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Most tow companies are refusing to haul away homeless RVs
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Jul 18, 2017
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Most tow companies are refusing to haul away homeless RVs
The number of people living in motor homes across L.A. is up 20 percent from 2016 and with more campers, comes the demand to haul them away.
In this file photo, Darlene Knoll, 53, takes a moment to herself, Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in the Los Angeles neighborhood where she resides with five dogs in her battered 1978 motor home after losing her job and home five years earlier. Under an Assembly bill meant to protect homeless people, local governments could not punish people caught sleeping in cars. AB718 advanced to the Senate on Monday, June 1, 2015, with a 54-to-12 vote.
In this file photo, Darlene Knoll, 53, takes a moment to herself, Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in the Los Angeles neighborhood where she resides with five dogs in her battered 1978 motor home after losing her job and home five years earlier.
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The number of people living in motor homes across L.A. is up 20 percent from 2016 and with more campers, comes the demand to haul them away.

Almost 2,500 people live in motor homes across L.A., according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

That's a 20 percent increase from 2016. More people living in RVs means more residents are complaining—and demanding the campers be hauled away.

But there's a problem. L.A. tow companies are refusing. They say the RVs are too unsanitary. Elizabeth Chou has been writing about this. She's a reporter with the L.A. Daily News.

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