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Jun. 7, 2023

Advocacy groups bicker over who caused minority homelessness

Attorneys for the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights accused the Los Angeles Community Action Network of having a hand in shaping the demographic of the people who live on sidewalks in downtown Los Angeles. Attorneys for the Action Network rejected it as a "smear," An apology did not end the testy exchanges at the hearing.

At a hearing to discuss dismissal of a lawsuit over reducing homelessness in Los Angeles County, two advocacy groups fought in the courtroom Tuesday over whether one of them is responsible for most of the skid row population being nonwhite.

Attorneys for the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights accused the Los Angeles Community Action Network of having a hand in shaping the demographic of the people who live on sidewalks in downtown Los Angeles.

Asked by U.S. District Judge David...

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