NC Looking for Parking Lots for Homeless Sleepers

HOLLYWOOD-The Hollywood United Neighborhood Council’s Public Safety and Transportation Committee on Monday discussed the possibility of identifying parking lots that homeless individuals could use to sleep in their cars. 

Erik Sanjurjo, (photo) who chairs the committee, said the council is simply gauging interest, and that no particular locations have been identified. He said he isn’t sure the discussion will lead to anything, but felt it would raise awareness about the ongoing problem. 

“At least in theory, it seems like it would makes sense,” Sanjurjo said, adding that there would only be a few places in Hollywood that would be suitable. 

He said the council discussed the problem a few months ago, and then recently, an appeals court decision struck down the city’s law that prohibits sleeping in vehicles. Sanjurjo said he is hopeful that the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office will amend the law in a way that will be upheld in court. (Read the rest … including ‘in the end things could get worse’ … here.) 

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Vol 12 Issue 59

Pub: Jul 22, 2014