""If he was homeless, nobody would be pointing a camera in his face and trying to record him or his living situation," Wilson said."
""He's a one-man operation, and this is how he makes his money," Jaynes said. "He's not bothering.""
""the Trash House""
A brown, Spanish-style stucco home on North Martel Avenue in the Fairfax District features three-foot-high stacks of garbage bags across the front yard. Mayor Karen Bass previously visited and declared the property a public health emergency, prompting city crews to clean up the home. Property records identify the owner as Raymond Gaon, who has lived in the two-bedroom house since the 1990s. Neighbors are divided: some alerted television crews, while others defend Gaon as a private, 71-year-old Vietnam veteran who collects recyclables to make income and declines to speak to reporters. Friends describe a meticulous recycling regimen and ask for tolerance.
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