LA struggles to cope with possessions of homeless

[Liberal_in_LA]

LA struggles to cope with possessions of homeless

Everything from toasters to typewriters is piled high on a Skid Row sidewalk under the watchful eye of a woman who calls herself Mercedes Benz.

The sidewalk is public property, but the possessions are hers and her neighbors, setting up a conflict between the homeless and a city trying to bring order where chaos reigns. Since a federal judge ordered the city four months ago to stop seizing property from Skid Row streets, sidewalks already teeming with people are now crammed with stuff.

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A quick survey of the area recently revealed 20 packed shopping carts lined up along one block. A tent stood on a street corner with a makeshift barrier around it. Another block boasted an empty golf bag, a playpen, a dusty computer monitor and a vacuum cleaner among many sundry items.

""This would never be tolerated in other areas of the city," fumed Estela Lopez, executive director of the Central City East Association, which represents downtown business owners near Skid Row.



Individual homeless personal belongings are stored in single storage plastic bins at the Central City East Association, CCEA, a 20,000-square-foot warehouse downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The 95 gallons plastic bins are renewed weekly to accommodate the high storage demand of the transient population of skid row area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/la-struggles-to-cope-1212664.html

[Lindsay]

1. So Ms. Lopez has no problem

with a society that allows so many of its citizens to be homeless, but that they're allowed to have possessions bugs her?

[MahayanaLotus]

2. Boggles my mind!

Let's just put it in plastic bins. As according to the wishes of the high echelons degrading you of your needs. Degrade you of your needs.