Whenever I visit my relatives that live around Apollo park I always come to the park itself, the park itself is nice. It has trees, a path for running/walking, a playground, basketball courts and volleyball courts. But the city of Downey needs to take care of one thing ruining this beautiful park. The homeless, there are so many homeless people in the park. And usually I don’t mind the homeless, in fact I give them food or money whenever I can. But they are a concern to the community, they smoke weed in the presence of children, leave trash and scare away regular residents. Not only that, there is an apartment complex right near the park where multiple homeless people have harassed the residents. I know because my Niece’s close friend lives there with her boyfriend. I’ve heard that they’ve snuck in the apartments to hide from the police, left feces near the front of doors and most recently stole expensive items from a car. I’ve even seen one myself! He was snooping around the outside of the complex suspiciously, before he got kicked out. The police have been there more then ever. There are dozens of people living in those apartments, but the city won’t let them fence off the property, they’re safety is at risk! My heart feels for the many families who live there. As someone who was assaulted when I was a teenager I fear for any of the young ladies living there. Not just them but the children living there, the elderly and just out right anyone who seems like an easy target. Not only that but the neighborhood right near Apollo park is also in risk. All of this roots back to Apollo park! The city needs to take care of this issue, before something worse happens.