Richman (Echo) Park

Instead of getting rid of the drug rehab they decide to place right next to the park, they instead add boxes for addicts to "place their needles." This community had this 1 park to enjoy and now it's the private back yard of an inpatient drug rehab. Instead of families being able to relax in the park, you can barely walk through it anymore. For a couple of years the inpatient place was closed, and the park truly became a spot you could bring the whole family to enjoy. Once they reopened the place, it went down hill. The rehab has many many tables out front for them to sit, however they choose to sit next door in the park SO THEY CAN GET HIGH. The drug rehab should take more responsibility for ruining this community's one major park. It's also one of the only parks in walking distance with off leash hours for your dogs, which again is basically unsafe to utilize anymore. Tax payers of this neighborhood, who pay to maintain this park, should ban together to relocate the druggies. Move the rehab to the administrators neighborhood and take it out of ours!!