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We see them every day.
They are people like C, a woman in her mid-50s who has for years lived mostly in the parking lot of a Hollywood mall. She suffers from untreated, severe psychotic illness as well as from diabetes and hypertension. She spends much of her time talking to herself angrily and screaming profanities at passersby. Unfortunately, trapped by her profound sickness, she has resisted repeated attempts by L.A. County’s mental health workers to connect her with care and housing.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-12-18/need-for-new-laws-to-address-homelessness?fbclid=IwAR31_VaJgYmVGK65v7MZ_SfCRQ_eqnpz4Iwk8oW7SDRWmLAWmfEuLWZ84xM