Homelessness affects the lives of all Angelenos,
not just those forced to live on the streets. And it does so almost
daily, in ways large and small.
Consider the pairs of
thick gloves that George Abou-Daoud has stashed inside the nine
restaurants he owns on the east side of Hollywood. When a homeless
person accosts his customers, Abou-Daoud says, he can no longer count on
the police for help; unless there’s an imminent threat to safety, he
contends, they don’t respond quickly and can’t just haul the person
away. So he’s had to take matters into his own hands, literally, by
physically ejecting problematic homeless people himself. That’s why he
has the gloves — to keep his hands clean.
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