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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

"A Crisis Of Extremes": Behind The Homeless Surge In California's High Desert

In the scrubby Mojave desert north of Los Angeles, a sprawling encampment of decrepit RVs sits just off a dirt road separating the city of Lancaster from Los Angeles County’s unincorporated expanse.

In every direction, garbage spreads out like an algae super bloom—beyond that, endless sand and brush, baking in the summer sun.
-Joe