Don’t dump the homeless

Again, your front page article gained my attention, published in the Saturday, September 26, 2020 issue, entitled, “Were non — AV homeless bused in?”

I understand that the most recent article was a follow up to your article no the same subject, entitled, “Lancaster delays vote on facility upgrades,” published Friday, September 25. 2020.

Since I was an active member of the Los Angeles County 2019-2020 Civil Grand Jury, and in depth investigated the L.A. County/L.A. City homelessness situation, and it is my personal understanding that the City of Lancaster applied considerable resources to assure that the Kensington homeless campus came to fruition to house local AV homeless people, not transfers from other locations, as

Los Angeles.

I am very concerned that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) does not have the same motivation as local A V citizens, and Lancaster City Administration. The Grand Jury reports to the County Board of Supervisors is public, and can be accessed via the internet at www.grandjury.co. la.ca.us/gjreports.html

LAHSA is motivated to place as many of homeless displaced by the recent California State operation “Roomkey” project being terminated due to lack of Federal funding. Ref.: L.A. Time newspaper article published September 23, 2020, entitled “Phasing out L.A.’s Roomkey Project.”

Roomkey allowed LAHSA, because of the COVID-19 epidemic, to temporarily place homeless in available hotel/motel rooms. Now they must leave to where?

The point of this writing is to bring to the attention of local Lancaster City Officials, to resist the placement of non-AV homeless into our Kensington Campus. If this is allowed to occur, we will have homeless dumping similar to what the Antelope Valley experienced during the 1980-1990’s time frame. Gordon Jefferson

Lancaster