Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The long history of how LA's homeless crisis got to this point
About 55,000 people are living on the streets and in the shelters of greater Los Angeles. Leaders have recently proposed emergency measures, like housing people in trailers downtown or turning motels into transitional homes.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAbout 55,000 people are living on the streets and in the shelters of greater Los Angeles. Leaders have recently proposed emergency measures, like housing people in trailers downtown or turning motels into transitional homes. But a lot of these “new” ideas have failed in the past.
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LA Phil performs Leonard Bernstein's Vietnam-era 'Mass'- 0:00The long history of how LA's homeless crisis got to this pointYou’re reading this
- 7:26New York Times draws fury for explaining LA to Angelenos
- 15:49Month after mudslides, Santa Barbara gets back on its feet
- 26:31Leonard Bernstein's Vietnam War-era symphony comes to Disney Hall
- 40:41Can dockless bikes help solve LA’s traffic problem?
The full episode
1 of 5LA Phil performs Leonard Bernstein's Vietnam-era 'Mass'- 0:00The long history of how LA's homeless crisis got to this pointYou’re reading this
- 7:26New York Times draws fury for explaining LA to Angelenos
- 15:49Month after mudslides, Santa Barbara gets back on its feet
- 26:31Leonard Bernstein's Vietnam War-era symphony comes to Disney Hall
- 40:41Can dockless bikes help solve LA’s traffic problem?