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= Veterans Row =

Veterans Row was a block in Los Angeles where a concentration of United States military veterans who are experiencing homelessness were living in an encampment until it was disbanded in late 2021.

Background
Los Angeles County is home to nearly 70,000 people who are experiencing homelessness, 4,000 of them military veterans. In 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs started a tent-city as an emergency shelter for military veterans who are experiencing homelessness. The camp was located on San Vicente Boulevard in Brentwood, Los Angeles next to a medical campus run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

After a donation of tents by conservative activist group Judicial Watch was rejected by the Department of Veterans Affairs due to the tents being too large, the tents were given directly to veterans who then established a row of tents. The encampment became a focal point for homelessness in Los Angeles and was visited by mayoral candidates, U.S. House Representative Karen Bass, and United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough.

Media coverage
In 2023 KCRW produced an eight episode podcast reporting on the encampment titled City of Tents: Veterans Row.

Synopsis
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