“The intent here is to alleviate the deplorable situation that our day laborers have been facing for 20 years in the 1500 block of Dayton,” said City Councilwoman Sally Mounier, whose Ward I encompasses the area in question. “They bake in the summer, they freeze in the winter, there are no bathrooms, there are occasionally people who come in and give them sustenance, but that’s sporadic at best.”

