A business owner is sounding the alarm, alleging that a growing trash pile and nearby encampment have impacted his business in downtown Los Angeles.

Robert Lipkin owns two warehouses on 14th Street and leases them out to produce distributors. But the situation with the encampments has gotten so bad, Lipkin says it's affecting business.

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"I just don't know how this can be allowed to continue," said Lipkin. "There's raw sewage being dumped on the streets. They steal water from the fire hydrants, and they crawl up the poles and have wires and get electricity.

Lipkin adds that the situation is not only impacting his business but poses a security threat as well.

"One fella had a gun one day, waving at this tenant. The p

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