Los Angeles County opens its first sobering center Monday, on Skid Row. It will primarily serve homeless, intoxicated people who might otherwise be picked up by police or paramedics and taken to jail or an emergency room.
The county built the Dr. David L. Murphy Sobering Center on Skid Row to break this expensive cycle, he said.
Now, emergency responders will be able to take inebriated people to the Center to sober up and be referred to treatment and housing programs. There will be on-site nurses and social workers to help connect chronic alcoholics with the assistance they need.
The Center can house up to 50 people at a time, and will be open 24 hours a day. The county expects it will treat 2,000 people a year.
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