The Midnight Mission aims to help as more homeless people face heat-related illness.
For the Midnight Mission, which serves“Water isn’t a privilege; it’s mandatory,” said Georgia Berkovich, director of public affairs for the mission. “And even more so now, we’re seeing more and more people coming for water, and we’re seeing more heat-related illnesses on skid row.”Like many L.A. neighborhoods, skid row is an urban heat island, where roads and other infrastructure absorb and reflect the sun’s heat more than natural landscapes such as forests and bodies of water.
Co-founder Aria Cataño says homeless people have limited options for getting water. If they’re not receiving it from organizations like Water Drop, they sometimes tap into fire hydrants in order to clean their dishes and wash their bodies. The city had installed a series of temporary drinking fountains attached to fire hydrants but removed them because of concerns they could become sources of coronavirus spread.
Fueled by climate change, drought has exacerbated heat and shortages of potable water, according to an“California is in the midst of
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