Photos: Skid row sweep
LAPD Sgt. Jack Richter helps a homeless man in a wheelchair leave an area along 5th Street as the cleanup of skid row continues with city sanitation crews sweeping and later power washing the sidewalks.
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City sanitation crews have to sweep around some of the homeless on skid row during a cleanup with LAPD and city sanitation crews working along 5th Street between Stanford Avenue and San Pedro.
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Homeless residents living near 5th Street in downtown Los Angeles have to gather their belongings while city sanitaion crews and the LAPD conduct a cleanup of skid row between Stanford Avenue and San Pedro Street.
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City sanitation crews use a mixture of water and bleach during a cleanup of skid row with LAPD and city sanitation crews working along 5th Street between Stanford and San Pedro.
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A homeless man walks along 5th Street in downtown Los Angeles with his possessions on his back after a cleanup sweep on skid row.
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A homeless man living along 5th Street is arrested during a cleanup of skid row.
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Members of the city watershed protection team walk along 5th Street in downtown Los Angeles while a cleanup of skid row continues with LAPD and city sanitation crews powerwashing the sidewalks between Stanford and San Pedro.
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A homeless man on skid row scrambles away with a wheelchair during a cleanup effort along 5th Street between Stanford Avenue and San Pedro.
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LAPD officers find several stolen shopping carts in the homeless encampments on Stanford Avenue near 5th Street in downtown Los Angeles during a cleanup of skid row.
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City sanitation crews use hot water and bleach to wash the sidewalks along 5th Street, working around tents on skid row between Stanford and San Pedro.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, and City Administrative Officer Miguel A. Santana during a news conference at which Garcetti discussed his proposed budget for the next fiscal year.
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City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, left, and Mayor Eric Garcetti after a news conference at Los Angeles City Hall.
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