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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Merchants are unhappy about the mayor's plan to house the homeless near Olvera Street

    A new homeless facility is being built in downtown LA, near the El Pueblo historic site. The city is putting trailers in a parking lot there to provide short-term stays.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 24, 2018 • 1 min read

    A new homeless facility is being built in downtown LA, near the El Pueblo historic site. The city is putting trailers in a parking lot there to provide short-term stays. It’s a test model for the whole city, and it was supposed to be up and running by now. But there are delays and unhappy business owners in the area.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    'Blindspotting' co-star on the link between violence and gentrification
    1. 0:00Merchants are unhappy about the mayor's plan to house the homeless near Olvera StreetYou’re reading this
    2. 7:47Does R. Kelly admit to anything in his new 19-minute song?
    3. 17:23How Oakland has changed since Rafael Casal began writing 'Blindspotting'
    4. 32:37Does 'Who is America?' really say something about America?
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