SLUMS BENEFIT CHARITIES

For the last two years, City Atty. James K. Hahn has asked that sentences for Los Angeles landlords convicted of maintaining slum conditions include requirements that they make contributions to organizations assisting the homeless and underprivileged. In all, slumlords have given more than $150,000 to such organizations, with the leading beneficiary being Las Familias del Pueblo, a Skid Row social service agency.

ORGANIZATION SLUMLORD DONATIONS Las Familias del Pueblo $24,446 Union Rescue Mission $15,000 Downtown Women’s Center $14,000 Community Redevelopment Agency $11,790 Good Shepherd Shelter for Homeless Women $7,500 Los Angeles Men’s Place $5,000 Midnight Mission $5,000 Para Los Ninos $5,000 St. Francis Center $5,000 Valley Shelter $5,000 Betty Ripp Women’s Center $4,000 Los Angeles Mission $4,000 Fred Jordan Mission $3,350 Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation $3,000 Chrisalis Center $2,500 St. Vincent’s Center for the Homeless $2,000 Other (direct assistance to former tenants) $14,000

Source: City Attorney’s Office