Law enforcement raids sprawling hoarder house in Sun Valley

A team of Los Angeles firefighters, city officials and law enforcement raided the property of a home in Sun Valley that has been described as a growing junkyard over the past five years.

Sky5 was overhead shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, as the teams worked their way through the large property in the 8600 block of La Tuna Canyon Road that is littered with old cars, tires and wheels, large appliances and trash.

KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports on July 17, 2024.

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[ggeorge]

I don't understand these people. I worked for a man who rented homes and apartments. He had two large properties filled with junk. Cases of caulking, paint, old newspapers, cardboard boxes, etc. The paint and caulking were so old they were all hardened. He actually admitted he had lost over one million dollars in rent as the places were filled with this junk and he could not rent them.
I tried to help him clean it up, but everything I tried to throw away he would say no, I might need that. I worked for a woman who had a nice ranch house with a swimming pool. She called me to work on a mobile home she was living in in a park. It was filled with junk also. She actually moved out of the house she owned and into a trailer at the park because the house was unlivable as every room was filled from top to bottom with trash. She did not think she had a problem, just not enough storage space.

[Brad_Huff]

If it’s their property leave them alone!

[benjaminlibertarianscorpio]

Very sad situation… this woman could lose her property and the son doesn’t seem to care

[joelonzello]

After clearing a hoard house 3 years ago ( $9, 000 in dumpster fees ) I wont set foot in another. Some homes look completely normal but hide horrors within 😝

[therose]

The mom is responsible since it’s her property. Son should have be evicted years ago.

[Trail_Trash]

I have a friend who worked for an old man for years on a 850 acre ranch in Santa Ynez Valley, Ca where the old mans own son stored 100's of old cars and junk to the point the county came after them for not being zoned for a auto junkyard and forced them to clean it up, when the old man died he left the property to my friend because he had a love for the land as he did and left the son nothing. in the end it was the attorneys who made the most of it all with the son fighting the will for years and draining the bank account that was also left with the land.

[vuaeco]

These county officials can't have their priority straight. How about downtown LA? It's a thousand times worse than this. You've got tents, encampments, RV's (that don't move) everywhere. Trash, human wastes, used needles litter the street. And they worry about this man litter his own land?

[stevejones]

so the city only acts when the resident is already in custody and unable to dispute the warrant.

[jmfs]

It looks like a large junkyard from Google Maps. It's a fire road and looks impassable.

[bradsanders]

A local hillbilly had the usual 100+ cars and trucks rotting away on his 30 acres, + much other junk.

He wanted to sell the property after he moved be done. Its a toxic waste site now.
They wouldnt say how many 100's of 1000's of dollars to make it pass inspection but it is a lot.

His junkyard is no where near the size of this illegal junkyard. Not even 1/10th.

This woman knew what was going on and kicked the can down the road, the city knew what was going on and kept kicking the can down the road.

[PamiShoodrani]

Did everyone here read the recent article about this? It took that article to finally get some reasonable action. The mother had been previously arrested, which she didn't seem to mind. She is a classic enabler protecting her son and now that he's been arrested, maybe _she_ as the owner will finally put her foot down.
If David continues to live independently, he will continue to hoard. This problem won't go away until David is living with someone or a multi-family complex, etc. He requires oversight to monitor his hoarding addiction. Treatment? If it's therapy, I don't believe that works for addiction. There are pharmaceuticals to treat alcohol/substance addiction which are effective for other addictions, as well.

[gotyoutriggered.]

His property, he can do whatever he wants with it.

[joesantana]

You would think? To have a huge piece of land? You would have a lot of pride to keep it

[kenmore]

The son was taken to jail on unrelated charges to get him the heck out of the way of them infiltrating their property.

[TreeLBollingTreeMan]

Meanwhile the sidewalks of skid row LA are unusable due to trash, human waste and wasted humans.

[Imanimal-lover]

Is the hoarder going to be charged for this HUGE clean-up ?

[bradsanders]

If you go out driving in rural America? There are all levels of this "hoarding of junk" going on all over.
Somehow living in the great beauty of the outback makes some want to live in a junk yard acres wide.

People hear they can drop off their unwanted vehicles and junk, so they do so. For years.

[billmoran]

Not condoning his mess but this is just another example of why you don’t really own your property in California if the government is unwilling to clean up the streets, freeway overpasses and trail ways that have been invaded and destroyed by people occupying them, then how is this man being jailed for using his own family property for his private purposes.

[olivervision]

What’s the law(s) that are being broken?

[PalmBeachDog]

Looks like Sepulveda blvd but those people get a pass.