LA County voted Tuesday to install temporary restrooms near homeless encampments even as Santa Monica locks its public bathrooms at night.

LOS ANGELES, CA — As Los Angeles grapples with the nation's largest homeless population and a hepatitis A outbreak that prompted Gov. Jerry, Brown to declare a state of emergency in California, community leaders are battling over starkly divergent approaches.

Hoping to curb the deadly spread of hepatitis A, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a plan to install portable toilets and hand-washing stations near densely populated homeless encampments in four unincorporated areas and along the Los Angeles and San Gabriel riverbeds.

However, even as County officials commit tax dollars to install bathrooms for the homeless in some parts of the county, officials in Venice and Santa Monica have chosen over the years to lock their abundant public restrooms at night for fear of attracting more homeless residents. 

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