Skid Row L.A.: Dead Men Walking
Four deaths in Skid Row Los Angeles yesterday. Three by overdose and one caused by health failure. Three men, one woman. Here's the article.
What does it take for our community to respond to such human loss?
The Los Angeles City Council’s response? Form a committee.
Last summer, in Phoenix a dozen homeless people died because of the heat. Last month, a half a dozen homeless died in Paris, France because of the extreme cold.
Now, here in Los Angeles, the homeless die because of lawlessness and lack of health care. When a Captain from the LAPD is the voice for the community’s response to homelessness in Skid Row, we know there is something wrong.
We need more action, and less words to this failure on the streets of Central City East (Skid Row).
posted by LA's Homeless Blog at
8:19 AM
2 Comments:
Captain Smith is certainly not alone in his assessment of the problems on Skid Row adn works very closely with Soc Serv Providers in the area to mitigate some of the problems...He or some in his capaciity rightfully speaks to public safety concerns surrounding this partricular genre of homelessness...he doesn't admit to be an authority on homelessness, but rather a person that can speak to behaviors that run afoul of the law...he also comments about commuity standards or lack there of in the area...
Good to see you on the blogs Orlando.
I replied to Mack Reed over at lavoice.org. I let him in on how the relocation of the midnight mission has had a dramatic effect on how we as residents see skid row and how the MIdnight mission has contributed in the collaboration of working on improving the conditions of Central City East. Mack Reed seems tobeleive that not until Steve Lopez's article was anything being done to improve conditions here, We know that it has been happening for quites sometime and a heavy hitter such as the midnight mission moving into the area has made it easier to have the whole community collaborate.
People fail to realize that it is ( in my opinion) as a result of the midnight mission moving to 6th and San Pedro , that all of the organizations , businesses , and residents have been putting pressure on the LAPD to do something about problems here.
People seem to think Captain Smith all on his own figured out there was dumping going on here. Those of us in the Senior Lead officer meetings and at other times have told the powers that be what these problems are.
I think it is important that at least someone like Captian SMith speaks on the subject of lack of standards in the area.
Good job to social service providers such as the midnight mission and others who collaborate to continue to improve conditions in the area for those of us who live and work here in central City East
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