"There have been unintended consequences that have negatively impacted the homeless and mentally disabled people, with unpaid citations for jaywalking leading to people going to jail and a focus on small-quantity drug buys ending up with ordinary addicts being sent to state prison,"
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The Safer City Initiative has added police but few social services.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Skid row crime drops 35%, but the program is faulted
Labels:
Chronic homelessness,
civil rights,
Los Angeles,
mental health,
Skid Row
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