Central City East/Skid Row Heights : Downtown Los Angeles

It is a good feeling to have when one accomplishes a mission. This morning I saw the fruits of my labor as I looked at the Installation of drupal on a linux ubuntu and xammp stack. It is so awesome to have that feeling. There was another part to this project that hasn't happened yet , but it will happen. The Midnight Mission now has it's have it's library data base on GNU licensed software so no one has to worry about software infringement. And the stack is on it's own semi- server so it doesn't have to be connected to the Midnight Mission's IT network. The Library will have it's own network eventually , but for now the most important thing is to have a database where books can easily be entered and kept track of and as a result easily put back on the shelves. I am looking forward to the best part of the project and I can't reveal what that is yet. But I can say it will be a surprise to the open source community. I love doing this and I am so glad t...

For your edification Fire Station 9 in Skid Row is now transmitting their weatherbug data to those online. Get a weatherbug widget from Weather bug and stay informed on all the weather in skid row. Just click on the widget on the right sidebar of this blog to find out how to get a widget for your site .

SRO Housing Corporation is the entity that will be getting the Huntington Hotel. Contrary to other sources of Misinformation , for those who do not yet know , the Huntington Hotel will be managed by SRO Housing Corporation. Drug sales and crime continues to be rampant within SRO Housing Corporation Hotels, these include the Yankee Hotel , the Southern Hotel. But the most activity can be found on Main Street between 5 th Street and 6 th Street at the Leonide , which, of course , is operated by SRO Housing Corporation. When will downtown's business viable streets not be inundated with drug dealers , prostitutes , and other forms of crime. There is no accountability at SRO Housing Corporation . Thus , now we are spreading skid row to main street instead of making a change. Sources have said that the CRA questioned SRO Housing Corporation and it's policy towards it's tenants when it erroneously claimed that air conditioning was not allowed in the hotels in 2007 right befo...

"The people here need a hand , but not a heavy hand." - Carmen Trutanich walks in skid row It was a warm evening and the end of a long , hot month with people all over the streets of skid row gathering near the Midnight Mission to get ready for their evening ritual. The usual suspects gathered in front of the brown facade of the front gateway leading into the Midnight Mission. We were all waiting for the person that was mentioned who would make the walk skid row walk tonight . Suddenly , someone pointed in the direction of 6th and San Julian. There was a contingency of City Attorney's and LAPD Commissioner's and also Carmen Trutanich. Carmen Turtanich is the New Los Angeles City Attorney. Many are wondering what will happen on his watch. Will he cave in to to the ACLU , will he do the overkill when it comes to enforcement? Below, in his own words, as he is interviewed by Eric Richardson from blogdowntown.com , we hear that he is no dummy and he is pragmatic and ...