They will say I Am lying

The picture above was taken at 1 am . This photo was taken in the heart of skid row. For those who read the below posts I will say that I never see LAHSA or the Streets or Services people out late at night or during the early morning hours. It is interesting that people who work for said entities and even those who work for City Government will try and use their positions to discredit when I say these things. No one that I know of from County or City Government other than the LAPD and the LAFD are out at those hours dealing with the homeless population in skid row.

Homelessness is 24 hours a day 7 days a week, but even when you go to the LAHSA website you will see that they say only from 8 am until 5pm will they provide emergency services for people who find themselves needing those services. Anxiety fills my body when I write these things , but it is the truth. There is a dog and pony show going on that certain entities want the world to see regarding skid row. They don' want you to see that the out of control Mardi Gras on crack is still happening. Yesterday's' skid row watch walk proved to me and many others that if you want to get sick due to the densely filled atmosphere of second hand crack, weed , and cigarrette smoke, all you have to do is stand outside near San Julian Street between 5th Street and 7th Street.

I have been notified that as long as I tell the truth I will have readers. If I water things down and sugar coat what is happening in skid row, no one will even read this blog  because I live here 24 hours a day 7 days a week and am expected to tell the truth about what is really going on.

I have walked the streets of skid row from 4th street to 7th street and from Central Avenue to Main Street and Even walked all the way to 9th street on the east side of skid row from midnight until 5 am in the morning and not once did I ever see the LAHSA outreach team anywhere. To try and pull these smoke and mirror tactics over the eyes of those who live in skid row and who can  can document  is pretty ridiculous.

If we truly want to end homlessness we need to stop allowing the government agencies, those whom we donate to to get away with doing the bare minimum only because they do feed the people and provide shelter at night.

If anyone wants a tour of skid row during the hours when the mardi gras on crack is still happening. BY all means contact me. We can also take a tour in the early morning hours and see if we can  spot the LAHSA outreach teams in skid row looking to get people off of the streets. Of course, we won't see any of that at all. They only work from 8 am until 5 pm.

Let' get real. It should uspet me that the only time we see certain people late at night and the evenings or those times is during a skid row watch walk when all of the cameras are there.  This is whay I document the skid row watch walks. I document who shows up and walks with us. I loved how the guy from Streets or Services tried to tell me that I was wrong in saying he was only there because the big movie cameras and boom mike were present. I have tons of pictures from previous walks when he is not present and only present when the news cameras are there. I have documented almost every neighborhood watch walk since we began doing the walks.  I have missed only two and I know who is consistently there and who isn't.