How Los Angeles is Grappling With its Homelessness Crisis

Homelessness in Los Angeles was already a crisis when the pandemic hit. Jaime Lowe, contributor to The New York Times Magazine and author of three books, including the forthcoming Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Frontlines of California's Wildfires (MCD, 2021),  talks about how unhoused residents have become a political flashpoint in L.A., and how the city and state are attempting to confront the crisis.