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GARDENA, Calif. (KABC) — <\/span>Repeated street takeovers in an unincorporated area of Gardena have sparked growing concern among neighbors, who say the gatherings are dangerous and becoming more frequent.<\/p>\n

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Neighbors said the gatherings of cars and motorcycles have become a common occurrence.<\/p>\n

“Safety is our biggest concern,” said one resident who did not want to be identified. “The number of people that show up to these events, it’s over 500 people on a given day.”<\/p>\n

A second resident who did not want to be identified said the incidents appear to be increasing.<\/p>\n

“It’s getting worse, because it’s more consistent,” the second resident said. “They would do it once, and then have a period where they wouldn’t, but now it’s back-to-back.”<\/p>\n

The takeovers occur along a stretch of Main Street near 154th Street in a largely commercial area that also includes a small pocket of homes that get cut off when takeovers fill the streets.<\/p>\n

Residents said the gatherings can block access to neighborhoods, particularly streets that end in cul-de-sacs.<\/p>\n

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“A lot of that community has cul-de-sacs, so they’re dead-end streets, and if the paramedics can’t get in for an emergency, somebody could die,” the first resident said.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, whose district includes the area, said she is working with the county’s street takeover task force to address the problem.<\/p>\n

“They wouldn’t want their own family members, their grandmother to be at risk of trying to access her own house,” Mitchell said.<\/p>\n

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Mitchell said L.A. County has doubled fines for people who participate in street takeovers. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said eight vehicles were towed last weekend.<\/p>\n

Some residents said they want a stronger response from authorities.<\/p>\n

“I just wish they would care more, because we’ve tried to call in the past, and they never show, or they just don’t think it’s worth it, because it’s such a big group of people,” the second resident said. “But I think that’s why it’s even more important, because it is such a big group of people, that means it’s so much more dangerous.”<\/p>\n

Mitchell said she has asked the Sheriff’s Department to increase enforcement in the area, particularly during the upcoming holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

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