A person sits on the sidewalk in Skid Row covered in cloth.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-06/mobile-teams-are-using-oxygen-to-save-lives-spare-brains-on-skid-row

Despite the systemic social issues contributing to the current housing crisis—of which she is well aware—she says that in lieu of providing meaningful solutions, the city should leave Skid Row residents in peace.

Source: https://www.lamag.com/article/skid-rows-governor-livid-after-city-demolishes-her-massive-tent-home-with-jacuzzi/

First: Feldman asks a man in his encampment if he saw a patient along Skid Row.

Source: https://smdp.com/2023/07/12/go-to-the-people-street-medicine-teams-bring-health-care-to-the-unhoused/

For people in the 90013 ZIP Code, which Skid Row is a part of, overdose deaths were more than 77 times the countywide rate when adjusted for age.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12389877/Shocking-scenes-Los-Angeles-homeless-smoke-drugs.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

In May, Skid Row cancelled several stops in Australia and Japan due to Grönwall’s flu-like symptoms at the time.

Source: https://www.eaglevalleynews.com/entertainment/skid-row-and-buckcherry-cancel-penticton-concert-over-health-concerns/

Mary Jacobs arrives at her single-room occupancy unit in the Madison Hotel in Skid Row.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2023-05-17/skid-row-housing-trust-mark-adams-receiver

Mayors will also tour Skid Row to see the “magnitude of the crisis,” as well as visit the Hilda L. Solis Care First Village to see a “successful example” of eliminating barriers to building temporary housing, officials said.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/11/08/la-hosts-u-s-conference-of-mayors-to-address-homelessness/

Skid Row continues to be a major force in the hard rock music scene.

Source: https://www.iconvsicon.com/2023/04/25/skid-row-and-buckcherry-expand-the-gangs-all-here-co-headlining-tour/

Tensions flared as crews dismantled several homeless encampments on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles while police officers stood guard.

Source: https://abc7.com/skid-row-homeless-encampments-downtown-los-angeles/12810417/

The Skid Row Housing Trust was a model for nonprofits housing homeless people in Los Angeles.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-30/la-receivership-skid-row-housing-trust-buildings

“This agreement means more beds and services for our unhoused residents, including those living on Skid Row in my district,” saidSolis in a statement.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-19/alliance-settlment