Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Skid Row activist: Toilets from mayor are 10 years too late, 300 too short
Last month, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti held a press conference to celebrate the opening of a new Skid Row “hygiene center.” The center offers free showers and toilets. However, local activists say this is too little too late.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLast month, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti held a press conference to celebrate the opening of a new Skid Row “hygiene center.” The center offers free showers and toilets. However, local activists say this is too little too late. When Garcetti called up a local homeless activist known as General Dogon to give him a certificate of appreciation, Dogon refused it. “This award is just like the mayor and his cronies. It’s worthless,” he said.
