Councilman Bob Blumenfield said today that human waste is being illegally dumped onto city streets from some of the motor homes that have cropped up around Los Angeles, and he wants the city to hire a company to clean it all up.

RVs have become a common sight on L.A. streets in recent years as the number of homeless people living out of campers continues to grow.

There are about 2,363 people living out of RVs in Los Angeles, based on the latest homeless count in January. Even so, there are few public dumping stations for motor homes in the San Fernando Valley. The closest one to the West Valley is 20 miles away, according to a motion introduced by Blumenfield.

“This is an issue of public health,” he said. “This motion is about exploring solutions to clean our streets and make sure that the city is doing everything possible to stop illegal dumping.”

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The motion comes as complaints from businesses and residents have risen throughout the city about the increase in motor homes, prompting the city to send towing contractors to haul away vehicles that are unregistered, illegally parked for longer than 72 hours or pose a sanitation or hazardous waste risk.

Blumenfield’s idea is to award a contract to a company that would pump waste from the RVs. The motor homes’ occupants, many of whom are homeless, would need to sign up for housing placement services or their vehicle would have to be among those being waitlisted to be towed.

Blumenfield said Wednesday that for the city to send out an existing sanitation bureau contractor would cost about $1,000 a trip, but if they are able to find a company that specializes in pumping out sewage, it may cost around $25 each time.

The motion also calls on city officials to look into work with public and private RV dumping stations to provide vouchers to people who live in RVs and are in the process of being placed into housing.

Blumenfield said he also wants to use this potential RV dumping program as an opportuntiy to help those who are homeless, and to help get services to people “who are in a bad situation.”

“We’re trying to get them not to live in their vehicle,” he said. “That’s not how we want people living, but also we don’t want them to be slapped with tickets for sewage and not being able to dump it.”

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The rise in towing jobs has overwhelmed some of the city’s contractors, prompting two companies in March to break off their contracts to tow heavy-duty vehicles like motor homes. The companies have cited the sanitation conditions associated with the vehicles and an inability to recoup expenses, as reported by the Daily News.

Last year, contractors towed an average of about 83 motor homes per month, totaling roughly 1,000 for the year, according to a report from the city’s towing garage.

As part of an agreement with at least seven towing companies that stepped up this month to take on the motor home towing jobs, the city has also agreed to “contain” any sanitation issues in the RVs, such as mending leaks in sewer tanks, city officials told the Daily News earlier this month.