"Not In My Lobby"

The LA Times take on gentrification in Skid Row...

The urban pioneers who've bought pricey downtown living spaces are understandably eager to see their rough-and-tumble surroundings gentrify quickly. Their investment in the neighborhood, however, doesn't guarantee that it will change. Poverty, homelessness and the services that address them have become institutionalized downtown, largely because the rest of the county wants it that way. The more buildings converted to live-work spaces, the more friction between new residents and the needier souls who preceded them.

Here's the whole piece.