page_title: Hansen Dam
section_title: Homeless people
hierarchical_section_title: Hansen Dam / Homeless people
caption_attribution_description: English: Signage for Hansen Dam Recreation Area
context_page_description: Hansen Dam is a flood control dam in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, in the Lake View Terrace neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1940. Hansen Dam was named after horse ranchers Homer and Marie Hansen, who established a ranch in the 19th century.
  The Hansen Dam Recreation Center is located in the flood control basin and surrounding slopes behind the dam.
context_section_description: Hansen dam has drawn a growing population of homeless people. These people settle within the park or near the Tujunga Wash in obscure areas. There have been efforts to clean both these areas. Officials spent over $300,000 in September 2015 to clean up these areas, but the transients continuously return. A growing California housing shortage has contributed to the growing homeless population that reside in the park. As of 2015 the homeless population in Los Angeles grew 12% since 2013.
caption: Signage located within Hansen Dam Recreation Area
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