Where People Are Actually Going Hungry in Los Angeles

by Dennis Romero

Photo: Big food meets skid row (Thomas Krause/Flickr)

Los Angeles County, California looked at data from 2002 to 2015, collected as part of an ongoing regional health survey, and found that food insecurity in the region increased, with nearly 1/3 of lower income households affected.

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