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Which Way, L.A.?

UN Says Sacramento Violating Human Rights of Homeless

A UN investigator says Sacramento may be violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for denial of drinkable water and sanitary facilities to homeless people.

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By Warren Olney • Feb 9, 2012 • 53m Listen

A UN investigator has told Mayor Kevin Johnson that Sacramento may be violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It's all about the denial of drinkable water and sanitary facilities to homeless people, which the UN calls discrimination based on economic and social status. We talk to a man who’s volunteered to dispose of human waste in bags as heavy as 230 pounds. Is Los Angeles doing any better? Also, LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy on child abuse at Miramonte Elementary. What about the rest of the District? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, is the Pentagon telling the truth when it claims there’s progress in Afghanistan?

Banner image: Carol Carlile washes dishes outside her tent in Sacramento, California on March 10, 2009. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Caitlin Shamberg

    KCRW

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