WESTLAKE DISTRICT, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Parents -- and even the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent -- want action after an encampment near a school in the Westlake District has popped up again.

The encampment is located on Wilshire Boulevard near Little Street, and it was first reported by ABC7 On Your Side Investigates .

Dozens of children walk past it every day as they go to and from Esperanza Elementary School.

"I would die before I do that," said David Alexander when talking about letting his three children walk alone near the encampment.

"I've seen syringes, I've seen bottles of alcohol," said Patricia Garcia, another parent at the school.

Many children who walk through the area said what really bothers them is the stench, which they described as "smelling lik

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