Editing Los Angeles (section)

===Homelessness===
{{main|Homelessness in Los Angeles}}
[[File:Homeless people, Los Angeles, California (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Homeless tents outside [[Los Angeles City Hall]], 2021]]
As of January 2020, there are 41,290 [[Homelessness in the United States|homeless people]] in the City of Los Angeles, comprising roughly 62% of the homeless population of LA County.<ref>{{cite web|title=4558 – 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count Presentation|url=https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=4558-2020-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-presentation|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=www.lahsa.org|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707040526/https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=4558-2020-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-presentation|url-status=live}}</ref> This is an increase of 14.2% over the previous year (with a 12.7% increase in the overall homeless population of LA County).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Cowan|first=Jill|date=June 12, 2020|title=What Los Angeles's Homeless Count Results Tell Us|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us/la-county-homeless-population.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612130812/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us/la-county-homeless-population.html |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=July 6, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Homeless Populations">{{Cite news|last=Cowan|first=Jill|date=June 5, 2019|title=Homeless Populations Are Surging in Los Angeles. Here's Why.|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/us/los-angeles-homeless-population.html|access-date=July 6, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327093047/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/us/los-angeles-homeless-population.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The epicenter of homelessness in Los Angeles is the [[Skid Row, Los Angeles|Skid Row]] neighborhood, which contains 8,000 homeless people, one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Gale  |last2=Zahniser |first2=David  |date=May 29, 2019 |title=L.A. agrees to let homeless people keep skid row property — and some in downtown aren't happy |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-cleanup-property-skid-row-downtown-lawsuit-mitchell-case-20190529-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810085752/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-cleanup-property-skid-row-downtown-lawsuit-mitchell-case-20190529-story.html |archive-date=August 10, 2019 |access-date=August 19, 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="abc7_06132019">{{cite news|url=https://abc7.com/society/las-homeless-aerial-tour-of-skid-row-epicenter-of-crisis/5344680/|title=LA's homeless: Aerial view tour of Skid Row, epicenter of crisis|last=Cristi|first=Chris|date=June 13, 2019|work=ABC7|access-date=June 19, 2019|archive-date=October 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017121638/https://abc7.com/society/las-homeless-aerial-tour-of-skid-row-epicenter-of-crisis/5344680/|url-status=live}}</ref> The increased homeless population in Los Angeles has been attributed to lack of housing affordability<ref name="Homeless Populations"/> and to substance abuse.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Doug Smith|author2=Benjamin Oreskes|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-07/homeless-population-mental-illness-disability|title=Are many homeless people in L.A. mentally ill? New findings back the public's perception|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 7, 2019|access-date=June 2, 2022|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603043500/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-07/homeless-population-mental-illness-disability|url-status=live}}</ref> Almost 60 percent of the 82,955 people who became newly homeless in 2019 said their homelessness was because of economic hardship.<ref name=":0" /> In Los Angeles, black people are roughly four times more likely to experience homelessness.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=2823 – Report And Recommendations Of The Ad Hoc Committee On Black People Experiencing Homelessness|url=https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=2823-report-and-recommendations-of-the-ad-hoc-committee-on-black-people-experiencing-homelessness|access-date=July 6, 2020|website=www.lahsa.org|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706211718/https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=2823-report-and-recommendations-of-the-ad-hoc-committee-on-black-people-experiencing-homelessness|url-status=live}}</ref>