A growing issue

Iread where the L.A County Board of Supervisors approved converting General Hospital in East L.A into a 1400 units with beds for the homeless and low income affordable housing, at a cost of $250 million tax dollars for starters.

General Hospital has been closed for over 14 years although a good idea with good intentions but adding 1400 beds/housing for the homeless and low income families would only add more human and auto traffic to an already congested overcrowded area, sounds like warehousing people.

The last time I visited General Hospitals emergency room was in 1988 on a Saturday night for an hour while doing a study on crime. I thought I was in a war zone after seeing shooting stabbing and victims of assaults first hand being brought in by a steady stream of ambulances.

I remember rumors circulating during the 1970s and 80s if one were to become a victim of a gunshot wound or a stabbing your best chances for survival was being taken to General Hospital for they had some of the best most experienced trauma doctors in the country.

The L.A County Board of Supervisors needs to be reminded one should never mix hard working low income workers in close proximity with individuals suffering from severe mental problems the results could be disastrous on the victims of crime.

The growing Homeless problem is just like the man made political immigration problem everybody claims they want to help...just not in my neighborhood. We should find solutions to the problem from a prevention angle instead of trying to fix an ignored problem turned crisis.

I wonder how a 100 year old General Hospital would hold up to a 6 plus magnitude earthquake.

Miguel Rios Palmdale