Shea Backes

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The new newspaper Street Views includes original reporting, practical guides for people navigating homelessness, and first-person accounts from encampment residents.

‘Street Views’ paper tells stories by and for unhoused Angelenos

The new newspaper Street Views includes original reporting, practical guides for people navigating homelessness, and first-person accounts from encampment residents.

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