MANHATTAN
INSTITUTE CONFERENCE
Thursday, January 17, 2008
8:30 AM–2:00 PM
Los Angeles, California
Policing
Skid Row:
Is the Safer Cities
Initiative the Right Approach?
 The
50 square blocks of L.A.’s Skid Row have been notorious for
decades. Street dwellers have formed elaborate ten encampments
where prostitution and open drug use run rampant. The streets
are littered with garbage and human excrement. The Los Angeles
Police Department (LAPD) has launched an effort to clean up Skid
Row, known as the "Safer City Initiative." This initiative
is based upon the “Broken Windows” theory of policing,
which as been successful in cleaning up New York and other cities
across the country. But the efforts of the LAPD have been criticized
by homeless and civil liberties advocates as a draconian crackdown
on the rights of the poor.
Heather
Mac Donald covered Skid Row in the autumn 2007 edition of City
Journal. Adaptations of the piece ran in The Los Angeles
Times and The Wall Street Journal. Inspired by a tremendous
response to Heather's story, the Manhattan Institute visited Los
Angeles to host an exploration of the controversial transformation
of Skid Row.
Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V
Introduction | Panel I
| Panel II
| Keynote Address
CITY
JOURNAL:
The
Reclamation of Skid Row
(This article also appeared in Los
Angeles Times, 11-18-07 and The
Wall Street Journal, 11-02-07)
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal, Autumn 2007
The LAPD’s efforts are reviving America’s most squalid
neighborhood—and the homeless industry is hopping mad.
FROM THE MEDIA:
Full Disclosure, January 26, 2008
FROM
THE PRESS:
Another
Day, Another Skid Row Discussion
Richard Guzmán, Los Angeles Downtown News, January 21,
2008
Chief
Bratton: L.A. must 'step up' to further Skid Row cleanup
Rachel Uranga, LA Daily News, January 18, 2008
 Los
empresarios al rescate de Skid Row
Roger Lindo, La Opinion, January 18, 2008
FROM
THE BLOGOSPHERE:
Bratton
Needs "New Medicine" for Skid Row
Eric Richardson, BlogDowntown.com, January 17, 2008
Extra
Thought on Today's Skid Row Conference
ViewFromALoft.com, January 17, 2008
Manhattan
Institute's conference on L.A.'s safer city initiative
Luke Ford.net, January 17, 2008
Is
the Safer Cities Initiative Working?
Central City East : Downtown Los Angeles, January 17, 2008
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