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Residents, volunteers urge restoration of Shower of Hope funding; CAO says some shower and hygiene lines appear in funding report
Summary
Dozens of volunteers, faith leaders and advocates urged the Los Angeles City Homelessness Committee on June 25 to restore full funding for Shower of Hope and other mobile hygiene services that provide showers, toilets and hygiene supplies to people experiencing homelessness.
Dozens of volunteers, faith leaders and advocates urged the Los Angeles City Homelessness Committee on June 25 to restore full funding for Shower of Hope and other mobile hygiene services that provide showers, toilets and hygiene supplies to people experiencing homelessness.
Advocates said the program is essential to public health and to helping unhoused Angelenos pursue work and housing. "A shower is a basic human right. It's a matter of decency and caring," said Erica Tamblyn, chair of the Safe Haven Bridge to Housing program at All Saints Episcopal Church. Volunteer Mel Filakaratna told the committee that Shower of Hope provided about 37,000 showers citywide last year and warned that several service locations in Skid Row were slated to stop…
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