SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) — A community advocate took action after catching employees of a local moving company in a truck apparently dumping unwanted furniture in her neighborhood.
Cecilia Bautista’s security cameras recorded the incident on Aug. 3.
“I feel offended and violated,” Bautista said.
In the recordings, a truck labeled PRO MOVERS INC. was seen leaving behind old couches and mattresses in the alley of Bautista’s apartment complex in the neighborhood known as Minnie Street.
“So I went outside and I told the guy, ‘Don’t do this because I got you on camera,’ and he just starts laughing,” Bautista said.
Bautista works alongside nonprofits advocating to clean up the area. They include the Green Madison Park Neighborhood Association, or Green MPNA, and Madres en Acción, which translates to Mothers in Action.
“We’ve been having a problem with the railroad tracks, with a lot of homelessness in the area. A lot of that trash flows into these communities and our neighborhoods, but …