Storms Floods Death Skid Row Homeless Encampments Downtown Los Angeles
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Storms Floods Death Skid Row Homeless Encampments Los Angeles, walk with me on a very stormy windy and rainy day on skid row as everyone tries to stay dry. Today was a difficult day for the homeless as the storms caught everyone off guard including myself as I struggled to keep my umbrella in one piece. It seems like we have more people waiting in line for food now on skid row. Alot of people seek shelter indoors during the storms. There is a Memorial for another person Dead on Skid Row this time her name was Simone and far too often I am seeing more memorials on Skid Row. Circumstances are vague on causes of death, but it can be overdose or drug violence or a burned-out tent set trying to stay warm at night, but more deaths are commonplace now.
Skid Row, officially known as Central City East, is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles. It contains one of the largest stable populations (approximately 9,200-15,000) of homeless people in the United States and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s1. Covering fifty city blocks immediately east of downtown Los Angeles, Skid Row is bordered by Third Street to the north, Seventh Street to the south, Alameda Street to the east, and Main Street to the west12.
The term “skid row” or “skid road” originated from a logging context. Loggers would transport logs to nearby rivers by sliding them down roads made from greased skids. Loggers who accompanied the load to the bottom of the road would wait there for transportation back up the hill to the logging camp. Over time, the term began to be used for places where people with no money and nothing to do gathered, becoming the generic term in English-speaking North America for a depressed street in a city1.
In terms of demographics, the racial makeup of Central City East includes approximately 39.7% Black/African American, 22.3% White, 16.3% Asian, and 15.1% Hispanic or Latino residents. The population is spread across various age groups, with a significant portion falling within the 25 to 54 age range. While there is currently no up-to-date population estimate due to limited data, it is estimated that the population increased by 13% after the COVID-19 pandemic1.
Skid Row remains a notable district in Los Angeles due to its long history of police raids, targeted city initiatives, and advocacy efforts related to homelessness1. If you’re interested in learning more or getting involved, you can explore resources like the Skid Row People’s Market, which responds to structural racism and criminalization of poverty by providing access to healthy food and equitable jobs3, or the Skid Row Marketplace, which serves as a destination for fresh organic produce, art, culture, and civil rights resources4.
At least the streets are getting cleaned with the rain as the piss, shit, and toxins get swept out to the Pacific!
More Ocean pollution .
I hate to think what else gets washed out to sea.
Toxic chem rain to boot.
Are the tent people putting in wooden pallets (as used in grocery stores to showcase soda displays) to elevate the floor of their tents, so the water doesn't soak the from underneath?
I don’t think so but they use them as walls for support. I see people drying out carpets the day after storms and hanging cloths on fence’s
There are plenty of leftover Japanese internment camps all over the US. I suggest they be reopened.
I wonder if they got any type of power sorce? WiFi? Must be very tough to live without Internet and/ or any source of watching, movies and listening to music?
Some tents have power stolen from somewhere and also I see generators running and indoor their is a washing clothes facility so I’m sue outlets inside
Crazy how L.A got so much rain. San Diego was sunny anf beautiful!
Only way anything will get cleaned up around here.
Perfect conditions for sickness to set in . . . being wet all the time. 😂 🇺🇸 💀
I'm sure they get free Healthcare at taxpayer's expense .
Could be Bubonic Plague is here. Last year they reported it was in offices downtown but they will cover it up
Don’t see people on the zombie drug there😮
Thank God
Some areas can't even walk on the sidewalk !
Only in California !
Yeah the homeless don’t want you to peak in tents so they block the sidewalks completely!
@@walkingtourseurope8526 Is it legal ?
March 16,2024?😢
You have a tough job, but someone has to do it right?