Photos: Officials clear homeless encampments from Dockweiler Beach
Marc Sternfield
Authorities cleared homeless encampments along Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles on Thursday, using trash bins and backhoes to remove the makeshift shelters.
The cleanup was announced the day before, with signs posted at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey informing unhoused individuals that the area would be cleared at 7 a.m. Thursday. The operation proceeded as scheduled.
Tyler Eyre, 30, from Salt Lake City, Utah, packs his possessions as police and Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors workers cordon off his beach camp during a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at the Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors workers assisted by police conduct a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at the Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles police and Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors workers conduct a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
City of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks crews remove homeless encampments near the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, a sewage treatment plant, at the Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
City of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks and sanitation crews remove homeless encampment at the Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Tyler Eyre, 30, from Salt Lake City, Utah, salvages a few possessions as and beach workers remove his beach camp during a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Seen through a toppled shopping cart, police and beach workers remove homeless encampments at the Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A couple packs their personal belonging as Los Angeles Police and Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors workers removed their tent as they conduct a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Tyler Eyre, 30, from Salt Lake City, Utah, tries to salvage a few extra possessions as police and Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors workers cordon off his beach camp during a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at the Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors workers assisted by police conduct a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at the Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles Police demand a man to clean and pack up personal belongings as they conduct a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles Police pull a tent away as they conduct a cleanup operation to remove homeless encampments at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Unlike other recent clearances, such as those in Long Beach, the encampments at Dockweiler were spread out across the beach rather than concentrated in one area. Jim, a man who had been living on the beach for a month, said the cleanup was expected, as officials had been gradually clearing nearby areas for weeks. He expressed uncertainty about his next steps.
