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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.
— laist.com
For more about homelessness in Los Angeles and its infamous "Skid Row":Los Angeles funds $213M policy to end chronic homelessnessThe Last Skid Row in America Faces Increasing Gentrification View full entry