Drug Offenders Will Be 86'ed from LA's Skid Row
September 27, 2006 - It's an untested legal clean-up tool: people convicted of drug crimes will be barred from hanging out on downtown LA's Skid Row while on probation, under a new policy put together by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Los Angeles police, the county probation department and LA County superior courts. DA Steve Cooley says judges will issue "stay away" orders covering the Fifth Street corridorbetween Broadway and Central avenues, when sentencing people for drug convictions.