Where was everyone?
Measure H, which will impose a ¼ cent tax to raise money for homeless services, is on the March 7 ballot. There was a spirited but sparsely attended event on Hollywood Blvd. yesterday. In contrast to the recent Women’s March, which drew estimates as high as 700,000 in Los Angeles, there were only somewhere between 500 to 1,000 people walking yesterday. The march was so small that all the participants were able to fit on the sidewalks between Vine and Highland. This did manage to ruffle the feathers of several movie-goers exiting theaters, and the organizers instructed the marchers to bombard social media with images and hashtags meant to shame the Hollywood elite (and their reported six-figure swag bags) on the eve of the Oscars. But overall, in spite of the best intentions of the organizers and dedicated advocates, including representatives from city government, the turnout was disappointing….






Dori Sill was one of a handful of actual homeless people who participated in the march. Permanently hobbled from the brain aneurism which upended her life more than 15 years ago, she gamely limped the entire route, eventually fading to the back of the pack, but never losing her positive spirit and humor.
