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Residents urge more mental‑health services, worker safety and Olympic‑era anti‑trafficking measures during public comment
Summary
Public commenters told the council they need better mental‑health crisis response, stronger protections for workers after workplace fires, and that the city should fund anti‑trafficking campaigns and procurement safeguards ahead of the Olympics and World Cup.
During the Feb. 6 public‑comment period at the Los Angeles City Council meeting, multiple residents and advocates urged the city to expand mental‑health services, strengthen worker protections and plan anti‑trafficking measures ahead of large international events.
An early speaker described a personal mental‑health crisis and said that when they called the city help line they did not get an answer; the speaker asked the city to provide “más servicios de salud mental.” (Public commenter, SEG 085–101.)
Elia Campbell, a student advocate at Loyola Law School, told the…
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