Overview
- The City Council voted 10–3 Tuesday to rescind 12 district-specific 41.18 enforcement zones in Council District 13, restoring legal camping at named sites in Hollywood, Silver Lake and Echo Park.
- Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez said his office’s outreach and district data showed the zones displaced unhoused people, caused loss of belongings and made it harder to connect people to housing and services.
- Councilmembers Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez voted against the rescissions and argued that location-specific 41.18 zones protect parks, children and neighborhood safety after outreach and clearing operations.
- Ysabel Jurado, chair of the Homelessness and Health Committee, said she will examine the policy’s results and use, signaling the council action could lead to a broader review of 41.18 across Los Angeles.
- Municipal Code Section 41.18 lets the city create no‑camping zones near sensitive sites; critics say those zones simply move encampments without housing people while advocates say they can protect public spaces and pedestrian access, and more than 50 community groups had pressed for the district rescissions.