Crime & Safety
Squatters Terrorize Wealthy SoCal Neighborhood: Report
One resident described the situation as "absolutely terrifying," according to KABC.
LOS ANGELES — Squatters in a vacant apartment complex in the affluent Beverly Grove neighborhood are lighting fires and stoking fear among nearby residents, according to KABC.
About 20 people who KABC characterized as “transients” have been entering and exiting the boarded complex on Flores Street, a resident told the outlet.
Anita Cavallo described the situation as “absolutely terrifying” and said a woman has set fires repeatedly at the complex, with residents having to extinguish the flames, according to KABC.
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The complex’s owner plans to tear it down and rebuild but for now the squatters remain despite a gate on the property, and the city isn’t helping clear them out, residents told KABC.
"Everyone just blames someone else and tells us nothing they can do,” Cavallo told the outlet.
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The issue is unfolding just days after a gardener in nearby Brentwood was violently attacked by a transient person, according to KABC.
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