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Economist: Homelessness could spike 20% in California as jobless struggle during pandemic

“Anya Lawler, a housing advocate at the Western Center on Law & Poverty, hadn’t seen the analysis, but already expects staggering numbers.

“It’s hard for all of us to wrap our minds around … the magnitude of the crisis,” said Lawler. “We have no idea how long we’re going to be sheltering in place, and we have no idea what the slow return to normal … is going to be. We know we’re looking at an enormous crisis, but we still don’t know how enormous.”

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