Thanks to an out of control homeless problem and the ruling Democrats’ welcoming of illegal aliens with open arms, the city of Los Angeles is being hit with an unprecedented outbreak of Typhus.
The City Of Angles is battling the rapidly spreading flea-bourne disease and the health department issued an official alert last fall but according to new reports, it may be a losing battle.
The latest?
The Los Angeles City Hall may soon be ripping out the building’s carpets after numerous rat sightings in and around the building.
All carpets at Los Angeles City Hall may need to be replaced amid a Typhus outbreak that may have infected one city employee while at work, according to a motion filed by Council President Herb Wesson on Wednesday.
Wesson first became aware of a vermin issue in November 2018, contacted pest control experts and removed all his office’s carpets, according to the motion.
The motion reported cleanup issues and a noticeable increase in rodents in the area, which could have contributed to the outbreak.
On Thursday, Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez provided to KTLA video showing rats running through City Hall offices. Spooked staffers could be heard shrieking in the background.
Los Angeles county health officials first reported a Typhus outbreak in downtown Los Angeles in October 2018, the year there were 142 Typhus cases in Los Angeles County alone, according to a study by the California Department of Public Health.
L.A. City Hall has a rat problem https://t.co/a50TLSy5W4
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 8, 2019
Additional details courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, “L.A. City Hall, overrun with rats, might remove all carpets amid typhus fears”:
At a Halloween celebration at City Hall last year, a rat gnawed through a pumpkin put out for decoration. In another incident, city workers found a dead rodent decomposing in an office ceiling. And then there were the rat droppings spotted on at least two different floors of the downtown building.
L.A. City Hall has a problem with rats — and leaders, fed up with the problem, are calling for an investigation.
City Council President Herb Wesson on Wednesday submitted a motion asking the city to report back on the “scope of vermin and pest control issues” at City Hall and adjoining city buildings.
“Employees shouldn’t have to come to work worried about rodents,” Wesson said in interview. “I intend to do whatever it is we need” to solve the problem.
City workers at several offices say they’ve seen evidence of rats. At least two city workers say they were bitten by fleas.
The council president said he’s had a series of problems with vermin in his fourth-floor office, as well as fleas in the carpet. Things got so bad that he moved his entire staff out of City Hall to a district office for a few days over the holidays, he said.
Vanessa Rodriguez, a onetime Wesson spokeswoman, said late last year that she discovered tiny paw prints on papers on her desk.
“It looked like the artwork of a small child with a rubber stamp,” said Rodriguez, who no longer works for the city.
Staffers also saw signs that rats were nesting in potted plants in Wesson’s office, she said. The plants were mashed down in a way that looked like heavy objects had been placed on them and bite marks were visible on the leaves.
In his motion, Wesson is seeking a cost estimate to remove all of the carpet from City Hall and the adjoining buildings, and replace it with alternative flooring. The motion also calls for a tally of live plants — including varieties that “are most attractive to vermin” — in every city-owned or city-operated building downtown.
Wesson also wants the city to come up with a policy to require employees to secure their food after hours and for custodial services to throw out food that’s left out.
His motion doesn’t pinpoint an exact reason for the rats, which tend to seek shelter when it’s rainy and cold, but does note the demolition of the nearby Parker Center and “ongoing cleanup issues near the Civic Center complex.”
Last year, county officials declared a typhus outbreak in downtown Los Angeles. At the time, health officials said people should avoid wild or stray animals, including rats.
This is what happens when a city is ruled by liberals and socialists and it will only get worse but it’s hard to have much sympathy for residents who keep electing them.
A lot of the problems would be solved if the DemocRATS were run out of city hall by voters.
