WATTS, CA - JUNE 14, 2022 - - Juan Luis Gonzalez-Castillo, 37, shows where he lived below a manhole in a vacant field in Watts on June 14, 2022. Gonzalez lived here since February of this year, but was forced from the place by an accidental fire that charred the walls inside the storm drain. "One day I walked in to this property and found a drain," he said. "I opened it, and it was dry. I cleaned a spider web. So I started living here," said Gonzalez-Castillo. The City of Los Angeles bought the 10-acre parcel in Watts with a plan to bring clean industries and jobs to Watts as part of the recovery from the L.A. Riots. Twenty-eight years later, the property is still vacant, covered in weeds and is used as a shooting range, a dumping ground for chopped cars and a home for homeless people who build shanties along the periphery of the lot. City Controller Ron Galperin wants it to be developed for homeless housing, but city officials persist in wanting industries. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)