Unused Trailers for LA’s Homeless Sit Empty

Trailers for the homeless are set up in south Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2020. Courtesy of Gov. Gavin Newsom's Office

When the state of California gifted 1,300 travel trailers throughout the state last year to temporarily house the homeless during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, there was hope that some of the 66,000 people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County would have shelter.

But a year later, many of the trailers in Los Angeles sit empty and unused in parking lots next to the Los Angeles Zoo and Dodger Stadium, according to a local news report.