FOTOS | Se despeja un campamento para personas sin hogar frente al West L.A. VA campus
Los miembros de un equipo de limpieza desmantelaron carpas en un campamento para personas sin hogar a lo largo de San Vicente Boulevard, a las afueras del campus de Asuntos de Veteranos del Oeste de Los Ángeles.
LOS ÁNGELES — Con el apoyo de los ayudantes del alguacil del condado de Los Ángeles, varias personas de diversas organizaciones ayudaron a los veteranos sin hogar a empacar para dejar su campamento y trasladarse al campus de Asuntos de Veteranos del Oeste de Los Ángeles, ubicado detrás de una cerca de su campus de San Vicente Boulevard.
El campamento adyacente al campus histórico de VA se ha convertido en un punto focal para las personas sin hogar en la ciudad, y los candidatos a alcalde hicieron visitas durante el último año.
El secretario de Asuntos de Veteranos, Denis McDonough, quien visitó el campamento en octubre, dijo que el campus albergaría a los aproximadamente 40 veteranos del campamento de Veterans Row en noviembre.
Members of the clean-up crew dismantled tents on the Veterans Row homeless encampment just outside the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus on Monday morning.
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Emily Norman with boyfriend and veteran GemBob Brookhyser pack their belongings Monday to move onto the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus.
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Eric Bare, called the Patriotic Preacher, runs the God and Country Ministry and is using a moving trailer to helping veterans move their belongings onto the VA campus. A variety of organizations helped homeless veterans pack up to leave their encampment and move onto the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus Monday morning.
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Veteran Mary Ann Edwards, 41, known as Viking Jungle B…, moved her belongings to the other side of San Vicente Boulevard, saying that the VA “won’t give her a spot inside” while a variety of organizations helped homeless veterans pack up to leave their encampment and move onto the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus on Monday.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials document as organizations helped homeless veterans pack up to leave their encampment and move onto the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus on Monday morning.
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Veterans living in the Veterans Row encampment along San Vicente Boulevard just outside the West Los Angeles VA Campus were upset as clean-up crews worked their way from tent to tent.
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Army veteran Douglas Steven Bue, 65, who has moved onto the VA campus and is helping other veterans transition onto the campus, on Monday hugs Sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Deedrick, who oversees the Homeless Outreach Service Team (HOST Team) with Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, at left.
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Emily Norman, whose boyfriend is a veteran, packs her toy dinosaur and various belongings Monday to move onto the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus.
