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Coronavirus: Is putting homeless people in hotels working? - CalMatters

Here’s how putting California’s homeless in hotels actually works

Cassie Gamboa, left, and Robert Romo, right, go into their new hotel room with Edwin Aviles, of Union Station Homeless Services on April 7, 2020. Photo by Michael Owen Baker courtesy of Los Angeles County

State officials are trying to find hotel rooms for homeless Californians with COVID-19 or vulnerabilities, but say the logistics are daunting. 

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