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    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.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 17, 2016 • 1h 0m Listen

    More 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

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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