75 HOMELESS VETS WILL NOW BE HOUSED IN A BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES. . .
Smith slept near the baseball diamond at a West Los Angeles park Sunday night, huddled with the olive drab duffel pack he has carried since his four-year stint as an Army medic during the Gulf War.
"I saw a lot of blood and despair," said Smith, 49.
By noon Monday, he had taken up residence in an immaculately restored, cream-and-ivory studio apartment in the grand old Rosslyn Hotel annex in downtown Los Angeles. Smith is one of 75 former service members who are moving into the $32-million SRO Housing Corp. project as part of the Obama administration's drive to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015.
The effort faces significant hurdles in California, which has 15,000 homeless veterans — including 6,000 in Los Angeles County, the most in the nation, according to federal data.
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By noon Monday, he had taken up residence in an immaculately restored, cream-and-ivory studio apartment in the grand old Rosslyn Hotel annex in downtown Los Angeles. Smith is one of 75 former service members who are moving into the $32-million SRO Housing Corp. project as part of the Obama administration's drive to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015.
The effort faces significant hurdles in California, which has 15,000 homeless veterans — including 6,000 in Los Angeles County, the most in the nation, according to federal data.
Read more here :
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81541485/