Here’s my piece on the housing disaster in L.A for Los Angeleno. Edited by @joedonnelly.
Thing is, I wrote the same story in 2005. It was a much better disaster back them. These days, L.A. looks like a post-apocalyptic tent city and anybody who didn’t see it coming was looking the other way.
Read it here —https://losangeleno.com/features/almost-homeless-los-angeles/
Here’s some photos from the piece.
![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_768/https://samslovick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Gilbrerto-Ruiz-in-his-garage-home-1024x768.jpeg)
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![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_768/https://samslovick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Beverly-and-Vermont-mobile-bike-shop-2-1024x768.jpeg)
![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_768/https://samslovick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Felix-in-his-Sunglasses-store-on-Los-Angeles-Street2-1024x768.jpeg)
![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_768/https://samslovick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Portable-shower-Virgil-and-Beverly-1024x768.jpeg)
![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_648/https://samslovick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Christopher-Cunningham-homeless-vet-in-Westwood3-1024x648.jpeg)