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   basic responsibilities.   
      
   Councilman Bob Blumenfield said today that human waste is being   
   illegally dumped onto city streets from some of the motor homes   
   that have cropped up around Los Angeles, and he wants the city   
   to hire a company to clean it all up.   
      
   RVs have become a common sight on L.A. streets in recent years   
   as the number of homeless people living out of campers continues   
   to grow.   
      
   There are about 2,363 people living out of RVs in Los Angeles,   
   based on the latest homeless count in January. Even so, there   
   are few public dumping stations for motor homes in the San   
   Fernando Valley. The closest one to the West Valley is 20 miles   
   away, according to a motion introduced by Blumenfield.   
      
   “This is an issue of public health,” he said. “This motion is   
   about exploring solutions to clean our streets and make sure   
   that the city is doing everything possible to stop illegal   
   dumping.”   
      
   The motion comes as complaints from businesses and residents   
   have risen throughout the city about the increase in motor   
   homes, prompting the city to send towing contractors to haul   
   away vehicles that are unregistered, illegally parked for longer   
   than 72 hours or pose a sanitation or hazardous waste risk.   
      
   Blumenfield’s idea is to award a contract to a company that   
   would pump waste from the RVs. The motor homes’ occupants, many   
   of whom are homeless, would need to sign up for housing   
   placement services or their vehicle would have to be among those   
   being waitlisted to be towed.   
      
   Blumenfield said Wednesday that for the city to send out an   
   existing sanitation bureau contractor would cost about $1,000 a   
   trip, but if they are able to find a company that specializes in   
   pumping out sewage, it may cost around $25 each time.   
      
   The motion also calls on city officials to look into work with   
   public and private RV dumping stations to provide vouchers to   
   people who live in RVs and are in the process of being placed   
   into housing.   
      
   Blumenfield said he also wants to use this potential RV dumping   
   program as an opportuntiy to help those who are homeless, and to   
   help get services to people “who are in a bad situation.”   
      
   “We’re trying to get them not to live in their vehicle,” he   
   said. “That’s not how we want people living, but also we don’t   
   want them to be slapped with tickets for sewage and not being   
   able to dump it.”   
      
   • RELATED STORY: As RV towing resumes in LA, officials say   
   program won’t ‘target homeless’   
      
   The rise in towing jobs has overwhelmed some of the city’s   
   contractors, prompting two companies in March to break off their   
   contracts to tow heavy-duty vehicles like motor homes. The   
   companies have cited the sanitation conditions associated with   
   the vehicles and an inability to recoup expenses, as reported by   
   the Daily News.   
      
   Last year, contractors towed an average of about 83 motor homes   
   per month, totaling roughly 1,000 for the year, according to a   
   report from the city’s towing garage.   
      
   As part of an agreement with at least seven towing companies   
   that stepped up this month to take on the motor home towing   
   jobs, the city has also agreed to “contain” any sanitation   
   issues in the RVs, such as mending leaks in sewer tanks, city   
   officials told the Daily News earlier this month.   
      
   http://www.dailynews.com/health/20170726/rv-occupants-are-   
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