People whose personal property was seized without notice and destroyed on March 7 on  3rd Avenue filed claims for damages against the city on March 28, said Attorney Carol Sobel.

The claims seek a minimum of $4,000 for each person whose property was taken.

In April 2011, a federal court issued an emergency order, which continues in effect, barring the city from seizing and destroying the property of homeless individuals on Skid Row.