Judge orders LA to offer shelter for homeless on Skid Row

FILE - In this April 25, 2016, file photo, homeless people sleep in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. A federal judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, ordered the city and county to find shelter for all unhoused residents of Skid Row within 180 days and audit any spending related to the out-of-control crisis of people living on the streets. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2021, file photo, Jeff Page, right, also known as General Jeff, a homelessness activist and leader in the Downtown Los Angeles Skid Row Neighborhood Council, walks with U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, middle, and Michele Martinez, special master on the issues of homelessness, after a court hearing at Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles. A judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles has ordered the city and county Tuesday, April 20, 2021, to find shelter for all unhoused residents of Skid Row within 180 days. Judge David O. Carter also ordered an audit of all funding related to the crisis of people living on the streets. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2017, file photo, a homeless man takes food from a trash can in Los Angeles' Skid Row area, home to the nation's largest concentration of homeless people in Los Angeles. A federal judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, ordered the city and county to find shelter for all unhoused residents of Skid Row within 180 days and audit any spending related to the out-of-control crisis of people living on the streets. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)