changed. Yeah It's the second of the month on 131st and Broadway and runs past Do when they don't pay is like I get the pink slip here and then I get a posse because I got a gang of them. They might have weapons that may have guns. They want to get out. And when things go down out here , it's not pretty threatened to tear up my truck threaten its 16 dog on me threatened to shoot me and I'm by myself. I got a bad hip. Lt grams sick of this because he deals with it every month. I don't want these trailers. I do this to help people. I'm a recovering addict . I've been sober 16 years. Thank God. Grams got for of these RVs and the ever growing homeless encampment of 500, plus campers in six square miles. Buy them from the auction. See I'm not trying to keep them in there forever. So I gave him the trailers to live in, and then they start trying to take them from formerly homeless, he says . This is his way of giving back as long as you pay your $500 rent. I told him if you paid me 1500 cash, you can have a pink slip to the trailer is yours If you live in the trailer for months is $500 a month. If you go looking at big trailers, got two beds in there with 14 of them in one trailer. And four kids then after I gave them naturally Mama came She was all living in there with them. I say y'all 2,000,001 of the 14 is Maria Hardy, who invited us in to see how they all fit. It's been awful. Really I'm just trying to stick it out for my mom. And then every time it rains and stuff, the roofs they leak in, and I have to sleep on this bed right here and it leaks continuously on me, and it's She's too small in here to keep someone from stealing it. A small motorbike commands most of the floor space in between the two beds that 14 people share with an extension cord strategically held up by this pink teddy bears toes. The kitchen consists of a microwave underneath the bong, kids toys, hot sauce and garlic salt. In order for us to make any food and stuff we have to Unplug everything like the TV phones and stuff and plug it in. What's it like at night? It's just Do you have to just watch all your stuff? Because they come past they stole the kids bikes in their scooters and stuff from outside. We had him locked up. They cut the locks off and Somebody robbed dispensary and stuff is burning down over here. I told my mom like no, we have to go to be scary little kids here. Yeah very. The kids don't even come outside at night. They have to stay in the house. We have to keep them in the house. You think this is better than living in a homeless shelter? No. Rather live in the shelter. Yes, Why don't you Because I'm on medication and they don't qualify me. What's the worst stuff you've experienced living here? Um people trying to get in. Like the door. It doesn't lock. So they're able to open the door and just come in when they want to. Thieves druggies bad guys who come in for whatever they want inside this largest concentration of homeless RVs and mostly unincorporated L. A county problems only continue to grow this fire one of four just this week in April, we told you about 20 homeless fires here all within one mile in one week. Enforcement and community leaders. They try to help, but they've only made a small dent. They cleaned up several streets at the end of May and have a big sweet plan for July. Voluntarily Leading the charge is David Matthews, Even though his community of Harbor Gateway only represents about 5% of the encampment, where roughly 3500 homeless stretching down about 30 blocks, call home and I think the biggest thing is the families. I think having all these Children in these RVs, especially with the heat coming we've got to get. We've got to get the family Off the streets and many kids now We have over 100 Children on the streets right now, In this corridor in six square miles, yes. Whether or not hardy and her 13 roommates will soon have to park somewhere else. Her message to outsiders looking in Where where people just like
