Driving down Compton Boulevard or even on 129th Street and Athens Way the stretch of RVs seems endless. The Harbor Gateway Chamber of Commerce said they’ve tracked 500 RVs set up in a 6.5-mile area of unincorporated Los Angeles County. Getting them to move has been a logistical nightmare that started with the moratorium placed during the pandemic and only grew. “Tow operators will not touch an RV and then you have hazardous waste,” said David Matthews, President of Harbor Gateway North Chamber of Commerce. “What do you do with that? And then if they do take it, what do you do with the people who are in the RV?” For years now, Matthews has been working to find some answers. He said he’s been equally moved by the desire to protect local businesses and his sympathy for the unhoused. He said there were 170 RV fires in the area just last year.
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