>Garbage sat uncollected in alleyways; street-cleaning vehicles sped through so fast they seemed to make everything dirtier; police allowed constant low-level c

>Garbage sat uncollected in alleyways; street-cleaning vehicles sped through so fast they seemed to make everything dirtier; police allowed constant low-level criminal activity outside the smoke shop with the bulletproof Plexiglas. This, here, is our society failing the residents of Watts. >Getting all this dealt with, however, risked raising local resentment over outsiders receiving special treatment. It's not just unfounded resentment and fear of outsiders. People in these neighborhoods have been actively and systematically denied access to capital. There needs to be is an active effort to increase ownership among the existing residents in an area before promoting massive outside private investment. People need the education, security, and access to capital to own their own homes and open their own businesses. >Every local business, as a result, was out of compliance and therefore required to pay an annual variance fee for nothing at all. It's ridiculous how local governance can get so awful.