Crime And Poverty With Gloria And Rachal
Neighborhood: South Los Angeles
Job: Procurement Agent at Southern California Edison
Age: 50
Name: Rachal Burton
Neighborhood:South Los Angeles
Job: Admissions and Records
Age: 23
What are the top issues facing Los Angeles, and why?
Gloria: Crime, poverty. There have been a lot of recent shootings with young kids in the area. Hit and runs. Then, within South L.A. you have a lot of poverty, homeless individuals.
What could Mayor Garcetti do to address your top priorities?
Gloria: I think having forums within those neighborhoods to sort of get some input from the people that live within those areas. What else do you think he should be doing?
Rachal: If we're talking about poverty, then I guess more feed the hunger programs.Programs that offer toiletries--public programs like that.
Gloria: I'm thinking a lot of them are private. I think addressing a lot of the mental health issues too, which can be a major contributor.
Did you vote in the May election? Who did you support?
Gloria: I think I missed it.
So, what do you think could be the cause of poverty and homelessness?
Gloria: "Given the financial state we are living in California, a lot of people don't have the resources for housing healthcare and just my daughter had indicated, just public assistance."
Rachal: "Less in terms of welfare, more in terms of giving back. Welfare is sort of like a credit system."
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