🌱 Activists Interrupt City Council + Supervised Injection Sites In LA

Good morning, hello; today is National Watermelon Day, which celebrates the berry (!) that has been known to grow up to 262 pounds in weight! It's Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily. Here are all the things you need to know about what's happening locally...

The City Council had to halt a vote on an anti-camping ordinance. Also, will L.A. begin a pilot program studying the effectiveness of supervised drug injection sites? Finally, the LAUSD is ready to tackle the chronic absenteeism of learners.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 85 Low: 67.

FYI: To locate a cooling center in Los Angeles, call 3-1-1, reach out to the Los Angeles Public Library Public Information Office at (213) 228-7555, or find your nearest location and its hours on the current list of county facilities.

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Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. Activists interrupted Tuesday’s City Council meeting. At issue was “a vote to expand an anti-camping ordinance to all schools and most daycares. City business is at a standstill as LAPD calls more officers to City Hall.” The LAPD was asked to remove about 70 protesters from the chambers. (Kate Cagle)
2. It is up to Governor Gavin Newsom to decide if Los Angeles will be one of three cities “to provide supervised injection sites . . . where people can consume pre-obtained drugs with provided clean needles.” If there is an overdose, attendants with Narcan will step in. Passed by the state Senate on Monday, 21-11, the bill now sits on his desk. (ABC)
3. The LA Unified School District is working to get ahead of chronic absenteeism. A Tuesday report reveals that “more than half of LAUSD were chronically absent last year,” which translates to more than 200,000 learners. Experts found that “chronically absent students have had to stay home with their siblings, get jobs, or simply cannot find transportation to school.” (LA School Report)
4. There are 40 ice cream shops in the United States that critics have voted to be the best in the nation. In the state, there are four. We learned on Tuesday that Los Angeles has two of them. They are Awan, which “specializes in non-dairy ice cream using Indonesian roots,” and Wanderlust Creamery, where “flavors are inspired by a combination of desserts from Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and France.” (Patch)
5. Mark your calendars! KCON is coming to the L.A. Convention Center on August 19 through the 21st. “Explore K-Pop, K-Beauty, K-Food, and beyond through engaging panels, an expo overflowing with innovative products (and idol appearances!), KCON-exclusive programs, and artist engagements.” (LACC)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Healthy Brain Habits presented by Alzheimer-Los Angeles at the Sun Valley Branch Library (10:30 a.m.)
• Magic Show With Magic Wayne at the Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library (3 p.m.)
• Andrew Renfroe + Friends at the Mr Musichead Gallery (7:30 p.m.)
• Your Old Droog at The Roxy (8 p.m.)
• Riff Raff Comedy Show at Third Wheel Hollywood (10 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Have a rash and suspect monkeypox? Here are some testing options: 👩‍⚕️Contact your health care provider 📞Call 2-1-1 if you don’t have a provider 🏥Visit a Sexual Health Clinic for more info. (County of Los Angeles via Instagram)
• A View Heights neighbor is looking for record collectors or buyers who come to the house. (Nextdoor)
• Our neighbor in the Faircrest Heights area said that food quality is down. They went to Vons and bought Entenmann's and the frosting was in disarray. Bought a giant sub and there was barely any meat. (Nextdoor)
• A kind Echo Park Central neighbor found a black & white (with some brown stripes) pit bull (mix?) on Lake Shore Ave. He is extremely sweet, but a little mangey and malnourished. No chip. (Nextdoor)
• Our Hollywood West Central neighbor would just like to share some information regarding Banfield Pet Hospital. (Nextdoor)

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— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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