FULL COVERAGE: Fighting for Skid Row
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Kaiser Permanente is accused of leaving a homeless woman to wander on skid row.
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Increased enforcement is nice but won’t change much until revolving-door sentencing is reformed.
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Under a new strategy, those who are convicted of narcotics-related crimes in the area would face prosecution if they return, the D.A. says.
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From his family’s toy company on skid row, Shu Woo takes photos and videos of homeless drug addicts shooting up. He thinks the situation is only getting worse.
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Rebuffing Villaraigosa, the council rejects a plan to let the homeless sleep on sidewalks at night.
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Business owners and others say a city proposal to outlaw daytime tent cities will do little and may make matters worse.
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A compromise by the LAPD and ACLU limits the hours and skid row areas where people could sleep. Skeptics say it wouldn’t work.
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More talks are slated in an effort to resolve a suit over arrests of homeless who camp on sidewalks.
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The ACLU is blocking a deal while downtown just gets worse.
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As revitalization efforts for downtown move forward, advocacy groups say the homeless are being swept away.
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LAPD’s Chief Bratton wants the city attorney to challenge a court decision barring the arrest of homeless who sleep on sidewalks.
