is classified in a number of different ways. The primary classification system of the nation’s homeless population is based on the time frame different cohorts lack regular or permanent housing. In addition, the homeless population is broken down based on demographic considerations. These different methodologies of…
Over the course of the past decade, an ever-increasing number of homeless advocates and experts on chronic homelessness have reached a consensus on an important issue. Specifically, advocates and experts have come to conclude that quality, long-term supportive housing is a crucial element to solve homelessness. The Housing First Initiative Before diving into why supporting…
The laws and ordinances governing homelessness in cities and counties of Southern California is something of a patchwork that can prove to be confusing in some instances. This stems from the reality that each city and county in Southern California, indeed across the state, has the legal authority to implement its own set of ordinances…
The United States accounts for 5 percent of the world population. Despite having a nominal portion of the Earth’s population, the U.S. has an astounding 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated individuals. In 2016, there were approximately 2.2 million incarcerated individuals in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. This includes people incarcerated on…
A committee of the Los Angeles City Council has approved a plan to employ homeless people to clean up trash and litter from streets, sidewalks, and alleyways throughout the city on November 1, 2017. The program has not yet received final approval by the City Council as a whole. Homeless people would be paid to…
Tonight. Across the United States. Approximately 144,000 veterans will be homeless, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The rate of homelessness among vets is about twice as high as that of the general population. The VA has stated that eradicating veteran homelessness is a major priority of the agency. Accomplishing this goal necessitates…
You might think that a simple question is “what are the panhandling or begging laws and ordinances in Southern California?” The question may be fairly black and white, but the answer to the query injects many shades of gray into the equation. The reality is that the state of the law regarding panhandling or begging…
Homeless youth are defined as are individuals under the age of 18 that lack parental, foster or institutional care. Homeless youth are also referred to as unaccompanied youth. This category of the overall homeless population doesn’t include youth under the age of 18 who are homeless with their families. Homeless youth refers to young people…
If you’ve spent any time in a more populated community in the United States, you undoubtedly have encountered homeless people. Indeed, at this day and age, the homelessness crisis extends beyond the boundaries of large cities and exists in suburban areas and even in smaller communities with increasing frequency. Individuals with roofs over their heads,…
If you’re serious about protecting your property from trespassers, you must not only post “No Trespassing” signs in conspicuous locations on your property, but you need to file a “No Trespass Form” annually with the Los Angeles Police Department. A “No Trespassing” sign should state the following: THIS PROPERTY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. No Entry…
There exists an array of different types of services available to homeless men, women, and children in the city and county of Los Angeles. Presented here is a comprehensive list of various services and resources for homeless people in the greater LA area, including everything from emergency shelters to medical centers and facilities. Comprehensive List…
More than one in five homeless people in the United States is in California, according to the UC Berkeley School of Law. Homelessness can be divided into two categories: chronic and episodic. Los Angeles has the highest rate of chronic homelessness of any community in the nation. There are a number of reasons why homelessness…
The manner in which the possessions of a homeless person can be disposed of has been the subject of evolution over the past dozen years. What has happened in Los Angeles provides a good example of this evolution. In 2006, a court settlement was reached in a lawsuit involving homeless people living in encampments in…
There is a considerable amount of debate over how to address the massive homelessness problem in Los Angeles. An aspect of that debate is how can the homelessness issue be addressed in LA without further burdening the residents of the city and county with higher taxes. The fact is that there doesn’t exist a simple…
The concept of vagrancy laws is in flux in the state of California at this juncture in time. Vagrancy laws have become something of a broader umbrella term for certain types of laws as opposed to referencing specific statutes or ordinances. Specific Types of Conduct Prohibited by So-Called Vagrancy Laws In California, laws that fall…
Over a half million people in the United States are homeless. 50 percent of the country’s homeless population is spread across five states: California New York Florida Texas Washington Two cities, Los Angeles and New York City, are home to the lion’s share of homeless individuals when considering the top 10 municipalities leading the homelessness…
The debate over how to handle the problem of homelessness rages. The stark reality is that nearly any proposal that comes down the pike becomes controversial. One proposal that gets trotted out with regularity is to convert certain public parks into campgrounds for the homeless. The Essential Arguments of Proponents of Converting Some Public Parks…
In many local communities across the United States, elected officials and residents alike are apt to note that homelessness is one of the major problems in the city or town. With that said, and despite media focus being paid to the issue, homelessness remains a problem nearly everywhere that seems unsolvable. There are, in fact,…
