LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The city of Los Angeles is looking at a pilot program that would employ homeless people to clean trash from streets, sidewalks and alleys.
The city says it receives some 200 requests a day about dumping and trash nuisances. Sometimes city employees are diverted from more complex projects to respond to clean up trash, officials say.
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Instead the pilot program will outsource litter cleanup to social justice groups that could recruit the homeless to help clean up trash.
Officials note the city already has a similar approach in how it manages graffiti
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A City Council committee reviewed the preliminary proposal Wednesday and asked city staff to come back within three months with a full recommendation on how to create the program.