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Public commenters tell council CarePlus outreach and LAPD youth programs need overhaul; speakers link sweeps to harm
Summary
During public comment at the City Council meeting, multiple speakers criticized CarePlus enhanced services and youth-focused police programs, saying the interventions amount to sweeps and fail to secure housing or protect personal property. The council recorded votes on related items as part of its consent package.
Several members of the public used their allotted time during the Los Angeles City Council meeting to criticize the city's approach to homelessness outreach and to raise concerns about police-run youth programs.
One speaker who identified items on the kiosk and addressed several agenda items said CarePlus — referred to in the record as "CarePlus enhanced services" — "is just another mechanism for sweeps. It's not getting them housing. It's not getting them services. It's just criminalizing homelessness, sweeping them over to the next block while they lose all their belongings." The speaker asked the council to reconsider funding that they said enables sweeps rather than housing placements.
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