This morning, Alison and I went to City Hall to attend a meeting between some representatives of Homeless Pride and Mr. Jonas Nash, the Director of Community Relations for Council member James Carter of New Orleans. The meeting itself was pretty unproductive, but Homeless Pride had some insight concerning the conditions under the bridge.
They definitely agree that conditions are worse than at Tent City. More tents have caught fire, there are more drugs, more injuries, and several women have been raped. The "CEO"Homeless Pride, Steve, stated that NOPD doesn't make rounds under the bridge. Steve claims that he has to keep the law, himself... I didn't ask any further questions about that.
We also heard that there is going to be a discussion about homelessness in the City Council Chamber on February 20th.
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