Overview

• City outreach teams were on site Tuesday offering housing and services to people living on the fenced Manhattan Place lot.
• Roughly 20 to 30 people have occupied the property for more than a year, with neighbors reporting trash, late-night disturbances and illegal power and water hookups.
• Mayor Karen Bass’s office said agencies will address safety and cleanliness at the site and seek to bill the owner for related costs.
• Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky said she filed a motion with Councilmember Tim McOsker to obtain stronger tools to act more quickly on encampments on vacant properties.
• The Department of Building and Safety is engaging the owner — identified by CoStar as Elk Development — as nearby residents and managers say conditions persist and a full cleanup has not begun.