City Council president accuses outside police agencies of dumping homeless people in L.A.
Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian accused law enforcement agencies from across the region of previously transporting homeless people from neighboring cities into his district.
BURBANK, Calif. — Last week was not the first time a homeless person was relocated from a neighboring city and dumped in Los Angeles, City Council President Paul Krekorian told NBC News.
In an interview Monday, Krekorian accused law enforcement agencies from across the region of previously transporting homeless people from neighboring cities into his district.
Krekorian said the man dropped off in front of his North Hollywood office last week told his staff that he'd become homeless while he was living outside of Los Angeles. He did not provide further proof that neighboring law enforcement agencies are dropping off unhoused people in Los Angeles.
On Friday, Krekorian released security video from his office showing the latest incident.
“We’ve known for a long time that other cities, other jurisdictions, prefer to just push people into Los Angeles rather than addressing the problem themselves,” he told NBC News. “We’ve seen examples of that from time to time.”
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