City workers showed up at a La Habra neighborhood on Thursday to help residents clean up mud that spilled onto four yards after debris from a nearby homeless encampment clogged a nearby drainage pipe.

April Contreras and her neighbors said the trash and furniture from the encampment have clogged the large drainage pipe for years. Their situation worsened after a wall by the pipe broke five years ago, causing rainwater and mud to spill onto their yards.

"It's a disaster," Contreras said on Tuesday.

When the neighbors raised their concerns with city officials, the officials directed them to the Union Pacific Railroad, which owns the property. The homeowners claim they've been stuck in a loop with both sides blaming each other.

"They're basically just finger-pointing," resident Vince Da

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