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Belongings of the homeless crowd a downtown Los Angeles sidewalk in Skid Row on May 30, 2019. The city of Los Angeles on May 29 agreed to allow homeless people on Skid Row to keep their property and not have it The federal judge overseeing a lawsuit dealing with the homeless crisis criticized Thursday the slow pace of moving indigents into housing despite an agreement in which the city and county of Los Angeles promised to provide 6,000 beds by next spring.
U.S. District Judge David Carter told parties involved in the suit that production of homeless housing is too slow in light of the threat of the coronavirus and the rise in deaths on city streets. “You’re already so far behind it’s disgraceful,” Carter told officials at a hearing that took place at City Hall because the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles is closed due to the pandemic.
The rise in homeless deaths, dozens of which were caused by the coronavirus, so concerned Carter that he ordered both sides to address efforts they’ve made to immediately provide shelter, housing and services to people experiencing homelessness. Homeless deaths are up 36% in Los Angeles County — with 1,141 […]
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