“I’d rather be outside”

10 years outside . Meth, alcohol and weed

Sunny day real estate

“Why are they spending so much money when they aren’t helping anybody”.
Where does the 1 Billion Los Angeles spends annually to “end homelessness” go?

West Virginia to CA. 17 years heroin.

Inseparable for 28 years living outside

“IF I STOP MY HABIT, I HAVE A PLACE TO STAY. BUT IM NOT GOING TO STAY SOME PLACE WHERE IM DOING MY THING. THATS A LIE AND I CANT LIVE A LIE. THATS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO IS LIE AND STEAL FROM PEOPLE”

“Out and about” for the last 10 years. Not interested in shelters.
Instagram.com/La.homeless

Hideout

On coping mechanisms

NICK and CONNIE. Interview will be posted on my IG page in profile

CAROL on involuntary shelter

SEQUOIA, Skid Row

Emphatically, Gavin Newsom said the “face of homelessnes is the poor mom with two kids and a husband that took off and left her. Who is sitting there struggling on that minimum wage job and all of a sudden is out on the street and sidewalks desperately trying to find some help”

The term “homelessness” implies that there’s a single solution: housing. What we see going on in Los Angeles should never be called “homelessness”.

The air conditioning unit really makes this next level.