L.A. to convert rec centers into homeless shelters, suspend rules for tent removal in bid to slow coronavirus spread

Los Angeles will turn 42 recreation centers across the city into temporary homeless shelters in a ramped-up effort to house people on the streets vulnerable to the rapidly spreading coronavirus. The rec centers will ultimately provide 6,000 new beds, with the goal of adding at least 1,600 beds across 13 facilities by the end of this week, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday in his daily briefing on the city’s virus response. Garcetti acknowledged it would be “an unprecedented logistical undertaking,” considering the city’s usual pace in… READ MORE