Ricky Bluthenthal

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Criticized the county's pause on syringe distribution during an HIV cluster

Los Angeles County ended its contract with Homeless Health Care Los Angeles on Nov. 3, and the nonprofit laid off 134 workers, including 117 at the county's Skid Row Care Campus. The county had already paused syringe and pipe distribution at the campus in August, as an HIV cluster grew in Skid Row.

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Critic of the pause

Los Angeles County stopped handing out syringes and pipes at its Skid Row Care Campus in August. On Nov. 2, county health officials confirmed the pause was still in place and that Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, the nonprofit that ran harm reduction there, would lose its contract the next day.

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