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Spent several months last year working on this @Refinery29 doc about how the homelessness and housing crisis is affecting women — not just on Skid Row, but all over Los Angeles.
We talked to residents in Venice, consulted experts including at @uscsocialwork, interviewed @MayorOfLA, hung out with an activist motorcycle gang downtown, and spent a lot of time speaking with the women for whom housing would mean the most.
When the #homelesscount is released this morning, I'll be thinking of Arien, who is my age and sleeps down the street from my apartment in Hollywood. She ended up on the streets while fleeing a bad housing situation and now says she's a "walking target."
Today, June 4, LA will announce the numbers from its 2019 homelessness count. We know to expect a "double-digit increase” from the year before. After you get angry, here's how to get to work fixing a problem the city—and state—is clearly not fixing for us. la.curbed.com/2019/5/31/1864…
Sign up for @yesinmyla's training sessions that help you talk to your neighbors about housing and homelessness and show you how to organize to support projects in your community. yesinmyla.org/trainings 
On Friday, June 7 at noon, @EveryoneIn_LA is holding a community conversation. Call in to get your questions answered and find out how to join collective actions being taken across the city. everyoneinla.org/community-call/
