2024-12-04T04:30:32-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/126769064/la-s-skid-row-the-homeless-capital-of-america-seeks-to-establish-own-neighborhood-council Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-05-05T13:05:00-04:00 >2015-05-12T22:54:11-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c4/c402582dbd1a5161e450adc654b5eec3?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>While neighborhood councils don't have governing power, they are crucial for the public to come together and discuss issues and concerns, organize projects and lobby for change from City Council. [...] Page and other activists say that Skid Row is underrepresented in the [Downtown LA Neighborhood Council] [...] He likened downtown to a glazed donut, where the shiny donut part is the rapidly gentrifying downtown, and where Skid Row is the empty hole in the center.</p></em><br /><br /><p>For more about homelessness in Los Angeles and its infamous "Skid Row":</p><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/108635812/los-angeles-funds-213m-policy-to-end-chronic-homelessness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Los Angeles funds $213M policy to end chronic homelessness</a></p><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/105013578/the-last-skid-row-in-america-faces-increasing-gentrification" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Skid Row in America Faces Increasing Gentrification</a></p>