These pictures, taken by Matt Fisher in Venice, explicitly show how our City dealt with a woman who suffers with mental illness. According to Matt, she was regularly handcuffed by LAPD while Sanitation threw away her stuff.
I do not have much more information other than these pictures, but in my opinion these pictures tell a story; they should be used as a glaring example of how the City of Los Angeles should NOT be dealing with our unhoused population who are suffering with mental illness.
Wasted and useless LAHSA outreach funding should be defunded and reallocated to buying motels or other property that can be converted into permanent community based, socially run board & care facilities.
LAPD should be replaced -not trained- with a treatment based system that moves unhoused people suffering with mental illness into permanent community based, socially run board & care facilities.
In some cases it may require interim placements in crisis programs similar to Exodus or safe camping sites next to services.
Story and pictures: Unhoused and Mentally Ill in Venice by Peggy Lee Kennedy, Venice Justice Committee
Unhoused and Mentally Ill in Venice