A group of protesters spent Monday night camped outside City Hall, as part of a nationwide series of demonstrations against Wall Street.
Monday marked the third day of the "Occupy Los Angeles" protest.
Peggy Mears is fighting foreclosure on her home. The movement is for everyone whose fed up with corporate greed, she said.
"Deregulation is the cause of the financial crisis, not teachers, not unions, not public workers," said Mears, who is with the Alliance for Community Empowerment.
In the morning, participants marched south on Broadway toward Pershing Square and then headed back to City Hall on Hill Street.
There were no arrests, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Cleon Joseph of the Media Relations Section.
Joseph did not provide an estimate of the number of demonstrators, citing department policy.
Protesters also demonstrated at Chase bank, some even sat in the lobby for a short time, protesting corporate influence on government, bank bail outs, and tax breaks.
"Occupy Los Angeles" is a solidarity group to Occupy Wall Street, which began a protest in New York City on Sept. 17 in opposition to greed and corruption, according to its website.
"I think it sends a message of unity, of a whole," according to Tom Smith of Occupy LA. "We stand as a nation."
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