By Nicholas Slayton, Los Angeles Downtown News, February 5, 2020
Homelessness among women has increased in the last year, with 10,845 women experiencing homelessness in the City of Los Angeles, and more women experiencing homelessness for the first time, according to a new report from the Downtown Women’s Center.
The Downtown Women’s Center, in partnership with the University of Southern California, unveiled the 2019 Los Angeles City Women’s Needs Assessment on Thursday, Jan. 30 at its facility in Skid Row at 444 S. San Pedro St. Incoming Downtown Women’s Center CEO Amy Turk, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis were among the local leaders who presented the findings of the report.
“There is a hidden crisis within the crisis that is overlooked and underreported,” Turk said at the event. “Every night....11,000 women are experiencing homelessness. 18,000 women across the county are enduring the harsh indignities of homelessness. To solve this crisis we must understand the real conditions homeless women face every single day.”
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