Summary: <p>Homelessness in Los Angeles was already a crisis when the pandemic hit. Jaime Lowe, contributor to <em>The New York Times Magazine</em> and author of three books, including the forthcoming <em>Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Frontlines of California's Wildfires</em> (MCD, 2021), talks about how unhoused residents have become a political flashpoint in L.A., and how the city and state are attempting to confront the crisis.</p>
