Owners of mobile home park destroyed in the Palisades fire say they're finally clearing the debris

"Former residents of the Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates, a roughly 170-unit mobile home park completely destroyed in the Palisades fire, received a notice Dec. 23 from park owners saying debris removal would start as early as Jan. 2. The Bowl is the largest of only a handful of properties in the Palisades still littered with debris nearly a year after the fire. It's left the Bowl's former residents, who described the park as a "slice of paradise," stuck in limbo."

""The day before Christmas Eve ... it triggers everybody and throws everybody upside down," said Jon Brown, who lived in the Bowl for 10 years and now helps lead the fight for the residents' right to return home. "Am I liable if I can't get this done right now? Between Christmas and New Year's? It's just the most obnoxious, disgusting behavior.""

Owners of Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates notified former residents on Dec. 23 that debris removal could begin as early as Jan. 2 after months of silence. The roughly 170-unit park was completely destroyed in the Palisades fire and remains one of the largest properties still littered with debris nearly a year later. FEMA rejected requests to include the park in the U.S. Army Corps cleanup program. The city declared the site a public nuisance but has not identified funding to front debris clearance. Owners instructed residents to remove burned vehicles because contractors need titles to dispose of them. Residents face uncertainty about returning home and distrust owners' promises.

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