Nearly 6,000 homeless people could be displaced by the L.A. Olympics, study says

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Set us as preferred Nearly 6,000 homeless people could be forced to move when security officials impose expansive security perimeters in advance of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, researchers estimated in a new study.That estimate comes from social scientists at UCLA and USC, who said they published what they acknowledged was a rough preliminary estimate to jumpstart public discussion about the challenge of humanely managing the region’s massive homeless population as Olympic organizers and police carve out space for more than 11,000 athletes, officials and hundreds of thousands of fans.Although Los Angeles city and county officials have acknowledged that they need to come up with a plan for how to manage homeless people during the Games, no specific proposal has been unveiled.

And the local governments haven’t said what agency or individual will take ultimate responsibility.“Displacing unsheltered residents to make way for a ‘security perimeter’ without a credible plan for shelter, services, or housing does not resolve homelessness,” said the report, “It merely hides it and shifts the burden onto unhoused individuals and their well-being.A three-week international event should not come at the cost of basic human dignity for the people who call these neighborhoods home.”Los Angeles County earlier this year estimated that about 1,600 homeless people lived near roughly two dozen Olympic competition locations and might be affected by the Games.

The researchers from USC and UCLA said the number is likely to be much higher, estimating that 5,975 unsheltered people live within a mile of Olympic venues — which Los Angeles County officials previously said probably would be the size of the zones that would have to be vacated because of security concerns.The researchers acknowledged that the exact boundaries...