A new report found that more than 25,000 complaints made to MyLA311 were about homeless encampments.
Crosstown L.A. found that from July 1 through Sept. 30, 386,000 calls were made to MyLA3211. Almost half of those calls were made by people who wanted something picked up like an old couch or a washing machine. 25,133 of those calls, however, were about homeless encampments, with 2,564 complaints being made in the Westlake area. Koreatown was second with 1,022 calls followed by North Hollywood with 978 calls.
Jon Regardie, the managing editor of Crosstown L.A. told KNX News’ Jon Baird they crunched the numbers from the MyLA311 dataset . He believes the increase in calls could be due to people hearing about the drop in the homeless population.
“In the past, some people may have said, ‘You know, I’m not gonna call, nothing’s gonna happen,’” he said. “But if they are actually seeing in the city that tents are being cleared in other places and people on the streets are being housed, they might say, ‘You know what if we actually make calls and complain in this neighborhood, maybe something will finally be done about that encampment down the street from us.’”