Business owners in Sherman Oaks are outraged after they say a third homeless person was found dead on the street in front of businesses.
"How do we normalize this? This isn’t normal to me, this is a woman, this is somebody’s daughter, sister, dead on the street," said Angela Marsden, the owner of Pineapple Hill Saloon and Grill.
"We are a third-world country, critical mass in Sherman Oaks. This is supposed to be an exclusive area, of LA. We’ve had three dead bodies, three dead bodies in a week, and we’re still dealing with all the other stuff, the robberies, drug use, the mentally ill wandering around," she said. Andy Bales, President & CEO of Union Rescue Mission, says what Marsden is experiencing is sadly quite common."Our social workers are overwhelmed, our police are overwhelmed," Bales said.
"We need to start committing people whether they like it or not. They don’t need a fancy condo. They need beds with therapists with doctors and tough love, caring love, meaning you’re committed until you get clean, you’re committed until you’re taking your meds and then we transition you into a safe space of housing," Marsden said.
Smith has tried to get conservatorship over her son, but she says LA County has made it almost impossible.
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