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7
Jail for the Homeless
Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and Police
Chief Daryl Gates have decided that people who
live on downtown sidewalks must go to jail. The
Jailing of people who have no place else to live
borders on the criminal.
Homeless people have until Thursday to find
lodging or they face arrest for breaking a law thai
prohibits living on public sidewalks. Police will
provide vouchers good for a week at a cheap hotel,
but those vouchers will prove worthless when the
few available rooms are taken.
The mayor wants to protect the people who live
and work downtown. He Is right that they should
be able to do so free of fear—no one should have to
walk a gauntlet—but the police should target the
narcotics dealers and other criminals for arrest, not
every homeless person.
Emergency shelter and inexpensive permanent
housing are almost impossible to find. Finding
room in the county's severely overcrowded Jails for
hundreds of homeless men and women may prove
equally challenging.
The city attorney, James Hahn, has said,
however, that he will not. prosecute homeless
people on the sidewalk law.
Providing temporary shelter is a county responsibility, but the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors has done little more than talk. City
officials deserve more credit for their leadership.
The mayor promises an additional 1,700 city beds
in the pipeline starting this summer, but those
promises won't help anyone when the arrests
begin.
Bradley, at least, shows some compassion, unlike
Gates, who has, he said, not "one ounce of
concern." He believes that many homeless people
have the means to take care of themselves and that
the vast majority want to live on the streets to be
where the action is. That Just isn't so.
The homeless men and women Who live on the
streets of Skid Row have lost Jobs, houses,
apartments, families and, too often futures. They
need safe shelter, not Jail cells. Mayor Bradley and
Chief Gates should call off the arrests.
Object Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991 |
| Description | Newspaper clippings (Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Daily News, New York Times, Sentinel) and magazine articles (U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek) documenting Los Angeles Police Department misconduct under Chief Daryl F. Gates, 1978-1991, compiled by Irving Kessler and Lynn F. Kessler. Includes: Introduction, Contents, Excessive force, Rodney King, Mexican nationality, Civil rights, Property, Silence, Discrimination, Accountability, Gates intolerance, Recommendations. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1978/1991 |
| Creator |
Kessler, Irving, compiler Kessler, Lynn F., compiler |
| Publisher (of the original version) | Los Angeles Times; L.A. Weekly; U.S. News & World Report; Los Angeles Daily News; New York Times; Newsweek; Sentinel |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA; Washington, DC, USA; New York, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991 |
| Date issued | 1978/1991 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 368 p. |
| Format (aat) |
clippings (information artifacts) articles summaries |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Complaints, suggestions, and support |
| Box and folder | box 23, folders 7-9 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box23-07_09 |
Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991, p. 338 |
| Format (imt) | image/tiff |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | 7 Jail for the Homeless Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and Police Chief Daryl Gates have decided that people who live on downtown sidewalks must go to jail. The Jailing of people who have no place else to live borders on the criminal. Homeless people have until Thursday to find lodging or they face arrest for breaking a law thai prohibits living on public sidewalks. Police will provide vouchers good for a week at a cheap hotel, but those vouchers will prove worthless when the few available rooms are taken. The mayor wants to protect the people who live and work downtown. He Is right that they should be able to do so free of fear—no one should have to walk a gauntlet—but the police should target the narcotics dealers and other criminals for arrest, not every homeless person. Emergency shelter and inexpensive permanent housing are almost impossible to find. Finding room in the county's severely overcrowded Jails for hundreds of homeless men and women may prove equally challenging. The city attorney, James Hahn, has said, however, that he will not. prosecute homeless people on the sidewalk law. Providing temporary shelter is a county responsibility, but the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has done little more than talk. City officials deserve more credit for their leadership. The mayor promises an additional 1,700 city beds in the pipeline starting this summer, but those promises won't help anyone when the arrests begin. Bradley, at least, shows some compassion, unlike Gates, who has, he said, not "one ounce of concern." He believes that many homeless people have the means to take care of themselves and that the vast majority want to live on the streets to be where the action is. That Just isn't so. The homeless men and women Who live on the streets of Skid Row have lost Jobs, houses, apartments, families and, too often futures. They need safe shelter, not Jail cells. Mayor Bradley and Chief Gates should call off the arrests. |
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