As thousands flee LA fires, disaster poses unique challenges for the unhoused

Jan 10, 2025
There are roughly 75,000 people in Los Angeles experiencing homelessness, and those in the path of the fires face additional risks.
Evacuation shelters are filling with newly displaced people. Those shelters were already strained trying to provide for the area's unhoused populations.
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