Over the course of the past five or six years, there has been a migration involving homeless people from downtown Los Angeles and Skid Row to communities across LA County. In addition, homeless encampments have been spreading in a similar fashion. You may live in a neighborhood in which this type of activity is occurring…
Homeless encampments are becoming more prevalent throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Up until about five or six years ago, homeless encampments were a phenomenon of downtown Los Angeles and Skid Row. In this day and age, homeless encampments literally can be seen just about anywhere in Los Angeles County, including in the most upscale…
People who’ve spent time in both Japan and the United States oftentimes make the observation that they don’t see homeless people in Japan. This is a fair observation. Homeless people are not widely seen in Japan. The same is not the case in many cities in the United States. The lack of visibility of homeless…
In March, voters in Los Angeles County approved a quarter-cent sales tax increase to help homeless people. The tax increase went into effect a couple of months after winning voter approval through the ballot initiative known as Measure H. Overview of the Sales Tax for the Homeless The sales tax created by Measure H is…
Over the course of the past five or six years, homeless encampments have sprung up in locations across Southern California. The fact is that no community appears to be immune from homeless encampments. Indeed, the shocking reality is that no neighborhood seems to be excluded from the prospect of a homeless encampment. You may have…
Homelessness in California comes in many forms. One way of classifying homeless people in California is by utilizing the underlying reason why persons become homeless initially or remain homeless over the longer term. Working Poor One type of homeless person in California is the working poor. In this day and age, a considerable percentage of…
An ongoing discussion across California is focused on homelessness. A primary element of this discussion involves how and why the California homeless population has been on an upward trajectory. Indeed, many Californians wonder why the state’s homeless population has exploded. Has the California Homeless Population Really Exploded? When presented with the question “has the California…
Los Angeles is home to about 58,000 homeless people at this juncture in time. Of that number, about 66 percent are not sheltered. About 38,000 people are not situated in homeless shelters, and similar programs, but are living on the streets. This includes men, women, and children who are located in homeless encampments. Recently, there…
At the end of 1992, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, together with the Mayor and City Council of Los Angeles, came together to create the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. The primary goal of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is to coordinate the efficient and effective use of local and federal funding…
In California, as is the case across the country, a considerable amount of discussion is had on whether homelessness is a mental health issue in the United States. The simple answer to this query is: yes. As will be discussed more fully in a moment, mental illness and homelessness intersect in two primary ways. First,…
A hotly debated issue in a good many cities around the country, including in Southern California, is whether U.S. cities should provide places where homeless people can camp legally. In the final analysis, in order to come to a fair answer to this question, you need to consider the pros and cons underpinning the larger…
The manner in which different cities attempt to address homelessness within their boundaries varies significantly. At one end of the spectrum, there are cities that are more open to offering services and developing resources designed to address issues surrounding homelessness within their borders. On the other hand, there are cities that employ aggressive and even…
A decade after the start of the Great Recession, nearly half of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. When living paycheck to paycheck, a person or family is on the edge when it comes to being homeless. There is some debate regarding how many paychecks certain segments of the U.S. population are away from…
One of the ongoing debates in Southern California, where homelessness has reach epidemic proportions, is over providing homeless people with tents. Indeed, providing homeless people with tents is proving to be one of the most passionately debated issues associated with addressing homelessness in communities that include Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Orange County, and…
The homelessness crisis in Los Angeles is described as a national disgrace. The Los Angeles Times has described what historically had been center stage of homelessness in the city: There are few sights in the world like nighttime in skid row, the teeming Dickensian dystopia in downtown Los Angeles where homeless and destitute people have…
A trend in Southern California that has continued apace over the course of the past several years is the movement of homeless individuals from areas in which they historically have congregated, to other points throughout the county, according to the Los Angeles Times. As the Times reports: Homelessness burst its traditional borders several years ago,…
In Los Angeles County, and elsewhere in Southern California, there has been a considerable amount of debate and discussion about homeless encampments. A few years ago, the City of Los Angeles appeared ready to take firm action designed to eliminate homeless encampments. At that time, a slim majority of the City Council maintained that homeless encampments…
Homeless encampments are found throughout the city and county of Los Angeles. They can be found from downtown Los Angeles to a multitude of suburban neighborhoods in the greater LA area. The City of Los Angeles has been embroiled in debates and negotiations with citizens from across the community as well as with advocates for…
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