LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles official is proposing a nearly $4 million cleanup for skid row that would give the homeless more access to bathrooms and places to store their belongings.
The Los Angeles Times (https://lat.ms/1kksSjr ) says Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana offered the plan Monday in a report but it will require City Council approval.
The plan would increase 24-hour bathroom access at shelters, add 500 bins at an existing storage operation and set aside an area where the homeless can check their shopping carts for the day.
Santana says nearly 3,500 homeless live in the district and there’s been an overwhelming increase in need. The county in recent years has twice cited the area as a public health threat because of rats, garbage and human waste.
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