East LA Family Flees 85 Million Pounds of Rotting Food, Camps at Beach as Voucher Zone Misses Home
Updated
Updated · KABC-TV · Aug 1
East LA Family Flees 85 Million Pounds of Rotting Food, Camps at Beach as Voucher Zone Misses Home
3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Aug 1
Summary
Stephanie Hernandez, her husband and four children have been sleeping near Dockweiler Beach after the odor from the burned Lineage warehouse became unbearable during this week’s heat.
The family said the stench from once-frozen food rotting in the summer sun caused vomiting and fears about what their children were breathing, pushing them to leave their East Los Angeles home.
Hernandez sought temporary housing through 211 and Airbnb’s relief program, but her home falls just outside the current eligibility map and she said she has not heard back from a case manager.
About 400 households have been offered temporary housing so far, while Lineage says it has removed more than half of the 85 million pounds of waste and is providing aid to nearly 800 nearby homes.
County and 211 officials said they are reviewing Hernandez’s case and considering a wider voucher zone, underscoring complaints that the odor is spreading beyond Boyle Heights into East LA and Commerce.