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HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — <\/span>Neighbors are raising concerns over a new tiny home community under construction in Hollywood. It’s supposed to be a transitional place to help the homeless, but neighbors worry it will bring more problems.<\/p>\n

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The sidewalks of Hollywood block once overrun by encampments have remained clear for months. Now, neighbors say a new city-run transitional community under construction threatens to upend the security they’ve finally restored.<\/p>\n

The new tiny home transitional community for the unhoused is being constructed at Sierra Vista Avenue and Oxford Avenue.<\/p>\n

“There’s got to be a better place than plopping this place down here amongst the homes and renters. It’s a working-class neighborhood,” said Keith Johnson.<\/p>\n

Each of the residents who spoke to Eyewitness News said the day Mayor Karen Bass and city colleagues showed up just two weeks ago for a groundbreaking ceremony was the day they found out the odd-shaped lot at the bend in the road is being transformed into a 51-unit tiny home transitional community for the unhoused.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Hollywood residents divided as construction begins on 51-unit tiny home village to house homeless<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some Hollywood residents are expressing concern over a 51\u2011unit tiny home village for the homeless as construction for the project officially kicked off Thursday.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

That day, Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez told Eyewitness News, “We door-knocked on over 700 doors. We had dozens of conversations, if not hundreds, and 80% of the folks we talked to say they want to have this here. I think neighbors recognize encampments already exist in the area, and what they were asking from us is to bring more resources.”<\/p>\n

“When I approached a couple of people from the city, they were trying to gaslight me,” said Michelle Guzman, who lives nearby. “He said, ‘Oh, I talked to you about this. We canvassed the neighborhood.’ I said, ‘I’ve never seen your face before. You never talked to me about this.”<\/p>\n

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Guzman and her neighbors say they have navigated sprawling encampments, tents equipped with air conditioning units, solar panels and a hostile population for years.<\/p>\n

“In my three years here, I’ve had my car vandalized, motorcycle vandalized — residents had to move out because they were attacked by homeless,” said Miquel Cardenas.<\/p>\n

ABC7 On Your Side Investigates was there last August, when front-end loaders from Mayor Bass’ “Inside Safe” program carried away the encampments.<\/p>\n

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READ MORE: LA cleans up encampment after frustrated residents turn to 7 On Your Side<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Residents in an East Hollywood neighborhood turned to 7 On Your Side Investigates months ago because they were fed up with an encampment. On Thursday, the encampment was finally cleaned up.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Now, neighbors worry that the tiny home community will be a more permanent version.<\/p>\n

“As many other people believe, it’s a mental health and an addiction problem. It is not a housing problem,” Stefanie Keenan said.<\/p>\n

With the city’s homeless crisis at the center of a hotly contested mayoral race, the Tiny Home transitional development weighs heavily on this pocket of Hollywood voters.<\/p>\n

“Is it going to affect who you’re going to vote for?” Eyewitness News Reporter Liz Nagy asked Guzman.<\/p>\n

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“Yes, definitely. But I also want a solution. I don’t want people to be treated badly. They’re humans,” she said.<\/p>\n

Neighbors acknowledge that there’s little they can do to stop the construction that’s already underway.<\/p>\n

A flyer from Soto-Martinez’s office promises the development will be staffed 24\/7 with security, and says the inside of the community is a drug-free zone.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Residents near East Hollywood homeless encampment turn to 7 On Your Side for answers from the city<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Residents near an encampment in East Hollywood say they don’t feel safe and wish there was more help for the homeless. They turned to 7 On Your Side Investigates to get answers from the city.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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