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Los Angeles RV dwellers are - dumping their shit tanks on public streets and driving away.

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Aug 6, 2017, 7:07:25 AM8/6/17
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Check out this left wing idiot's plan to absolve people of their
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Councilman Bob Blumenfield said today that human waste is being
illegally dumped onto city streets from some of the motor homes
that have cropped up around Los Angeles, and he wants the city
to hire a company to clean it all up.

RVs have become a common sight on L.A. streets in recent years
as the number of homeless people living out of campers continues
to grow.

There are about 2,363 people living out of RVs in Los Angeles,
based on the latest homeless count in January. Even so, there
are few public dumping stations for motor homes in the San
Fernando Valley. The closest one to the West Valley is 20 miles
away, according to a motion introduced by Blumenfield.

“This is an issue of public health,” he said. “This motion is
about exploring solutions to clean our streets and make sure
that the city is doing everything possible to stop illegal
dumping.”

The motion comes as complaints from businesses and residents
have risen throughout the city about the increase in motor
homes, prompting the city to send towing contractors to haul
away vehicles that are unregistered, illegally parked for longer
than 72 hours or pose a sanitation or hazardous waste risk.

Blumenfield’s idea is to award a contract to a company that
would pump waste from the RVs. The motor homes’ occupants, many
of whom are homeless, would need to sign up for housing
placement services or their vehicle would have to be among those
being waitlisted to be towed.

Blumenfield said Wednesday that for the city to send out an
existing sanitation bureau contractor would cost about $1,000 a
trip, but if they are able to find a company that specializes in
pumping out sewage, it may cost around $25 each time.

The motion also calls on city officials to look into work with
public and private RV dumping stations to provide vouchers to
people who live in RVs and are in the process of being placed
into housing.

Blumenfield said he also wants to use this potential RV dumping
program as an opportuntiy to help those who are homeless, and to
help get services to people “who are in a bad situation.”

“We’re trying to get them not to live in their vehicle,” he
said. “That’s not how we want people living, but also we don’t
want them to be slapped with tickets for sewage and not being
able to dump it.”

• RELATED STORY: As RV towing resumes in LA, officials say
program won’t ‘target homeless’

The rise in towing jobs has overwhelmed some of the city’s
contractors, prompting two companies in March to break off their
contracts to tow heavy-duty vehicles like motor homes. The
companies have cited the sanitation conditions associated with
the vehicles and an inability to recoup expenses, as reported by
the Daily News.

Last year, contractors towed an average of about 83 motor homes
per month, totaling roughly 1,000 for the year, according to a
report from the city’s towing garage.

As part of an agreement with at least seven towing companies
that stepped up this month to take on the motor home towing
jobs, the city has also agreed to “contain” any sanitation
issues in the RVs, such as mending leaks in sewer tanks, city
officials told the Daily News earlier this month.

http://www.dailynews.com/health/20170726/rv-occupants-are-
dumping-human-waste-in-las-streets-but-valley-leader-has-a-plan
 

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