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Originally Posted by LA/OCman
I just spoke with the councilman's office and this is what I found out.
The park area near Angel's Flight is currently no-man's land. It was owned by the CRA which was dissolved by the Governor. The City is trying to buy it...which will probably happen. They would turn it into a park which would prevent camping.
The city is close the 1250 units to be built by the city to house homeless. When that takes place the city can petition to get the injunction overturned which currently allows the homeless to sleep on sidewalks.
BTW, the city shelters are not full every night.
The LAPD does not have the manpower to monitor the "sleeping time" on the sidewalks...which is 9 pm to 6 am. Those are the hours allowed to camp overnight. Call the BID security if you see a violation (that is me talking).
Evidently the Group Stakeholders have been meeting on this (Angel's Flight, Loft buildings, Grand Central Market etc.). They are very concerned about the situation. I have seen the homeless set up camps earlier than 9:00 pm.
So...if you are concerned they have nowhere to go at night, think again. There are some options out there but as a city we need to do more to help those in need. In my opinion, if there are beds available we should force them into the shelters or into recovery programs.
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There's so much that can be done with that land. The city could put another simple pocket park, a massive Beijing/Zurich-style bike share, a fountain, educational info about DTLA, a restored yellow car, . . . honestly anything that isn't a homeless colony.