Occupy Wall Street protesters camped outside City Hall in Los Angeles are holding eviction parties as the deadline for them to leave passes.
City officals had given the group until midnight local time on Sunday to depart. The protesters are part of a world-wide movement against corporate greed.
Police have been handing out leaflets informing occupants of the nearly 500 tents that the clock was ticking, the BBC reports.
The police chief says his officers will seek to encourage people to leave peacefully, but suspects some arrests are likely.
As the deadline approached, some of those camped outside attended sessions on resistance tactics, including how to stay safe should police begin firing rubber bullets or use pepper spray.
