how bad is skid row, los angeles

This is the fabled Skid Row in Los Angeles and it's a disaster. Make sure it’s men, women and children, young and old. Neighbouring areas, such as Orange County, are also experiencing the same upwards trend. You'll find the same shit in Eastside Long Beach and many other places.

The yearly homeless count in Los Angeles County rose to 58,000 in 2017, up from 46,874 in 2016.

This isn't just skid row anymore. Drugs are literally everywhere. And it's isn't just LA. By the 1970’s and ’80’s skid row was well known as a dangerous area, infested with drugs and crime, and this is when the Hotel Cecil began to take on an even darker reputation. Like several West Coast cities Fox News visited, Los Angeles is dealing with a homeless crisis.

She has been photographing life on Skid Row since the fall of 2015, and in the last year, she has borne witness to the acute suffering of others. Richard Ramirez the infamous “Night Stalker” serial killer lived at the hotel while terrorizing the citizens of Los Angeles. It's a problem worth looking at. Homeless since August 2016, Tina Marie Van Tasil holds a can of beer while standing in front of her tent near Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on June 20, 2017. Little Cat, Skid Row. Frederic J.

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In my mind, it’s a photograph that could not have been made by anyone but Stein. Pets and cars sprinkled in, too. Los Angeles photographer Suzanne Stein recently posted a picture of a badly abused, sick cat from Skid Row on her Instagram feed. Take 100,000 people and make them homeless. Some vets, some criminals, some failed businessmen. When county health inspectors went out recently to Los Angeles’ skid row, they found overflowing dumpsters, trash-strewn streets and alleys and rodent burrows. This is happening everywhere in America, doesn't matter if it's in the middle of nowhere or in a big city slum.