General Jeff Page, left, high-fives Zelenne Cardenas, director of prevention services at Social Model Recovery Systems in skid row, as he canvasses the neighborhood in support of a vote to establish a separate skid row council. The proposal has proved divisive, with online descriptions of skid row as nothing but a drug market, and counter-accusations of racism and economic marginalization. Page hopes to draw support from church and other groups that volunteer on skid row. The election might not be the last word on a skid row council. Rocky Delgadillo, representing a group called United Downtown L.A., outlined elements of a possible legal challenge to the skid row council proposal.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 05, 2017 22:55 UTC