The homeless are considered high risk during the coronavirus crisis.
in last year's official homeless count, up 12% from the previous year. They may be living in a tent, a car or simply sleeping out in the open.In the encampment in Venice, clean water comes from knocking on doors of nearby homes and asking residents if they can fill a jug."If we're lucky, you can fill a gallon bottle," said Laurence Miller, 61. For showers, he said, people can try to get one at a community center across the street,"but it's limited.
The department is trying to extend the opening of temporary shelters for winter."It's easier for us to work with homeless people who have a shelter ... than it is to work with people who are completely unhoused," Ferrer said. For those remain outside, a big need is more hand-washing stations. Los Angeles City Council members Mitch O'Farrell and Monica Rodriguez have proposed the installation of sanitation stations at more of the homeless encampments around the city.
One of the city's largest homeless shelters, the 1,000-bed Union Rescue Mission, is installing stand-alone outdoor sinks at the front and rear entrances to its complex on Skid Row, home to the city's largest population of homeless, said its CEO, the Rev. Andy Bales.
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