A homeless encampment is pictured under a U.S. Route 101 underpass in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 17, 2020. A federal judge issued a preliminary order on Friday requiring that thousands of homeless people living in encampments under Los Angeles freeway overpasses and underpasses, and near entrance and exit ramps, be relocated for health and safety reasons. Those who live under and around freeway overpasses and underpasses "are exposed to severely heightened public health risks as a result of where they live," U.S District judge David Carter wrote in the order filed in Los Angeles federal court. About 59,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County, and roughly.6,000 to 7,000 of them live near freeway overpasses, underpasses and ramps, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI