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Los Angeles is far from ending homelessness – but other American cities can still learn a lot from it

  • Written by Brenda Wiewel, Director of the Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness, University of Southern California

Los Angeles became ground zero for America’s homelessness crisis after President Donald Trump visited the city on Sept. 17.

“We can’t let Los Angeles, San Francisco and numerous other cities destroy themselves by allowing what’s happening,” Trump said. They’re ruining the “best highways, our best streets,...

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