PHOTOS: Taking a census of L.A.’s homeless
Jake Puffer, 23, of Hollywood interviews Ruben Montoya, 49, about 4 a.m. on the street where Montoya and his girlfriend have been sleeping. Puffer and other volunteers are gathering statistics on homeless people in the area.
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Puffer and fellow volunteers, from left, Amanda Kwong, 24, of Los Angeles; Jenna Gallaher, 20, of Studio City; and Devin Strecker, 32, of Los Angeles prepare to branch out on the streets of Hollywood.
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Amanda Kwong snaps a photo of Scot, 37, a homeless man from Texas who was camped out behind a store on Sunset Boulevard. He told Kwong that he has a bachelor’s degree and that until last year he was a web designer making $80,000 a year.
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Jake Puffer and Jenna Gallaher check their coverage map to see which streets they need to survey next. Volunteers counted 323 people in Hollywood that night, 257 of whom agreed to be questioned in exchange for $5 Subway gift certificates.
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Devin Strecker interviews a homeless man during the survey. One of the group’s goals was identifying those most at risk for death.
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Tim Dillenbeck is photographed in front of his one-bedroom apartment. During a January 2008 survey, Dillenbeck was identified as one of Santa Monica’s most vulnerable homeless people, and social workers managed to secure permanent housing for him.
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