The other side of Tinseltown: Moving pictures show how 'riverside living' has a different meaning

[KamaAina]

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in America's homeless capital

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3541807/The-Tinseltown-Moving-pictures-riverside-living-different-meaning-America-s-homeless-capital.html

Los Angeles, the City of Angels, is now known by a more sombre sobriquet - the homeless capital of America.

Living in the shadow of the world famous Hollywood sign, some 44,000 people survive without a proper home, many sleeping in cars, tents or in makeshift shacks.

According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the down-and-out population has increased by as much as 20 per cent. Authorities have declared a state of emergency and are seeking $100million to deal with the crisis....

Between 2013 and 2015, the number of homeless in Los Angeles County soared by 12.4 per cent, with the percent of those living in the street or in their car -- without access to emergency shelter -- soaring by 85 per cent.

[TeamPooka]

1. could we get the link to the article too please? Where was this from? nt

[KamaAina]

2. D'oh! Fixed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3541807/The-Tinseltown-Moving-pictures-riverside-living-different-meaning-America-s-homeless-capital.html