Firefighters call it the “Big Screen”: the front door to Los Angeles Fire Station #9, through which firemen have watched a human tragedy unfold for years. Station #9 sits in the middle of the country’s gravest homeless problem—Los Angeles’ skid row.
Get a firsthand look at just how dire the situation is as we follow firefighter and paramedic Dave Chavez on his daily calls.
Correspondent Stephanie O’Neill Noe reports.
- The 2005 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, the first comprehensive census of the region’s homeless population. (pdf)
Bring Los Angeles Home , a long-term plan for ending homelessness in Los Angeles. (pdf)- Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
- Life on the Streets, Los Angeles Times Columnist Steve Lopez reports from Skid Row in this five-part series.
- Why is it called “Skid Row”?
- The Midnight Mission, one of the oldest human services organizations in the Los Angeles area.
- The Union Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the poor and homeless.
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