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'Extraordinary' homelessness hearing held in LA's Skid Row
Read full article: 'Extraordinary' homelessness hearing held in LA's Skid RowMarshals Service officers after holding a court hearing at the Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. โThis is an extraordinary hearing,โ Carter said, acknowledging the setting but also the scope of the problem facing the court. โThe only answer is housing!โ said Pete White, an activist with the Los Angeles Community Action Network. A January 2020 count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported that there were more than 66,400 homeless people living in Los Angeles County โ by far the largest single concentration in the state. Carter noted that 1,383 homeless people died in the city and county of Los Angeles last year, a 32% increase from 2019.