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    Life on Skid Row

    Los Angeles has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow police and city workers to seize or destroy property that homeless people leave unattended on sidewalks, saying Skid Row homeless encampments presented a public-health risk. According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, some 11 people have died from tuberculosis since 2007, and of the 78 people infected, 60 were homeless. 

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    1. Darryl Owens, 56, stands in front of his tent on downtown Los Angeles
    2. A man sits on downtown Los Angeles
    3. Tents line the sidewalk on downtown Los Angeles
    4. Workers distributing food to the homeless wear surgical masks and gloves on downtown Los Angeles
    5. LAPD Sergeant Aloaf Walker looks to see if anyone is sleeping in a tent on downtown Los Angeles
    6. A man wakes up on downtown Los Angeles
    7. A woman uses a cell phone on downtown Los Angeles
    8. A man is released by LAPD Sergeant Mark Wright, after store owners complained he was shoplifting but refused to make a private person
    9. A man sits in a police car after local store owners complained he was shoplifting on downtown Los Angeles
    10. A man wakes up on downtown Los Angeles
    11. A woman wakes up on downtown Los Angeles
    12. Diane Merritt stands next to her possessions on downtown Los Angeles
    13. Ayers, subject of the movie "The Soloist", plays guitar on downtown Los Angeles
    14. A woman sits on downtown Los Angeles
    15. A sign on a homeless person

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