LOS ANGELES—Sheriff’s deputies joined outreach crews and federal officials on Nov. 1 in relocating homeless individuals in the ‘Veterans Row’, in hopes of clearing up this longtime homeless encampment near Brentwood. Besides decrying the encampment as an eyesore in the upscale neighborhoods for long, some Brentwood residents were also dismayed that many veterans were forced to live in ramshackle tents erected on the sidewalk, in the shadow of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus nearby. At least two homicides have occurred at the encampment, most recently in September, when a man was stabbed when he tried to intervene in a dispute between a man and his girlfriend, authorities reported. U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough recently toured the encampment and vowed last month to find temporary housing for about three dozen homeless veterans living there. He also indicated the VA would work to provide housing for another 500 veterans in the Los Angeles area by the end of the year. “The VA, they’re …