HOMELESS IN L.A.; NORAH VINCENT
HOMELESS IN L.A.
The city is suing two skid row hotels for allegedly requiring residents to vacate their rooms every 28 days. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Zuma Corporation. The company operates two of downtown's biggest single-room occupancy hotels, the 190-room Frontier and the 264-room Rosslyn. The suit accuses the operators of practicing the so-called ``28-day shuffle'' to prevent residents from becoming legal tenants and acquiring certain rights under state law. Homeless advocates complain the practice undermines the stability of people trying to stay off the streets. In a related case, a video camera recorded a 63-year-old hospital patient dressed only in a gown and slippers being dumped onto a skid row street, a controversial practice that has come under fire from police, politicians and homeless advocates. Larry Mantle talks about the issues with Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and others.
NORAH VINCENT
Larry Mantle talks with writer Norah Vincent about her new book "Self Made Man: One Woman’s Journey Into Manhood And Back Again" that chronicles her transformation into a man for 18 months in order to experience how the other sex lives. It is a story of transformation, impersonation and immersion into male culture.