Thread by @StreetWatchLA

As City Council votes to resume banishing and criminalizing Unhoused folks today, ~100 ppl living in Chinatown’s El Pueblo SECZ are being traumatized by an unexpected sweep, with cops. There’re positive cases in the community here. Blood on your hands @JoeBuscaino

City sweep teams told us they were on pause due to multiple COVID-19 outbreaks at the mobile showers they drag out at during sweeps (so u can shower while the city trashes your shit). Attempts to reach @LAHomeless abt consistent, transparent messaging to residents go nowhere.

https://twitter.com/joannaeswan/status/1331641716571422721

Thanks to the city’s inability to let houseless folks know with regularity when their constitutional rights are gonna be violated, we now have elderly disabled residents scrambling to save belongings in a move that normally takes hours if not the whole nite. #ServicesNotSweeps

Sanitation workers helped ppl move for the first time today—well intentioned, perhaps, but the fact remains that NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO MOVE RIGHT NOW. #ServicesNotSweeps #BlockGarcetti

Sweeps don’t just threaten Unhoused peoples lives, they also endanger the lives of (underpaid) LAHSA and LASAN workers too. We know he hates our siblings on the street, but does Joey Buckets even give a fuck about housed workers? #4aDayNotOK

Right around the corner is one of the few testing sites accessible by walkup. Testing was cancelled (& then uncancelled thx to @KtownforAll reporting) ...for a MOVIE SHOOT. But the Sweeps Must Go On. #HousingIsAHumanRight #BlockGarcetti #4aDayNotOK

https://twitter.com/ktownforall/status/1333574328076570627