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- ↑ "The Impact of Structural Racism on Women in Skid Row". Challenge Inequality. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ↑ "Home Sweet Skid Row". In These Times. 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ↑ Chiland, Elijah (2017-09-25). "Skid Row activists protest new 33-story high-rise planned for DTLA's Fashion District". Curbed LA. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ↑ Widyatmadja, Grace. "'Frustration all across the board.' A day with homelessness outreach workers in LA". NPR.
- ↑ "L.A. Spent Over $1.73 Million on These Controversial 'Anti-Homeless' Signs. Do They Actually Work? ~ L.A. TACO". lataco.com. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
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- ↑ "Off Menu: Building community through food in skid row, the epicenter of L.A.'s homelessness crisis". Los Angeles Times. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2024-07-06.