US News ‘Chic’ California enclave sends homeless packing with free bus, plane tickets: ‘Don’t actually want to be here’ By Jared Downing Published July 13, 2025, 6:42 p.m. ET ...

According to the mayor, the city on average has received 300 calls a month about homeless encampments on state-owned land near highways, leaving city officials hands’ tied.

One-year pilot program will allow city crews and law enforcement to enter five-mile stretch of freeways that run through Little Italy, downtown, Sherman Heights, East Village and Barrio Logan.