Los Angeles has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow police and city workers to seize or destroy property that homeless people leave unattended on sidewalks, saying Skid Row homeless encampments presented a public-health risk. According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, some 11 people have died from tuberculosis since 2007, and of the 78 people infected, 60 were homeless.洛杉磯大眾已經(jīng)請求美國最高法院賦予警察和城管權(quán)利,從人行道、街邊上收回和處理流浪漢丟棄的無人看管的物品,據(jù)悉這些像“貧民窟”一樣的流浪人聚集地引發(fā)了一場公共衛(wèi)生危機(jī)。根據(jù)洛杉磯公共衛(wèi)生部消息,自2007年來,已經(jīng)有約11人死于肺結(jié)核,另有78人受到感染,其中有60個(gè)是無家可歸的人。
n. 排,船游,吵鬧
vt. 劃船,成排