nosuchreality
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Many do not live close to those areas impacted by their decisions. Sure, you occasionally have a break in, a killing, a series of thefts in Hollywood, but for the most part the problem stays in DTLA. Bring that stuff to their doorstep often enough and voting trends change ( ALA the soon ouster of George Gascon)
Recent trips to Scottsdale and Vegas I had more encounter/needed go around with homeless than here or my regular trips into parts of LA. Granted LA is highly dependent on were you are at. Haven’t been to Santa Monica in a long time.
That said, yesterday, my trip to the local grocery chain in Santa Ana was disrupted by a cordons of store employees trying to shunt a ranting homeless person back out the door. After side stepping around, it was clear he was the distraction as multiple others were cracking Monster drinks and chugging while hiding behind the snack displays in the aisles and tearing open snacks. Half drank can of monster stuck on a shelf there. Opened box of crackers, left by the chips.
Simultaneously sad and infuriating.