LA County Finds Health Code Violations in Skid Row (Well, Duh!)

AP ^ | June 4, 2012 | CHRISTINA HOAG

[DogByte6RER]

Wow ... how long did it take for county public health officials to find health code violations against LA city's Skid Row?

Isn't this like finding health code violations at the city dump?

[wastedyears]

Skid Row!

Oops sorry, wrong thread...

[unixfox]

"The deposits on sidewalks have reached a crisis point," said Jane Usher, special assistant city attorney.

Well, you let it happen, did you not?

[ozzymandus]

Oh No! The poor bums!

[hattend]

It’s never a local, state or federal commissar’s fault.

[HiTech RedNeck]

There’s a healthy living code for cardboard boxen? Who knew?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well, gotta give props to that telephone pole with the USA on it....

[EGPWS]

It’s never a local, state or federal commissar’s fault.

They fight over taking credit for fixing the problem however.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

including nearly 90 rats' nests, a dozen hypodermic needles and piles of human excrement and trash on sidewalks

Sounds like an average OWS camp.

[jmax]

>>> "....... extensive Health Department inspection... " <<<

Must not be a real big problem, as it took an *EXTENSIVE* inspection to find $hit on the sidewalk. I can only assume that if it was just a *ROUTINE* inspection, they wouldn't even have noticed if there was a Battleship on the sidewalk.

[NathanR]

That “USA” stands for “Underground Service Alert”. There are wires or pipes undergound.

[NathanR]

That “USA” stands for “Underground Service Alert”. There are wires or pipes undergound.

[HiTech RedNeck]

And here I thought we had some patriotic bums!!

[tumblindice]

My cats are clean!

[NathanR]

LOL

I would see that around town occasionally and wonder what it was. I asked someone and they said that it had to do with underground stuff. I looked it up in Wiki.

[forgotten man]

The bums sleeping on the streets have special status with the LAPD just like the illegal aliens. The laws do not apply to them. In the good old days the LAPD would make a tactical sweep with their billy clubs and kick some ass.

[NotSoFreeStater]

Is it really called Skid Row?

[cherokee1]

ten blocks, you say? Last time I powered thru LA I saw a whole lot more than ten blocks that I wouldn’t live in. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that health inspector person is a lazy bleep hole who just isn’t trying. And wot kept the underperforming bureaurat from getting there in, oh, say 1970?

[Michael Barnes]

LA County Finds Health Code Violations in Skid Row

uh-huh...and guess who is going to pay for that cleanup?

(here's a hint, its not the taxpaying residents of skid row).

[mvpel]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/special/excerpt.html

For a substantial minority, however, deinstitutionalization has been a psychiatric Titanic. Their lives are virtually devoid of “dignity” or “integrity of body, mind, and spirit.” “Self-determination” often means merely that the person has a choice of soup kitchens. The “least restrictive setting” frequently turns out to be a cardboard box, a jail cell, or a terror-filled existence plagued by both real and imaginary enemies.