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Hospitals Dumping Homeless at Skid Row and Prop 84

Hosted by Warren Olney Oct. 24, 2006
The LAPD has videotape, but Metropolitan Hospital says it discharged patients where they wanted to go.  Are law enforcement agencies doing the same thing?  Who is scape-goating whom? Plus, Prop 84, another bond issue labeled "water supply and flood control." Would it live up to its promise or serve special interests at public expense?

The LAPD has videotape, but Metropolitan Hospital says it discharged patients where they wanted to go.  Are law enforcement agencies doing the same thing?  Who is scape-goating whom? Plus, Prop 84, another bond issue labeled "water supply and flood control." Would it live up to its promise or serve special interests at public expense?

From this Episode:

Proposition 84

Proposition 84 would raise 5.3 billion dollars in bond money for a host of projects, including improved water quality, flood control, park projects and coastal protection....

13 min

Are Hospitals Dumping Patients on LA's Skid Row?

The LAPD has videotape of five discharged patients from Metropolitan Hospital being dropped off by ambulances on Skid Row. The Hospital says that's where they wanted to go,...

10 min

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Warren Olney

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Karen Radziner

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