Aiding L.A. County’s chronically homeless
Diane Asebedo, 41, who says she’s been homeless off and on for nine years, is visited by the outreach team. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Puentes gets a visit from outreach worker Angel Espinoza during a morning shave. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Outreach workers approach a group of men, including Robert Navarrette, 51, living under a bridge on the border of El Monte and Baldwin Park. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
This woman living under a bridge on Valley Boulevard continues to refuse help from outreach workers. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Angel Espinoza gives Benny Perea his business card. Perea eventually went to detox and then got transitional housing. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Homeless for many years, Benny Perea told the project team he needed “a place to rest my head.” (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Outreach workers Jeanette Rowe and Angel Espinoza visit with Tamiko Holling, who lives with her husband and dogs along the San Gabriel River. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
After five years of being homeless, Gene Ball, 52, left, gets ready to leave a homeless encampment to enter a detox program with the help of outreach worker Angel Espinoza in El Monte. “I want detox and I want to better my life,” Ball said. Jimmy Stannard, 55, right, also homeless, helps Ball with his things. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Gina Florez, 52, who lives along the San Gabriel River, says she’s ready to go to detox if she can take her dog. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
“I’m proud of you,” outreach worker Angel Espinoza, right, told Gene Ball, left. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)