About the only thing growing faster than the mounds of junk in a Lawndale front yard are the frustrations growing amid neighbors.
The property at the corner of Mansell and West 156th streets is blanketed with what the city calls “junk, trash and other debris” in a civil suit against the owner. Neighbors say the owner has been collecting junk and storing it in her yard for several years.
“Just started piling up,” said Eddie Trujillo, who’s lived next door to the lot for 53 years. “I’m very, very frustrated.”
Trujillo thinks it’s been about four years since the junk started collecting at his neighbor’s house and says snakes and other pests have since started coming onto the property he shares with his mother.
“I want them to get this out of here because I’m worried about my mother. My mother is 80 years old,” he told Eyewitness News.
Trujillo is not alone. Several other neighbors have watched the trash pile up and feel helpless when it comes to solving the problem.
“This is terrible,” said Mario Carrillo, who has lived across the street from the home for the past 45 years.