Some Long Beach community members are pushing back against the Los Angeles County Metro Board’s plan to create a hub for homeless services at one of its local Metro subway stations along the line that runs from downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who represents Long Beach and is a member of the Metro board, authored the motion to create the hub in February, and was sponsored by three other board members including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
During a February Metro board meeting, officials requested staff to explore the city’s Wardlow and Willow stations, both located in Long Beach’s Wrigley neighborhood, for such a hub. The stations in question are four and five stops from the A Line’s 1st Street station, where riders, per Metro policy, must disembark daily at 1 a.m. to allow Metro workers to clean and prepare compartments for operations resuming at 4 a.m….