Citing fire risk, L.A. city may get more power to remove hillside homeless encampments - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
by Noah GoldbergFebruary 18, 2026
Los Angeles city officials may be empowered to remove homeless encampments from hillside areas at severe risk of fire, even without the property owner's permission, under a proposal that the City Council moved forward on Tuesday.
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Originally published on Los Angeles Times on 2/18/2026