Laura Kasten smokes a cigarette outside in “the compound” — a mass of interlocking tents and tarp under the Los Angeles Angels’ Big A sign. Laura Kasten, 51, grew up in a three-bedroom house in Fullerton, but most recently called a sprawling tent city on the Santa Ana River home. John and Laura Kasten, married 26 years, ride the bus from their homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River to a motel in Anaheim. In a family album, one photo from around 1999 shows John, Laura and Ashley during a trip to Ellis Island. Behind the scenes, the county homeless czar, Susan Price, and her team had worked frantically to negotiate temporary housing at dozens of motels.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 02, 2018 10:18 UTC