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FULL COVERAGE: Fighting for Skid Row
Kaiser Permanente is accused of leaving a homeless woman to wander on skid row.
EDITORIAL
Increased enforcement is nice but won't change much until revolving-door sentencing is reformed.
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.
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.
THE STATE
Rebuffing Villaraigosa, the council rejects a plan to let the homeless sleep on sidewalks at night.
Business owners and others say a city proposal to outlaw daytime tent cities will do little and may make matters worse.
A compromise by the LAPD and ACLU limits the hours and skid row areas where people could sleep. Skeptics say it wouldn't work.
More talks are slated in an effort to resolve a suit over arrests of homeless who camp on sidewalks.
EDITORIAL
The ACLU is blocking a deal while downtown just gets worse.
As revitalization efforts for downtown move forward, advocacy groups say the homeless are being swept away.
LAPD's Chief Bratton wants the city attorney to challenge a court decision barring the arrest of homeless who sleep on sidewalks.
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