Erin Rode, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:28:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Erin Rode, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 Many renters are struggling after fleeing LA County wildfires https://www.hcn.org/articles/many-renters-are-struggling-after-fleeing-la-county-wildfires-2/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331438

For many in the county, recovery requires a new lease, a new landlord, new schools and possibly a new state.

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]]> 331438 With so many displaced by fires, Los Angeles County can’t accurately measure homelessness https://www.hcn.org/articles/with-so-many-displaced-by-fires-los-angeles-county-cant-accurately-measure-homelessness/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331101

The county was supposed to conduct an annual tally of people experiencing homelessness this month. Then disaster struck.

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]]> 331101 Unhoused people pay a disproportionate price for the West’s deadly roads https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/unhoused-people-pay-a-disproportionate-price-for-the-wests-deadly-roads/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=330093

People experiencing homelessness are more likely to die from transportation-related injuries than the general population.

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]]> 330093 As cities enact camping bans, where will California’s unhoused population go? https://www.hcn.org/articles/as-cities-enact-camping-bans-where-will-californias-unhoused-population-go/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=327263

The number of people experiencing homelessness vastly exceeds the number of available shelter beds in the state.

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]]> 327263 California’s homelessness and climate crises leave unhoused communities vulnerable to floods https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-6/californias-homelessness-and-climate-crises-leave-unhoused-communities-vulnerable-to-floods/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:50:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325478 An unhoused community lives along a flood-control channel that runs under Interstate 10 in Ontario, California.

Seeking shelter, people are living in flood control channels and other flood-prone places.

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