Homeless activists are calling on the city to redirect money spent on police-led sanitation sweeps each year toward showers, water fountains, bathrooms, trash collection and regularly scheduled cleanups for people living in the city’s many street camps.
Nafeesa Ansar, who has been homeless for more than two years, stands outside her camp with her dog, Monk Monk, on Alvarado Street after a news conference to announce a campaign to shift city money from camp sweeps to homeless services.
“We get a ticket for just having a shopping cart,” said the 40-year-old, who said she has been homeless in Los Angeles for more than two years. “I get panic attacks and anxiety.”Ansar was part of a protest by a coalition of homeless activists and health and housing providers, who called on L.A.
Years ago, Los Angeles agreed to let homeless people outdoors overnight, and now 22,000 homeless people live on the streets in the city — by far, the largest number in the country.Los Angeles Police Department’s HOPE teamsMayor Eric Garcetti’s spokesman, Alex Comisar, said homeless people can retrieve essential property that is collected during a sweep. But the city “cannot store items that are contaminated or soiled.
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