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Hospitals, the Homeless and 'Patient Dumping' on Skid Row
There's no specific law against hospitals "dumping" homeless patients on the streets of skid row, so a measure introduced today in Sacramento would make it a crime. Hospitals ask what they're supposed to do with 90,000 homeless in LA County, and just 40 beds for the chronically ill with no place to go. Plus, the latest on a possible new owner of the Los Angeles Times.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenThere's no specific law against hospitals "dumping" homeless patients on the streets of skid row, so a measure introduced today in Sacramento would make it a crime. Hospitals ask what they're supposed to do with 90,000 homeless in LA County, and just 40 beds for the chronically ill with no place to go. Plus, the latest on a possible new owner of the Los Angeles Times.
