Stop feeding the homeless at Echo Lake Park

Stop feeding the homeless at Echo Lake Park

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September 11, 2021
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Started by Park Society of California

Feeding the homeless is not going to solve the problem and is rewarding homeless people for polluting our beautiful parks. The reasons are simple:

  • Junk food does more harm than good to the lives of these individual
  • They have more than enough food and need other necessities like razors
  • It is changing the culture of creativity in Los Angeles.
  • Homeless contribute to the crime in the area
  • The park is no longer safe for children to visit
  • Increased drug use funds terrorism
  • Feces contaminate the lake
  • Odors caused many bird species to permanently migrate

A solution to the problem would be that Mayor Garcetti imposes stricter policies to control the donations of food that keep rewarding this behavior.

You probably also remember a time when it was one of the safest parks in Los Angeles, a place where grandparents took their grandchildren on a hot summer day to grab ice cream without the horrific smell of human excrement. It was a place that inspired creativity NOT criminality.

It is time to teach "good samaritans" that they're doing more harm than good. There are so many charities donating food that some homeless individuals end up with 6-8 unhealthy meals a day and this needs to stop. The mayor's office needs to put a communication plan in place.

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