Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Gimme Shelter: Housing the Homeless in LA
A special live broadcast of Press Play examines the city’s unprecedented homeless crisis from how we got here to what the solutions might be.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1h 0m ListenMore than 27,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles. The problem is getting worse. In a special live event, Madeleine Brand looks at how we got here, what at-risk people are doing to keep off the streets, and what big ideas exist to effectively tackle the crisis.
Peter Lynn - Executive Director, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)
Laura Estrada - U.S. Naval Veteran, formerly homeless
Mike Alvidrez - Chief Executive Officer, Skid Row Housing Trust
Tanya Tull - Founder & President, Partnering for Change
Jose Huizar - City Councilmember
Andrew “Andy” J. Bales - CEO, Union Rescue Mission
