LA Police Chief Michel Moore Aims to Wipe Out Minor Warrants for Homeless
July 12, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said he is working to eliminate thousands of homeless people’s old warrants for minor offenses in the coming weeks as part of a solution to help get people off the streets. “This is a humanitarian crisis of our generation,” Moore said Wednesday in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press. “This matches any other calamity that this city or this region or this country has seen. It is, I believe, a social emergency.” Homelessness rose 16% in LA over the past year , to more than 36,000 people, according to