Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Last Sunday, police shot and killed a homeless man in the city's Skid Row. There have been ongoing questions about the identity of the man and what exactly transpired on the scene. But the incident has put a spotlight on how the police and the public interact with the homeless population in Los Angeles.
A recent study from the Policy Advocacy Clinic at the UC Berkeley School of Law analyzed vagrancy laws and found that California cities have more anti-homeless laws on the books than other parts of the country. It also found that L.A. and San Francisco have more of these laws than other California cities.
Lindsay Walter, a second year law student and a co-author of the report, joined Take Two to discuss the findings of the report.