Residents say mudslides affecting La Habra homes are made worse by encampment debris, broken infrastructure

Residents are blaming a mudslide — and other past mudslides — affecting a La Habra neighborhood on a homeless encampment blocking a nearby drainage pipe and pre-existing damage to infrastructure.

Video from Sky5 taken Wednesday morning shows the aftereffects of the mudslide and an encampment littered with debris behind Wilshire Avenue in La Habra, located in a neighborhood near Beach Boulevard and Lambert Road.

More specifically, the encampment is in the drainage area behind homes that border railroad tracks. Across the way is Terraza Park, which has playground equipment for children.

The reoccurring issue has been going on for the last few years and presents itself every time it rains, nearby residents say, as debris from the encampments behind the homes clogs critical drainage routes,