AdvertisementCaltrans owns more than 200 residential properties in El Sereno acquired to make way for the now-abandoned 710 Freeway extension. AdvertisementAs for the remaining vacant homes and apartments, which number at least 120, there’s little indication they’ll be filled any time soon. AdvertisementWith the help of some friends who jimmied the back door, Sasha Atkins, 31, walked into an empty home in El Sereno with plans to stay. “I am homeless.”AdvertisementFor now, Caltrans has once again boarded up the vacant homes after the attempted Thanksgiving occupations. And on Monday night, a bouquet of flowers alight with Christmas ornaments appeared in front of vacant homes.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 23, 2020 13:52 UTC