Counting the homeless
A man pulling a line of shopping carts pauses along 9th Street in downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Makeshift shelters crowd San Julian Street in the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles. (Jabin Botsford / Los Angeles Times)
A man stands in a homeless encampment beneath the 1st Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Homeless men in recovery programs line up for a meal at the Union Rescue Mission in the heart of L.A.’s skid row. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A man prepares to set up camp for the night on Winston Street in L.A.’s skid row. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A pair of men share a crack pipe outside the Union Rescue Mission in L.A.’s skid row. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A man who goes by the moniker “OG Coke Smoke” panhandles along Winston Street in L.A.’s skid row. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)