Pico Rivera Officials Seek to Transform Slaughterhouse Property up for Sale in City

Sale of last LA slaughterhouse delayed, as city of Pico Rivera steps up to ‘re-imagine’ site

Several animal-rights organizations, led by the group Animal Outlook, demonstrate at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles during the Sheriff’s auction of the Manning Beef property in Pico Rivera on Wednesday January 28, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) The auction of the Manning Beef property in Pico Rivera was postponed Wednesday, Jan. 28, even as city leaders and animal rights advocates arrived at a Los Angeles co…

Sale of last L.A. slaughterhouse delayed, as city of Pico Rivera steps up to ‘re-imagine’ site

Animal rights advocates support Pico Rivera in bid to turn the site into public open space, affordable housing or a sustainable food hub.

Animal advocates protest sale of one of L.A.'s last large-scale slaughterhouses

Animal advocates gathered outside the downtown Los Angeles courthouse on Wednesday to protest the auction of a former Pico Rivera slaughterhouse. Manning Beef recently filed for bankruptcy, and advocates say they’ll oppose any buyer who will use the facility to continue operations as a slaughterhouse. The city of Pico Rivera announced it would support a [...]

Pico Rivera officials seek to transform slaughterhouse property up for sale in city

Officials say it's an opportunity to shape the future of the site. "Whether through direct acquisition or collaboration with a new owner, our goal is to ensure this property never again operates as a slaughterhouse..."

Pico Rivera aims to buy L.A.'s last slaughterhouse to keep other meat processors from moving in

The city of Pico Rivera says it will try to purchase a slaughterhouse facility with an aim of bringing new purpose to the site.