When county health inspectors went out recently to Los Angeles’ skid row, they found overflowing dumpsters, trash-strewn streets and alleys and rodent burrows.
brings new attention to the city’s squalid conditions.
Her business improvement district covers about 80% of what is traditionally known as skid row, and her group picks up from five to seven tons of trash a day in a $2-million annual operation paid for by the property owners, she saidThe Department of Public Health said in a statement Wednesday that inspectors had issued 85 violations after touring the skid row area last week.
Inspectors went to skid row last week “in response to recent health concerns around a skid row encampment.” The county plans to expand surveillance activities of encampments throughout the region, the statement said.
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