Los Angeles convention center may be transformed into homeless shelter: report
Los Angeles City Council members have requested that the city look into transforming the Los Angeles Convention Center into a homeless shelter, according to a report on Wednesday. Councilman Curren Price, who introduced the motion, said the coronavirus pandemic had worsened problems for the city's homeless and elected officials needed to act, according to the Los Angeles Times. “We’re in a panic situation along with a pandemic situation. Folks on the streets are just suffering,” he said. “Getting people off the street is important." Aerial view of crowded cityscape with modern skyline and traffic, and the Los Angeles Convention Center located just beyond the freeway in Los Angeles, California, USA.