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Doors open at LA’s newest homeless shelter
LA has a plan to put an emergency homeless shelter in every city council district. The first is a little village of trailers in a parking lot near Olvera Street.
By Madeleine Brand • • 46m ListenLA has a plan to put an emergency homeless shelter in every city council district. The first is a little village of trailers in a parking lot near Olvera Street.
New homeless housing at El Pueblo. Photo by Anna Scott.
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Read the story9 minInside the new homeless housing at El Pueblo
LA has a plan to put an emergency homeless shelter in every city council district. We look inside the first one built. It’s downtown, near Olvera Street. It’s a little village of trailers in a parking lot.
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