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Maxine Waters: “The testimony to us should shock us all, with the 55,188 people experiencing homelessness in the Los Angeles area.”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
The testimony to us should shock us all, with the 55,188 people experiencing homelessness in the Los Angeles area.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters emphasizes the alarming homelessness statistics in Los Angeles.

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