...Imagine my surprise this past Thursday when I was just working as usual at the City Hall Farmer's Market...a delightfully colorful protest of about 200 people stepped right in the middle of the City Hall lawn to bring light to LA's enormous policing issues on Skid Row.
One woman I talked to told me that she was arrested while working construction on one of Los Angeles many new lofts - simply for being homeless! She had no prior record and two kids.
Incidentally, there hasn't been any new homeless housing built in the area around skid row, estimated to have about 7,000-8,000 homeless residents.
THIS is the kind of cause I'd like to donate yoga to! Somehow?
Also, more official coverage of and info about the protest, here.
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