Inside Los Angeles' Skid Row, the epicenter of the homeless crisis

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In downtown Los Angeles, poverty Opens a New Window. on Skid Row is astonishing.

As FOX Business' Kennedy walked through the area with talk radio host Bryan Suits, rows of tents -- some made of tarps, some made of garbage bags -- lined the trash-ridden streets, while some people wearing stained, tattered clothing wandered about, others choosing to remain inside the makeshift dwellings. A distinct odor wafted through the breeze as the two surveyed the landscape.

“You look at where we are right now. This is literally the epicenter of what is called Skid Row, marked on Google Maps because historically this has been Skid Row for 100 years. It just wasn’t supposed to stay like this,” Suits said.

When Eric Garcetti became the mayor of Los Angeles in 2013, the situation deteriorated, Suits said. Homelessness in Los Angeles County spiked by 12 percent over the past year and is up for the third time in four years. Despite two voter-approved tax hikes and more than $600 million spent last year by the city and county and other initiatives, the city has the nation’s largest outdoor-homeless population.

“Now it’s come to a crescendo where the mayor of Los Angeles is now declaring this a federal issue. He thinks the rest of the nation looks like this. The rest of the nation doesn’t do this and doesn’t look like this. Because thing No. 1: They stopped enforcing the law against camping on sidewalks and you have to start somewhere. OK. Drug addiction, mental illness, prior convictions ... but you have to start here and clean these sidewalks,” Suits said.

He is also worried about a number of public health issues, including public restrooms being used as “one-stop prostitution, heroin, meth, stolen junk, centers.”

Another problem, Suits said, are hypodermic needles “around the streets,” despite needle drop-off sites the city has set up.

Kennedy and Suits also spoke with a man named Kevin who was living on the streets for six years, but turned his life around and became a chef.

“I went to California State Prison for about a year and a half … always had a home to go to but I chose not to listen to my family so I ran downtown thinking that it was going to be something different. And when I got downtown it became a nightmare for me,” he explained. “Today, I feed a lot of the homeless —1,200 meals a month downtown. A lot of people ask, 'What do the homeless need?' All they need is love. Somebody to love them without reason … There’s a whole bunch of things that took place in their life.”





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This should be one of the biggest issues in the USA.

Our large cities are disasters, bankrupt, violent crime, hard drugs, school systems a mess, homelessness, infrastructure crumbling (streets, bridges, sewers).

"Does not fit the narrative"... so it is ignored.
 

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This should be one of the biggest issues in the USA.

Our large cities are disasters, bankrupt, violent crime, hard drugs, school systems a mess, homelessness, infrastructure crumbling (streets, bridges, sewers).

"Does not fit the narrative"... so it is ignored.

Lets support the Illegals coming in. Not our own streets
 

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This should be one of the biggest issues in the USA.

Our large cities are disasters, bankrupt, violent crime, hard drugs, school systems a mess, homelessness, infrastructure crumbling (streets, bridges, sewers).

"Does not fit the narrative"... so it is ignored.

• State Senate Gilbert Cedillo (D)
• U.S. House Jimmy Gomez (D)

Here are the two representatives for that area... lets see what their main concerns are!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Cedillo Cedillos ONLY concern and bills he has pushed for were (here comes the SHOCKER!!) --- ILLEGALS!!! Yep, 0 bills for the homeless citizens.....forget the citizens that are homeless and desperate in your districts, people who shouldnt even be in the country need the help

https://www.congress.gov/member/jimmy-gomez/G000585 Gomez signed onto 1 (one) single bill to help the homeless... but, has signed onto 32 bills to help those here illegally since being in office
 

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These cities need to address the primary issues that cause homelessness to include substance abuse and mental health concerns.
 

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Cedillo hasn’t been in the senate for close to a decade. He’s a member of the city council, which doesn’t pass bills
 

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Congressman Jimmy Gomez joined Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Maxine Waters, and Rep. Alcee Hastings in offering an amendment that would restore critical funding for the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
“Despite progress, there is much work to be done to tackle high rates of homelessness,” said Congressman Jimmy Gomez. “I cannot stand by as Republicans push for draconian cuts to the only agency tasked to coordinate efforts at the federal, state and local level to assist homeless individuals and communities. Over 120,000 Californians alone – many in my district – would be negatively impacted by these indiscriminate cuts.”
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness helps to effectively and efficiently combat homelessness by coordinating the federal response to homelessness. The Council works with government, public housing agencies, homeless service providers, and local partners to better align their resources, efforts, goals, and measures of success.
During the August recess, Congressman Jimmy Gomez met with service providers and advocates for individuals and families experiencing homelessness and visited the 50-block area in Downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row, where thousands of homeless men and women live on the street. In the meeting, the advocates and service providers communicated that cutting the funding to the council would impact the effectiveness of their outreach and programming.
“Homeless system leaders and providers in my district have worked hard to provide homeless individuals and families a safe place to eat and sleep,” stated Congressman Jimmy Gomez. “This amendment helps keep the Council’s doors open to address the complex issue of homelessness in Los Angeles and across the nation.”

