LAHSA Explains Workers Throwing Food Away Intended For Homeless Individuals
LAHSA Explains Workers Throwing Food Away Intended For Homeless Individuals
LAHSA Explains Workers Throwing Food Away Intended For Homeless Individuals
by Contributing Editor
May 24, 2022
Responding to a broadcast report, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority said Tuesday its employees throw uneaten food in dumpsters “to protect the health and safety of the people they serve.”
CBSLA said Monday its investigative team monitored LAHSA teams for months as they were tasked with picking up food and bringing it to people on the street. While many outreach workers were seen folding up empty boxes that previously held food — which the station presumed had been after all the food was distributed — another team allegedly drove around and stopped at Target, Starbucks and McDonald’s without stopping to hand out food to unhoused people along the way.
Once that team returned to its office, the workers were caught on camera throwing a full case of food in the dumpster, CBSLA reported. Another team was also seen throwing food in the dumpster a block from people who were living on the street.
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