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Residents urge action on nuisance businesses in Central City East; council moves case to PLUM and seeks online tracking
Summary
Residents and community leaders from Central City East (Skid Row) told the council they had filed year-old nuisance-abatement complaints without hearings and asked for quicker action. Councilmembers agreed to place the matter on the Planning and Land Use Management Committee calendar and a motion was introduced to develop an online tracking plan for revocation and nuisance cases.
Residents and community leaders urged the Los Angeles City Council to act on longtime nuisance-abatement complaints against hotels, bars and liquor stores in Central City East, commonly known as Skid Row.
“My business is located next to three stores that sell alcohol … I have lost 60% of my business because of this,” said Edward Nassar, who identified himself as owner of Ian Trading Company, during the public-comment period. James Fowls, introduced himself as a long-time Central City East resident and said community members had collected photographs, videos and signed petitions documenting drug sales, open prostitution and violent conduct.
Reverend Scott Chamberlain, who identified…
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