Kevin Paffrath has some ideas for solving this. The Democratic Party seems bent on preventing him from having a fair shot.
The alternative is the Trump party?
Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
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Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#12Todd said she had gone to the overpass to distribute sandwiches, potato chips and water to people living at the freeway encampment. Todd’s lawsuit accuses the city of allowing the encampment at the 101 overpass on Gower to remain for a “substantial amount of time,” Why is she distributing supplies to a group of people she wants the city to throw out?
Very few people want to “throw out” homeless people.
The reductionist vitriol is common, but unhelpful for a productive discussion.
Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#13Todd said she had gone to the overpass to distribute sandwiches, potato chips and water to people living at the freeway encampment. Todd’s lawsuit accuses the city of allowing the encampment at the 101 overpass on Gower to remain for a “substantial amount of time,” Why is she distributing supplies to a group of people she wants the city to throw out?
That would be weird if that's what she was wanting, but I don't think that's a fair assumption. Nowhere in the article does it say she's trying to force the city to throw the homeless out. It does say:
> Todd’s lawsuit accuses the city of allowing the encampment at the 101 overpass on Gower to remain for a “substantial amount of time,” creating dangerous conditions for pedestrians and drivers. The city also did not post signs warning drivers that there would be “excessive foot traffic” in the street due to the encampments, the lawsuit said.
She might be hoping that the city will move the homeless people elsewhere, put up signage, or possibly even come up with their own solution.
Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#14Todd said she had gone to the overpass to distribute sandwiches, potato chips and water to people living at the freeway encampment. Todd’s lawsuit accuses the city of allowing the encampment at the 101 overpass on Gower to remain for a “substantial amount of time,” Why is she distributing supplies to a group of people she wants the city to throw out?
>Why is she distributing supplies to a group of people she wants the city to throw out? Article is paywalled, but presumably she doesn't want them thrown out. There are, in fact, other solutions to homeless encampments...
I seriously don't know what the solution is. Enlighten us?
Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#15Kevin Paffrath has some ideas for solving this. The Democratic Party seems bent on preventing him from having a fair shot.
The alternative is the Trump party?
No - on a local level, people of goodwill from both parties can do meaningful good for all our citizens.
This doesn't have to be a R vs D issue.
Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#16Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#17Todd said she had gone to the overpass to distribute sandwiches, potato chips and water to people living at the freeway encampment. Todd’s lawsuit accuses the city of allowing the encampment at the 101 overpass on Gower to remain for a “substantial amount of time,” Why is she distributing supplies to a group of people she wants the city to throw out?
That would be weird if that's what she was wanting, but I don't think that's a fair assumption. Nowhere in the article does it say she's trying to force the city to throw the homeless out. It does say: > Todd’s lawsuit accuses the city of allowing the encampment at the 101 overpass on Gower to remain for a “substantial amount of time,” creating dangerous conditions for pedestrians and drivers. The city also did not p…
Maybe they would move elsewhere if people stop catering their food? I agree the city has a problem, but to me she exacerbates it (and OP on this thread seems to agree)
ahh the downvotes with no reply have begun, is this reddit now?
Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#18Todd said she had gone to the overpass to distribute sandwiches, potato chips and water to people living at the freeway encampment. Todd’s lawsuit accuses the city of allowing the encampment at the 101 overpass on Gower to remain for a “substantial amount of time,” Why is she distributing supplies to a group of people she wants the city to throw out?
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Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#19With millions facing eviction, it is really sad that many people still see the homeless as needing drug counseling to fix their homelessness. It couldn't be that the cost of housing has skyrocketed and now in many places it costs upwards of $1500 a month for rent in a small apartment and the punishment for losing a job and falling behind on debt is having to pay even more for rent or just not being able to have a safe place to live. Makes you wonder if drugs is the cause of homelessness or if the way people treat those facing economic hardships often results in drug usage.
Re: Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
#20> Because of the encampment, you couldn’t walk on the sidewalk. You had to walk on the street,” she said.
Does not logically follow. LA is a big place; you can choose to walk completely elsewhere, unless someone is telling you to go the unsafe route at gunpoint.
> she and another person, a homeless man with whom she was walking
So she is knows the blockaders. Effectively, her friends blocked the sidewalk, leading to the alleged problem and incident.
Wow, good friggin' luck with the suit, lady.