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SKID ROW-The intricately detailed, in-depth, historical analysis within the 110-page preliminary injunction issued recently by Federal Judge David O. Carter (photo above, center) clearly identifies the roles both the City of LA and LA County have played in masterminding structures of racism through policies, laws, ordinances and more.
All these have combined to create a web of deceit, bias and prejudice against Black individuals and families which has continued for generations across the city and county. This can be directly attributed as the main component in the widespread systemic racism, housing discrimination, systemic oppression that have greatly contributed to the Black homelessness epidemic in Skid Row and across the City and County of LA.
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“This is not what I call a sound bite day,” U.S. District Judge David O. Carter observed Thursday as elected officials shuffled in and out of a tent better equipped for a wedding than a federal court hearing.
And yet here they were, at the heart of L.A. s skid row, nearly a year into a court case seeking relief for homeless people in Los Angeles. Some offered specific remedies they’d like to see to help solve an ever-worsening homelessness crisis, while others spoke of the need for more collaboration and coordination.
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10:01 AM, Feb. 05, 2021An earlier version of this article identified the city’s deputy mayor for homelessness as Jose “Che” Garcia. His surname is Ramirez.