Where Would I Sleep on the Streets of Los Angeles?
Taking Part in the Annual Survey of Unhoused Angelenos Helps Connect Me to All the People in My Adopted Home
If I were sleeping outside … where would I be?
We’d been invited to ask ourselves this question as we walked the streets in the dead of night, canvassing for strangers. I thought I knew the city well, but it appears vastly different when you’re looking for a place to bed down for the night.
Behind the hedges in front of a quaint apartment building? Too dark and secluded, vulnerable to robbery or rape. Could I rest on the front porch of that bungalow? Too risky: I might be mistaken for a …
