Southern California races to shelter homeless people as frigid storm bears down
LA TimesCrystal Jones, right, and Tony Chavez pack up their truck at a Lancaster homeless camp where Los Angeles County Homeless Services Authority workers were enrolling them in an emergency shelter program ahead of the winter storm. “It is not enough to meet demand,” Molly Rysman, chief programs officer with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, said in an interview. “They’re alive and well.” In anticipation of the storms, Los Angeles Mission, a homeless shelter on skid row, helped open a warming station equipped with jackets, gloves and heaters, said Pastor Troy Vaughn, president and chief executive. “Outreach teams from LAHSA and the county go into the areas around creeks and rivers to inform people that severe weather is coming and to seek higher ground,” Chapman said. “If interim housing resources are available, the teams will offer them along with a ride.” Rysman, the homeless authority’s chief programs officer, said the Westside is a problem area for the agency.
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