Southern California Repurposes Buildings for Trafficking Survivors, Homeless

Officials celebrate the conversion of a closed roller skating rink into a bridge housing facility for the homeless in Northridge, north Los Angeles, on March 25, 2021. Jamie Joseph/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—When San Diego stopped issuing strip club licenses and a local club went up for sale, a church bought it to create a shelter for human trafficking survivors.

When the pandemic bankrupted a family favorite roller rink that had been in Los Angeles for more than 40 years, a project to turn it into bridge housing for the homeless got underway.