To the editor: I’ve the privilege of interacting with people who find themselves unhoused every single day within the hospital the place I work as a medical social employee. I wish to assume I’ve quite a lot of empathy for individuals who can’t navigate the circuitous and irritating social service system in our metropolis with the intention to afford housing within the very costly L.A. market. (“Encampment stood for five years. He added home windows and a backyard to his dwelling. Now it’s gone,” Feb. 24)
However once I learn unhoused resident Alejandro Diaz’s quote, “In all my time right here, none of us have bothered anybody,” I cringe and I urge to vary.
Our public areas usually are not designed for homeless camps, and I’m outraged on the proprietary angle evinced by Diaz’s sentiments. Regardless of how gifted a builder Diaz is, I don’t wish to see his unpermitted construction in a spot the place I take a stroll or trip my bike.
The town ought to put Diaz to work developing reasonably priced housing, in an acceptable house, for himself and his displaced neighbors.
Randy Farhi, Los Angeles
