LOS ANGELES – A house covered in trash in the Fairfax District, where neighbors say they’ve been complaining for years, was in the process of being cleaned up Wednesday.
City crews descended on the house, commonly known as ‘the trash house’, shortly after LA Mayor Karen Bass met with local residents.
“We just spoke to several of them and I assured them that we are going to mobilize every and any city agency and this will be dealt with today,” Mayor Bass said.
Images from SkyFOX show multiple cars on the property buried underneath bags of trash. Piles of trash can be seen in the front and back yards.
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The house was cleaned up years ago, but since then, trash has continued to piled up.
“I see the guy, seems like a nice elderly guy, and he just sort of brings stuff, seems like recyables and garbage. Brings it in a little cart and piles it on a daily basis,” said one neighbor.
“This is part of 8 – 10 years ongoing violations. There are 23 instances of citations. It starts to get cleaned up and then doesn’t get cleaned up. But we are going to take care of this,” said councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky.
“Obviously this has been going on for a while and this is just outrageous. I am tracking this from last night to find out where complaints were logged and what happened in the process. My focus today is getting this done today,” Bass added.
The homeowner and resident were not home at the time of the cleanup.
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