LOS ANGELES — As their Uber ride headed from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles late Thursday morning, Bella Reith and Paul Campo couldn’t help but notice the row of tents on sidewalks and freeway underpasses.
But when they arrived in South Park — a downtown neighborhood district dotted with luxury hotels, L.A. Live and restaurants — Reith, 29, said she realized the homeless people were gone.
That was due to the the Ninth Summit of the Americas taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, about a block away from where Reith and Campo stood.
