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1984: Tent City highlights growing problem
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-22 at 5.15.04 PM_thumb.png2023-03-23T00:15:41+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911“In December 1984, advocates for the homeless opened a temporary shelter downtown at 1st and Spring streets, in the shadow of Los Angeles City Hall. Nicknamed “Tent City, ” it looks like a battlefield hospital. Cots are lined up, one next to the other, and sleeping bodies squirm under thin blankets. When it rains, drops fall from unseen leaks and deep puddles and mud cover the plastic spread over the grass for flooring.”plain2023-03-23T00:15:41+00:001984Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49