Gangs turn LA’s homeless camps into squalid ATMs – collecting rent and running open air drug markets

Source: New York Post

On Los Angeles streets, tents aren’t just signs of homelessness — they’re where gangs openly deal drugs, sell women and collect rent. Whether its RV rows choking Compton Boulevard, Skid Row’s packed tent maze or the once-quiet pockets of the Westside, encampments have morphed into open-air drug markets.    This isn’t chaos — it’s control.