Los Angeles Neighborhood Fears Proposed Homeless Shelter Too Close to Day Care, Elementary Schools

Los Angeles Neighborhood Fears Proposed Homeless Shelter Too Close to Day Care, Elementary Schools
Homeless individuals live in their vehicles parked in the city of Westchester, Calif., on Dec. 12, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Some Los Angeles residents fear a new homeless shelter may soon be coming to their neighborhood with elementary schools and a day care facility nearby, according to city documents obtained through a public records request made by the residents.

Community members in Westchester and Playa del Rey say they discovered city officials requested information on two properties owned by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to potentially establish temporary pallet housing for the homeless. One of the locations—North of Westchester Blvd, east of Fire Station 5 and west of La Tijera—is an empty plot of land a few hundred feet south of a preschool through 8th-grade Catholic school.

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Jamie is a California-based reporter covering issues in Los Angeles and state policies for The Epoch Times. In her free time, she enjoys reading nonfiction and thrillers, going to the beach, studying Christian theology, and writing poetry. You can always find Jamie writing breaking news with a cup of tea in hand.
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