On Wednesday morning the City of Los Angeles planned to clear Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex in South L.A. of homeless encampments. “The cleanup is mainly due to the Public Works Job Fair,” a March 15 sanitation schedule obtained by L.A. TACO noted.
The schedules are typically sent out to outreach workers and service providers during the week either the evening before a cleaning or morning of. They’re not made available to the public and the Karen Bass administration as well as L.A. Sanitation has declined to forward them to L.A. TACO, despite multiple inquiries. Typically city council offices work with L.A. Sanitation and the mayor’s office to coordinate clean ups.
“Our GM Barabara Romero wants to be sure we assist [Recreation and Parks] with getting the park in shape for the job fair. We need to process any encampments, clear any illegal dumpings and assist Recreation and Parks where needed.”
The sanitation schedule noted that there was at least one homeless encampment inside of the park as well as an “encampment on park property on the front of the park near where MLK & Obama merge before La Brea.” As well as potentially encampments in the back parking lot.
“We want the council office and our GM to be proud of the way the area looks on Thursday,” the schedule noted.