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Letters to the Editor: Problems at Skid Row can't 'be magically fixed by treating people as unwanted criminals'

Letters to the Editor: Problems at Skid Row can't 'be magically fixed by treating people as unwanted criminals'

'At a time when Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing Californians to think of the unhoused or severely impoverished as people unworthy to sleep and live in public spaces, we need voices reminding us that these are real people and communities,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

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