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Most are aware that homelessness and mental health are presenting as a two-fold crisis on the streets of Los Angeles County. In short, it’s not enough just to find housing for the 75,312 homeless ...

The Metropolitan State Hospital opened in Norwalk in 1916, a self-contained facility complete with its own farm that treated people with mental illness. Over the decades, the facility drastically ...