Overtime

Impassionate speaking in city council chambers by CD9's Jan Perry just went over the time limit.  The subject: Patient Dumping. Perry's 6+ minutes includes recalling a night a patient was dropped off by a cab in Skid Row in front of the Neighborhood Watch Walk. A municipal ordinance to regulate the transport of discharged hospital patients is in discussion.

Add: Cameras placed in Skid Row to capture the transport of patients are referred to as "Dump Cams" by the Missions.

Add: County Health Services adds they do not believe in the ordinance, so says a representative brought up to state, and almost deny, Perrys example.

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Added: LAT reports on the vote:. "Hospitals that leave homeless patients on Los Angeles streets without their consent would be fined $25,000 under an ordinance tentatively approved today by the City Council."