To the editor: I’ve the privilege of interacting with people who find themselves unhoused day-after-day within the hospital the place I work as a medical social employee. I wish to suppose I’ve quite a lot of empathy for many who can’t navigate the circuitous and irritating social service system in our metropolis with a view to afford housing within the very costly L.A. market. (“Encampment stood for 5 years. He added windows and a garden to his home. Now it’s gone,” Feb. 24)
However after I learn unhoused resident Alejandro Diaz’s quote, “In all my time right here, none of us have bothered anybody,” I cringe and I encourage to vary.
Our public areas aren’t designed for homeless camps, and I’m outraged on the proprietary angle evinced by Diaz’s sentiments. Irrespective of how proficient a builder Diaz is, I don’t need to see his unpermitted construction in a spot the place I take a stroll or journey my bike.
The town ought to put Diaz to work establishing inexpensive housing, in an applicable area, for himself and his displaced neighbors.
Randy Farhi, Los Angeles
