Yahoo

Column: He had to leave Echo Park Lake and he's still homeless. Is this what L.A. wants?

The city of Los Angeles cleared a homeless encampment in Echo Park Lake in March 2021. On the one-year anniversary, David Busch-Lilly, who was living inside the park, now lives in his car on Echo Park ...
Yahoo

The fence around Echo Park Lake is coming down. The debate over it rages on

Two years ago, construction crews worked deep into the night around the perimeter of Echo Park Lake, putting up segment after segment of chain-link fence as protesters faced off against police ...
The Eastsider

Echo Park well in the works and more news and notes

Echo Park —Readers asked what was that big green drilling rig doing at Echo Park Lake on Tuesday? The drill, operated by a small crew, was taking soil samples for a groundwater well installation, ...
ABC7

Echo Park Lake fence to be removed by March 31, Councilman Soto-Martinez says

ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A controversial chain-link fence that surrounds Echo Park Lake is scheduled to be removed by March 31, Los Angeles Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez announced Friday.
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Echo Park Lake belongs to the geese. Humans are just visitors

To the editor: Your article on the proliferation of Canada geese at Echo Park Lake touches on public parks in urban settings that are underfunded, and where the disregarding of regulations can lead to ...
AOL

Echo Park Lake encampment is gone. So is the fence. The controversy now? Geese

First, the tents had everyone up in arms. Two years ago, more than 170 tents or makeshift structures encircled Echo Park Lake, a beloved Los Angeles landmark that had became a sprawling homeless ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Echo Park Lake Is Open Again, but the Impact of Its Closure Will Stick Around

On Wednesday afternoon, Echo Park Lake opened to the public again, two months after the city and police forced the relocation of roughly 200 unhoused people living in the park, fenced off the space, ...
LAist

The Controversial Echo Park Lake Fence Is Coming Down

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ABC7

Report: 17 of 183 people removed from Echo Park Lake encampment in long-term housing

ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Only 17 out of 183 homeless people who were removed from an Echo Park Lake encampment last March have been placed in long-term housing, according to a report published ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Is an Echo Park Lake-Style Situation Unfolding at MacArthur Park?

L.A.'s historic MacArthur Park was hit with an ICE raid earlier this morning. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Credit: Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images On September 28, Los Angeles Twitter lit up ...
Los Angeles Times

Echo Park Lake chain-link fence erected for repairs taken down

The chain-link fence that’s confined Echo Park Lake for the past year after city officials removed a homeless encampment in order to make repairs was taken down Sunday evening — but not by park ...