More Than Half of L.A.'s Street Homeless Are Not From L.A.

The magnet effect is real—and fatally undermines the “housing first” narrative.

Los Angeles hosts the nation’s largest unsheltered homeless population. In recent years, despite billions in city and county spending, L.A.’s once-pristine streets have become littered with tents, drugs, and feces. City leaders have made elaborate promises about managing the homeless problem, but few seem to have asked a simple question: Where, exactly,…