Overview
- A small pack of an estimated three to six coyotes has been living in the unfinished condominium at Romaine Street and North Spaulding Avenue, with residents reporting nightly howling and close encounters.
- The four-story, 22-unit project has been stalled and derelict for years and was reportedly home to unhoused people before the animals moved in, which neighbors say concentrated wildlife in the neighborhood.
- West Hollywood points to its 2018 Coyote Management and Coexistence Plan that stresses public education, prevention and humane hazing techniques and says it is coordinating with county and state agencies to monitor the animals.
- In the newest development the city has told the property owner to hire a wildlife control operator to assess the site and humanely remove the coyotes, though no structural repairs to the building have been announced.
- State wildlife officials link higher coyote sightings to warmer weather and habitat loss from 2025 wildfires, residents are urged not to feed the animals, and neighbors say the episode could increase pressure to secure and remediate stalled construction sites.