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    Without enough shelter beds in LA, homeless people find their own refuge in the storm

    by Ruben Vives, Summer Lin, Rachel Uranga and Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times Feb 25, 2023 5 minutes
    It's raining, cold, and windy Reynaldo Roman, 39, is trying to stay dry as he cooks a pot of beans in his makeshift home on Feb. 24, 2023, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — As L.A.’s overwhelmed shelters filled up Friday, finding refuge from the pounding rain and freezing temperatures became a personal mission for most of the thousands of people who live outdoors.

    Some relied on makeshift solutions while others merely endured.

    James Blanton woke up Friday morning with snow on his tent and an ache in his body.

    “My hands and feet feel a lot of stinging pain,” he said. “It’s hard.”

    Blanton, 46, was hanging out with Chaz Hosein outside of a McDonald’s in west Lancaster on Friday morning, commiserating on his friend’s misfortune.

    Hosein, 45, stood in the cold rain with his hands inside the pockets of his jacket, coughing and sniffing loudly.

    Two weeks ago, he was in the hospital.

    “My body had swelled up and I couldn’t breathe,” Hosein said. “The doctors told me it was congestive heart failure.”

    When he returned to

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