Authorities launched a sweep early Thursday at a large homeless encampment in Van Nuys.
The location is near the 405 Freeway near Oxnard Street, where about two dozen tents were located in a lot next to businesses that include a Public Storage.
NBCLA has reached out to the city for more details.
Video from NewsChopper4 showed wooden pallets, a basketball hoop, portable lavatory and more in the lot.
The encampment is adjacent to the northbound side of the freeway, east of the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area. Homeless encampments in and around the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area have been a persistent issue for years.
In June 2024, a firefighter was hospitalized due to an explosion during a brush fire in the nature area.
In January 2020, sanitation crews removed makeshift structures and debris from a 34-acre site near Encino Creek. The structures and power generators were in a dense forest of palm trees and other vegetation.
The basin nature area is designated as parkland that closes at dusk and reopens at dawn. It is off-limits for camping.
In 2018, there were plans to turn the lot into a safe parking area where people could stay overnight. That plan never came to fruition.
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