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ANGELS (KCAL) – A large wall of bicycles created by a local homeless man opens a window to the growing number of people living on the 4th Street sidewalk in Koreatown since the start of the pandemic.
“This has been extremely neglected when it comes to the sanitation stations and the toilets they put there,” said Jamie Penn, a homeless liaison at Wilshire Center Koreatown. Penn added at one point that around 50 people lived in the encampment.
Some local businesses have said the camp is costing them potential customers and patients.
“I have a few who have left our office,” said Dr Charisma Lasan, who works in a dental office across from the camp. “They actually came and turned around and went back to their homes after seeing what had happened outside. “
CBSLA has contacted the office of council member Mitch O’Farrell who represents the district. He said an outreach team had visited the area more than 50 times since April and were working to connect people to several hundred beds in the district.
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