Cities are placing homeless shelters in polluted industrial areas - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Cities are placing homeless shelters in polluted industrial areas - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

By Erin Rode Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — When the city of Buena Park held a town hall about a new shelter for unhoused people, discussions quickly became heated. State funding and a recent lawsuit meant the Orange County city was under tight deadlines to choose a shelter site, and 7101 Lincoln Ave. seemed like a good fit for a type of shelter called a navigation center that includes on-site services. It was near a commercial intersection w…