Truck explosion in LA

Your right they sure are doing swell there.
https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Homelessness-in-CA-Fact-Sheet-v3.pdf

As of January 2019, 27% of people experiencing homelessness in the entire United States are in
California.
• Homelessness in California increased by more than 22% over the last decade. Between 2018 and 2019,
homelessness in California increased by over 16%.
• 33 out of 43 (77%) of California Continuums of Care saw increases in homelessness between 2017 and 2019.
• In California, 72% of people experiencing homelessness are unsheltered, which is the highest share of
unsheltered homelessness of any state.
• Nationwide, more than half of the people experiencing unsheltered homelessness reside in California

State of California Debt Clock

 

Emergency vehicles are exempt from CARB's stupidity. Wouldn't want a derate on the way to an emergency ya know.

 

It's no secret that many homeless people travel to places with nice weather and large population centers without punitive attitudes toward the homeless.

 

So, politics aside, why were 17 people injured? I would guess they had enough time between seizing the truck and loading the explosives into their containment vehicle to knock on doors and evacuate the neighborhood. You know, just in case something went wrong.

 

Because everyone was standing outside when it happened. There are videos all over the Internet of people standing about a half block away from the truck and they all had their phones out recording it.

 

“Officers went door-to-door,” LAPD. Lt. Raul Jovel told CBSLA. “After the explosion, they discovered that some folks were still in the vicinity that did not answer the door. And that’s how we discovered that some folks were injured.”

 

Post link please.

 

Well honestly some neighborhoods of California look like a bomb went off, so this isn't really shocking at all.....

 

I know right...they vote for fools then act surprised when things go wrong...

 

Pretty much every state in the union has places like that. Mostly the result of decades of redlining.