L.A. Activists Demand Real Solutions to Housing Crisis as City Cracks Down on Homeless Encampments

L.A. Activists Demand Real Solutions to Housing Crisis as City Cracks Down on Homeless Encampments

As cities nationwide crack down on unhoused populations and soaring rents force people out of their homes, the Los Angeles City Council faced major protests this week when it voted to ban encampments for unhoused people near schools and daycares. The vote expanded an anti-homeless ordinance to include nearly a quarter of the city. “What they’ve done is to just put a finer point on their intention to criminalize folks out of the city of Los Angele