 

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This bill sponsored by Gomez is currently in committee

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  • Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act

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Cedillo hasn’t been in the senate for close to a decade. He’s a member of the city council, which doesn’t pass bills

U.S.-Mexico border wall
In May 2017 Cedillo authored a motion requiring companies to disclose whether they were involved with the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall promised by President Donald Trump before being able to work with the City of Los Angeles.[30]

In 2011, Cedillo authored a pair of assembly bills to allow illegal aliens to obtain financial aid for universities through both private and public sources. The assembly bills, known as AB 130 and AB 131 for private and public financial aid respectively, became law.[citation needed] The measures have drawn both praise and criticism from various organizations.[citation needed] Proponents claim that the bill would finally narrow the gap in education for a US citizen and an illegal alien, thus providing equality and greater opportunity. Critics have said that the measure is a waste of taxpayer money for an already cash-strapped California with tuition costs increasing and many students unable to continue their education.

Cedillo tried nine times, since 1998, to get bills passed in the California State Legislature that would allow illegal aliens in California to obtain driver's licenses. In 2001 and 2002 Governor Gray Davis vetoed two of Cedillo's bills that would have permitted licenses for illegal aliens.[citation needed] In the midst of the 2003 recall election, Davis backed and signed SB 60 (2003), Cedillo's driver's license bill.[17][citation needed] After Davis was recalled and Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor, the state legislature, with Schwarzenegger's support, repealed the new law before it went into effect.[18] Senator Cedillo agreed to repeal the law he wrote under the agreement with the Governor to work on a bipartisan bill. In 2004, Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 2895, an identical bill to Senator Cedillo's SB 1160 that stalled in the legislature, saying that it did not meet his security concerns. The governor wanted a "marked license" that was identifiable.[19] AB 2895 was introduced to the legislature by one of Cedillo's closest allies, Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Núñez.[20]

In 2005, Cedillo authored SB 60, another driver's license bill. He made new modifications to the proposal, specifying that illegal aliens would not be able to use the driver's license for purposes of identification for boarding airplanes, opening bank accounts, registering to vote, or other rights of U.S. citizens.[21] Again, Schwarzenegger refused to sign the bill, on the grounds that it did not satisfy his security concerns.[22] After Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill, Cedillo threatened to file a lawsuit against the Governor because of his belief that the Department of Motor Vehicles misinterpreted SB 976 (1993), which first prohibited the issuance of driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Illegal aliens in the process of becoming legal residents, and citizens considered to have authorized presence but not legal permanent residency status, are known as people residing under the color of the law.[clarification needed]

In 2006 and 2009 Cedillo again brought the proposal before the California legislature, failing both times.[23] On October 3, 2013, California Governor Brown signed AB 60, allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver's licenses.[24] Cedillo remarked, ″It took a long time, but now it’s here. Today signifies much more than just another bill being signed by our governor. Today is history in the making because it is the day we return justice back to the people.″[25]
 

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Also citing bills from 14 years ago when discussing the “main concerns” of someone in relation to the current LA homeless crisis is evidence of a pretty shitty argument
 

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Also citing bills from 14 years ago when discussing the “main concerns” of someone in relation to the current LA homeless crisis is evidence of a pretty shitty argument

Can you explain how he has been able to make the lives on those ILLEGALLY here much easier... YET the homeless problem keeps growing and growing?

How many bills did he sponsor to help the homeless citizens vs how many bills has he sponsored benefiting illegals --- THATS my point... WHY did he push to do so much for illegals, and pretty much nothing for homeless citizens?
 

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Sorry, I’m not going to trust your research evidence since you couldn’t even catch the fact that he hasn’t been in the senate for ten years. Not a good look for the FACT guy at the Rx
 

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Sorry, I’m not going to trust your research evidence since you couldn’t even catch the fact that he hasn’t been in the senate for ten years. Not a good look for the FACT guy at the Rx

Did the research, and it shows he has done WAYYYY more for those here illegally, and very very little for those citizens that are homeless.

But, since the facts show he cares more for illegals than citizens that need help, you dont "Trust" the facts.

So Wikipedia and .gov facts cant be trusted?

So, give me a trusted source you would like me to use, and Ill post the facts from there.
 

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I’m not questioning the assertion that a California Democrat is a champion for immigrant issues doofus. And I posted evidence showing that Gomez has sponsored more than one bill in terms of homeless assistance. I’m not going to comb through his legislative record. Can you cite your source of only one? It’s clearly wrong as I’ve illustrated, and it took five seconds of research
 

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I’m not questioning the assertion that a California Democrat is a champion for immigrant issues

You left out ILLEGAL in front of the word IMMIGRANT
 

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