Three Families. 9 Children. Two News Segments.
Last week, media outlets from KTLA5, ABC7, & Univision34 did a series of broadcasts from West Rancho Dominguez/East Gardena showcasing our ongoing issues from the environmental issues created by the RV’s, the crime and families living on our streets. We spent the weekend working to get resources to those families in the segments.
On Monday morning, we worked to get appointments with Harbor Interfaith in San Pedro so the housing process could begin. These are the efforts your Chamber of Commerce is doing to reshape our streets into cleaner, safer areas. Getting the homeless to accept services, removing the nonworking, unregistered vehicles, reporting & removing the waste and having the media showcase our efforts.
#Let’s Collaborate PT Deux
Business Leaders, Elected Leaders, Government Officials, Law Enforcement Agencies, Homeless Outreach Providers & Neighbors came together for discussions regarding the issues impacting the Unincorporated LA County Areas of East Gardena/West Rancho Dominguez. Our goal was to hear an update from Supervisor Mitchell regarding the RV Pilot Program and when it would go into effect. While we did not get a firm start date, we have the Department of Justice, Environmental Crimes Unit now assisting us.
The Meeting. The Plan. The Collaboration.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023, the Harbor Gateway Chamber of Commerce & TR Trading Company hosted a Community Business Meeting. We had over 100 businesses, building owners and neighbors join us. The room was packed with agencies from throughout the Unincorporated LA County areas, the City of Gardena, City of Los Angeles along with Elected Leaders. Media from KTLA5, ABC7, FOX11, & Univision joined us.
We will post a resource guide over the weekend.
Comunidad preocupada ante las condiciones deplorables en las que viven familias en casas rodantes
Rosy Maldonado llegó a Los Ángeles en agosto de 2022 y desde ese momento habita una de las 450 casa rodantes que hay en Gardena junto a sus hijos. “El agua la agarramos de la pompa y la luz con el generador”, dijo. Así como Rosy, son muchas las familias que viven en malas condiciones, por ello habitantes, líderes comunitarios y dueños de comercios se unieron para buscar una solución, pues aseguran que es una problemática de salubridad e inseguridad que los está afectando.
Business owners, residents meet with elected officials to discuss RVs cluttering streets in Gardena
Local business owners and employees are frustrated with the growing number of RVs housing homeless people and cluttering streets in Gardena.
A meeting between local law enforcement, business owners and elected officials took place on Thursday to discuss health and safety worries and potential solutions to the crisis that is starting to affect the daily lives of people in the neighborhood.
“They pull up in vans, RVs, trucks, whatever it is, and pull out their hoses and just dump all their waste,” said Ivan Montes, who works in the area. “It’s horrible…sometimes you can’t even work [because] the smell is so bad.”
Workers in the impacted areas say that the residents of the RVs are not the friendliest neighbors.
#Let’s Collaborate.
Collaboration at its finest! Today we brought together some of the business community and some of the homeless in the area. This was a chance to explore the situation from both sides. To listen to their experiences was quite unsettling. A local business reached out to ABC7 to help us with getting coverage on the Environmental Impact harming our business corridor. East Gardena/West Rancho Dominguez and Harbor Gateway are now on the radar.
This Is About Us.
This is about us.
Every other Wednesday, we organize a Collaborative Homeless Outreach Event. Service providers from throughout the South Bay join forces and work with the RV community
(Agencies include HOPICS, LAHSA, Harbor Interfaith, PATH, St.Joseph’s Center, City of Gardena Homeless Services, MHA-LA, and CityNet).
Today, Wednesday, July 26 we visited folks living along Main Street, Compton Blvd, Broadway & Alondra, 118th Street and Spring & Lennon. Our efforts are getting more people off the streets and into housing, shelter and/or rehab. One RV at a time at it’s working. Remember there are 450+ RV’s that have been on our streets for over 2+ years. It will take time and effort.
IS THERE A PLAN?
This meeting is for all businesses, building owners, employees, and vendors in the Unincorporated LA County areas of East Gardena/West Rancho Dominguez, Willowbrook, Compton & Carson. We are inviting in the Sheriff’s Dept, the HOST Team, CHP, LAPD, & other law enforcement agencies, the Mayor’s from the surrounding communities, Homeless Outreach Providers and Supervisor Mitchell’s office to sit down, discuss the concerns and talk about the plan.
WE NEED EVERYONE BUSINESS, EVERY BUILDING OWNER, EVERY EMPLOYEE, EVERY VENDOR to join us. It is time to work together and figure out a solution.
State Of The Area.
Let’s start with the issues. Last week’s clean up resulted in 119 RV’s relocating to other locations in the area. Redondo Beach Blvd, Compton Blvd, 157th Street, Main Street, Avalon Blvd, and Spring & Lennon were hit hard. Areas that were previously cleaned up suddenly had the RV’s returning. It was difficult to witness it. […]
Community Engagement.
Community Clean Ups are just one more way we are involved in our neighborhoods. To date, we have removed a staggering 674 tons of waste from the streets using community volunteers. This past Saturday, the Harbor Gateway South Neighborhood Council and Councilmember Tim McOsker arranged for multiple dumpsters that community members could utilize to simply dispose of their unwanted treasurers. Rudy G from the Neighborhood Council was leading the charge and driving each street picking up the large bulky items. Two hours into the clean up, we had filled both dumpsters.