Shell Ave RV's: One gone, one left. Cops know him and believe he will be gone soon. Block by block, community by community,city by city and this does not negate the need many people have in these troubled U.S. times, but it needs to be better planned to accompany those with resources and those without. The bums, though, try the desert between here and Vegas. Bravo LAPD task force.

RV that remains on Shell Ave, just moved across the street, between Milwood and Palms, as street cleaning is tomorrow on the side he had been parked all day. He is cozying down for the night but has to go. The longer he stays the more who will join him. He needs to know this and be accomapnied to a spot elsewhere. I beckon assistance from LAPD and council office and of course the neighbors. It's the old broken window theory. How about you?

Here's another option – noticed an old white Ford van with curtains drawn and Florida plates at the end of my block about 6:30 one morning. Definitely a "newbie" to the neighborhood, never had seen this vehicle before. I just started pounding on the rear side panel (about where the waterbed would be) and saying "this is not a campground".  Guy was gone within half-an-hour and has never been back.

Part of what these VD's are looking for is an area where can they sleep in, and won't be disturbed. They're always in for an early morning wake-up if they park on my block. Admittedly, this tactic works better with smaller vehicles than big campers or buses.