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Carla Hall, a veteran member of the Los Angeles Times editorial board, published a retrospective analysis on March 30, 2025, detailing the human reality of the city's homelessness crisis to advocate for expanded housing solutions and public empathy. Drawing from years of investigative reporting and personal interactions across Los Angeles, Hall argues that the city cannot thrive as a bifurcated society where one group resides in safety while another is relegated to the sidewalks. Her reflections come as the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority rolls out a new real-time computerized bed-tracking system, a technological attempt to address the chronic shortage of immediate shelter space she encountered during her fieldwork. Throughout her tenure, Hall documented the diverse trajectories that lead individuals to the streets, from a man living in an RV with his dog to a woman discharged from a hospital with no place to go. By highlighting stories like those of James, who lost his retail job and sought only a modest room, and Joshua, a man Hall met while serving as a jury foreperson, the narrative challenges the dehumanizing stereotypes often associated with the unhoused. These accounts emphasize that homelessness is rarely a choice but rather a consequence of a volatile economy where housing has become an inaccessible commodity and poverty remains the primary barrier to stability. In her final appeal, Hall critiques the effectiveness of anti-camping ordinances, noting that such measures merely shift the population to different neighborhoods rather than solving the underlying issue. She asserts that 'homeless housing' is a misnomer because the provision of a home immediately resolves the status of being homeless, allowing individuals to address secondary issues like mental health or substance abuse from a position of security. The report concludes with a call for Los Angeles residents to hold politicians accountable not by blocking developments, but by demanding the construction of affordable housing in all neighborhoods to accommodate the estimated 75,000 unhoused people in the county.