Cinema News: How Los Angeles became the nation’s homelessness capital

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The real story of how L.A. became the epicenter of America's homeless crisis

Homelessness wasn't always an issue in Los Angeles — it accumulated through decades of policies that chipped away at affordable housing, replaced good jobs with low-wage work, and left vulnerable people with nowhere to land when they fell.

Today, more than 75,000 people are unhoused in L.A. County — more than the population of many California counties, enough to fill Dodger Stadium and still overflow into downtown. This is the story of how a housing shortage, economic shifts, and a patchwork of political decisions turned a chronic problem into a defining crisis.


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