Some Koreatown neighbors Monday raised the alarm over a homeless encampment on an empty lot with worsening conditions.

The lot on Manhattan Place between 7th and 8th streets is in a residential area, largely surrounded by apartment buildings, just three blocks from Wilton Place Elementary School.

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But despite the no-trespassing sign and the black fence around it, homeless people have been moving into the lot, setting up their own community with tents, furniture, trash and other household items.

Neighbors said the number of people who appear to be living on the lot has grown in recent months.

“They started coming one by one. Now it’s too many,” said Ricardo Recinos. “Not safe for us anymore. No more.”

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