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Los Angeles Homeless Fill Emergency Shelter Sites to Escape Brutal Storm

The city kickstarts its winter shelter program to help people living in the streets avoid the rain and cold.
Los Angeles Homeless Fill Emergency Shelter Sites to Escape Brutal Storm
A person walks with carts in the rain near an encampment of unhoused people in Skid Row as a powerful long-duration atmospheric river storm, the second in less than a week, continues to impact Southern California in Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Jill McLaughlin
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All of Los Angeles’s emergency shelter beds for the homeless population were filled Feb. 6 after the city made them available to help people get off the streets during this week’s storm.

The city activated its winter shelter program to help its 46,000 homeless people stay safe, according to Mayor Karen Bass.

Jill McLaughlin
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Jill McLaughlin is an award-winning journalist covering politics, environment, and statewide issues. She has been a reporter and editor for newspapers in Oregon, Nevada, and New Mexico. Jill was born in Yosemite National Park and enjoys the majestic outdoors, traveling, golfing, and hiking.
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