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NATION, Page 57American NotesLOS ANGELESChic Charity
The special-delivery package bulged with sportswear bearing
fancy logos like Giorgio, Gucci, Nike and Louis Vuitton. A chic
boutique? No, the recipient was the Good Shepherd Center for
Homeless Women in Los Angeles. And the merchandise was $1
million worth of counterfeit name-brand T-shirts, sweat shirts
and running suits seized by lawmen in a sting operation last
December. Instead of destroying the phony duds, city attorney
James K. Hahn launched an unusual salvage operation. With the
O.K. of firms whose names were pirated, the city divided the
43,000 items among eight community-service organizations. "Come
winter those things are going to be very, very handy," said
Carmen Hills, one of Good Shepherd's volunteers. "Some women
come in here with nothing but identification, if that."