Los Angeles' Safer Cities Initiative was proposed to the city in late 2006 by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The initiative was designed primarily to remove homeless and mentally ill citizens from the isolated 50 x 5 block streets of Los Angeles, known nationally as Skid Row. Ultimately, the SCI violated the civil rights of these citizens and failed to meet its established obligations and responsibilities. Since the city of Los Angeles started this initiative, the city has become responsible for these people, as if they were the “parents” of these homeless “children”. You can't kick a homeless person off the street, he's homeless. So where do they go if they can't drive on the streets? Where do the mentally ill go if there are no psychiatric institutions or clinics, or even drugs? Food service providers in the area can only provide a certain amount of food to so many people. Where do the hungry people go if there are few service providers? The Safer Cities Initiative and the city of Los Angeles have failed to meet their responsibilities. Skid Row is a 50-block neighborhood east of the Downtown Historic Core and uptown Bunker Hill. It is surrounded by 3rd Street to the north, 7th Street to the south, Main Street to the west, and Alameda Street to the east. Skid Row dates back to the mid 1880s-1890s, when the railroads were built and where they ended. The large agricultural fields to the east of the center soon gave way to more industrial uses, which then attracted a predominantly male population who arrived by train for work from the railways, or predominantly from transient agricultural sectors. This atmosphere sprouted small hotels, then transient living spaces, which now... middle of paper... and benefits support, and by 1987 the day I didn't see had begun to serve both men and women and shortened its name in LAMP. in the first years of operation it was quickly realized that, in addition to needing assistance with basic needs, the mentally ill needed a safe environment to live in, which put them on a mission to acquire more. property and expand their services for the mentally ill. in 1988 Lamp obtained the property that would become Lamp Village, a 25,000-square-foot former warehouse that was transformed into a center for life skills workshops, case movement and advocacy services. With furnished residences with 48 beds, private bathrooms and kitchens, it was Los Angeles County's first permanent supportive housing. Becoming a primary factor in solidarity building has become Lamp's principal