Column: In the sudden rush to evict these 57 residents, what city officials seem to be forgetting is that they are victims — not of some natural disaster, but of a taxpayer-funded man-made one. Read Erika_D_Smith's full column
It was back in June that City Councilman Curren Price stood behind a podium at Walker Temple AME Church in South L.A. and made a morally righteous, if politically convenient, promise to his constituents.he saidAlmost a year had passed since the Los Angeles Police Department — in what can only be described as anAdvertisementL.A. officials told families displaced by the botched 2021 fireworks detonation they have to move out by March 31, leaving some worried about shelter.
Besides, according to Price, some of residents are “kind of gaming the system a little bit,” dragging out the repairs to their homes, and their work with the city and insurance companies — two institutions that are, of course, notoriously prompt. As if the residents were more enamored with having minibars, hot tubs and big-screen TVs than the comforts of home, with their own bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and belongings.
In their defense, Los Angeles city officials insist that service providers have been assigned to work with every family still living at the Level Hotel to help them access resources and relocation help, including applying for Section 8 housing vouchers.
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