Newly-elected councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez held his first town hall meeting Thursday for Spanish speakers in the Echo Park community to address concerns about his plan to remove the fence around the lake.
A community townhall was held in Echo Park to discuss whether the chain-link fence around Echo Park Lake should stay or go.community to address concerns about his plan to remove the fence around the lake.
"Tonight [Thursday] we're gonna have our very first public town hall to hear folks' concerns and we're gonna talk about our plan as much as we can about us taking down the fence at Echo Park lake. I know there's a lot of emotions behind this but that's my job now. I want to bring people together on this very polarizing issue," said Soto-Martinez.
However, many residents in Echo Park are concerned about what will happen if the fence is removed, and shared their concerns during the town hall. There was a large encampment directly outside of El Centro Del Pueblo, where the meeting was held, and several residents asked Soto-Martinez about how he plans to prevent more at the lake, if the fence is removed.
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