It's called the Santa Ana River Trail. I used to road bike it a few years back when none of the homeless were there. It was nice because you could literally ride for miles without having to worry about mixing it up with vehicle traffic.

The homeless encampments seemed to appear overnight. Haven't been there since, nor will I.

The government is literally cleaning house as we speak:

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/01/2...to-this-point/

The situation is pretty much a disaster. People on the right accuse the homeless of being lazy parasites. People on the left say the government isn't doing anything to create low-income housing, and sky-high housing prices are to blame. Meanwhile, there's nowhere for them to go.

Personally I think the cause is somewhere in the middle, but government is definitely to blame one way or another. I tend to lean right in these matters. The government should help the mentally ill and those with drug addiction but for the rest, nobody has a God-given right to live in Orange County. If it's too expensive here, move somewhere else and take some responsibility. I don't want a bunch of Frank Gallaghers squatting in my back yard....