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Behind the Homeless Surge in California’s High DesertBehind the Homeless Surge in California’s High Desert
A homeless individual lives in an old RV that sits in the Mojave desert, near Lancaster, Calif., on July 10, 2024.
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Behind the Homeless Surge in California’s High Desert

In a ‘forgotten’ corner of Los Angeles County lives a crisis of extremes
A homeless individual lives in an old RV that sits in the Mojave desert, near Lancaster, Calif., on July 10, 2024.
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Behind the Homeless Surge in California’s High Desert

In a ‘forgotten’ corner of Los Angeles County lives a crisis of extremes
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By Beige Luciano-Adams
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July 25, 2024Updated:November 30, 2024

LOS ANGELES—In the scrubby Mojave desert north of Los Angeles, a sprawling encampment of decrepit RVs sits just off a dirt road separating the city of Lancaster from Los Angeles County’s unincorporated expanse.

In every direction, garbage spreads out like an algae super bloom—beyond that, endless sand and brush, baking in the summer sun.

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