skid row

Jeff calls the politicians, developers, and non-profit agencies that flourish in this racket "poverty pimps," because homeless people are a commodity - something you use to make money. He says the LA Police Department is also in on the scam. They have a $2-billion budget that would go away if the crime rate dropped.

Mayor Eric Garcetti pledged $300,000 in funding to pick up trash and sanitize affected areas, including parts of Skid Row, but the plan has not been implemented - the City is not even power-washing or sanitizing this extended area where cases of typhus were found.

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