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00:00I remember when I started doing this many years ago that if you asked a person who lived in the

00:18city or who lived in the suburb, where do you see people who are homeless? They would tell

00:23me, I see them on the edge of the freeway, that now the same people who tell you they

00:27only saw them near freeways are telling you they're a block away from my house.

00:34So in the last two years, this problem has gotten a lot worse.

00:38There are families who are doubled up with friends and relatives.

00:41They live in their cars for a period of time.

00:44When I see a young teen in the street, it's like, wow, I know something happened to them.

00:49That's why they're out here.

00:51I felt like I had to do something.

00:52There are so many people sleeping in tents and shanties and cars.

00:58I mean, the number of people who are living in those makeshift arrangements just in the

01:03last three or four years has tripled and quadrupled.

01:06You don't know how many times in the span of my day, people have come up to me and say,

01:11can I have your card?

01:12And I'll say, are you homeless?

01:14And they say, not yet, but in about three months, I will.

01:17One night, I was coming from a party.

01:25I made a wrong turn.

01:29I was in shock.

01:31How could this city that has so much wealth have an area that's hidden that has so many

01:37homeless people?

01:39I felt like I had to do something.

01:40What we do is we identify individuals who are the most vulnerable living on the streets

01:47and we get them off the streets and into housing.

01:50So once we house them, we become their advocates.

01:52We become a part of their life.

01:53It's clear to voters.

01:55And they want something done.

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