The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday voted to allow the homeless to keep their tents up during the day in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. “The only thing that is worse than having lots of people living in encampments is throwing them out of encampments and making them more vulnerable,” Councilman Mike Bonin said, according to The Los Angeles Times. Under current law, homeless tents in the city must come down between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. but it’s not rigidly enforced. “There are tons of trash in and around different parts of the city of Los Angeles that I am very concerned about,” Councilman Joe Buscaino said. “That is adding to filth and disease.”There are about 36,000 homeless within the city limits, about 27,000 live outside of a shelter, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

Source: Fox News March 18, 2020 10:08 UTC