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Judge weighs stepping in on LA-area homeless crisis, during unprecedented Skid Row hearing | L.A. Focus News

Amid a worsening death rate among unhoused people, the question of whether the homeless crisis has overwhelmed Los Angeles-area public officials took center stage during an unusual court hearing held in a Skid Row parking lot on Thursday, Feb. 4. With his voice blaring over a speaker, loud enough to be heard by the people […]

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