Authorities cleared homeless encampments along Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles on Thursday, using trash bins and backhoes to remove the makeshift shelters.
The cleanup was announced the day before, with signs posted at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey informing unhoused individuals that the area would be cleared at 7 a.m. Thursday. The operation proceeded as scheduled.
Unlike other recent clearances, such as those in Long Beach, the encampments at Dockweiler were spread out across the beach rather than concentrated in one area. Jim, a man who had been living on the beach for a month, said the cleanup was expected, as officials had been gradually clearing nearby areas for weeks. He expressed uncertainty about his next steps.