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A row of tents and makeshift shelters, one using an American flag, sits under on a sidewalk under a freeway overpass.
A woman walks past a dowtown L.A. homeless encampment beneath an overpass in April 2020
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Pushed Out: LA's Unhoused Women
We are exploring why domestic or intimate partner violence is the biggest reason women experience homelessness in L.A. County.
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