“I’m Fed Up!”

The Los Angeles Downtown News reports today on the latest downtown L.A. effort to “take back the streets.” It quotes Don Garza, a resident in downtown and an editor of the Downtown Central City East Blogger, as saying, “I’m fed up!” Click here to read article. I think most people would echo Mr. Garza’s sentiment.

People are fed up with the lack of community effort to resolve homelessness—whether it is in downtown Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood, or where ever. As the homeless capital of America, Los Angeles is inundated with people sleeping on the streets. With 91,000 people who are homeless in the county, the leaders of Los Angeles must start a new effort to resolve this issue.

The Central City East Neighborhood Watch walks, led by Central City East Association and the Midnight Mission, and supported by LAPD and Councilmember Jan Perry, are a good start. “The goal is to let the thousands of men, women and children living on Skid Row know the community is willing to help, and to warn drug dealers and other criminals that crime won’t be tolerated.”

The walks are scheduled on the first Wednesday of the month at 6 pm in front of the Midnight Mission.