The Garbaging of America

In The Garbaging of America, political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson details his fight for safe and sanitary streets in L.A. He assesses the health, safety, and environmental danger posed by the mounting garbage pile ups on city streets. He examines the laws and codes of enforcement. He tells why there is lax enforcement of the laws.

He charges there is a double standard in garbage and sanitation services. Low income Black and Hispanic neighborhoods streets are the dumping grounds for waste and garbage. It is clearly a race and class issue. Many residents in these communities have waged furious battles to get city and county officials to provide the sanitation services they pay for but are denied. This is the first detailed look at a problem that poses a colossal health hazard to millions of Americans. It's also an urgent call to action.