<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/business/us-homeless-count-rises-pushed-by-crisis-on-the-west-coast" class="">https://www.seattletimes.com/business/us-homeless-count-rises-pushed-by-crisis-on-the-west-coast</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="default featured-media" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 630px; width: 630px; float: left; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: ff-meta-serif-web-pro; font-size: 19px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><div id="gallery-10609853-10609851-10609854-10609852-10609841-10609850-10609839-10609855-10609842-10609849-10609848-10609840-1952709343" class="gallery-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="gallery align-none " style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 630px; overflow: hidden; width: 630px; position: relative; margin: 0px auto 45px; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.4s ease; clear: none; float: left;"><div class="gallery-slider-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="gallery-slides" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; transition: width 0.4s ease, background 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease, background 0.4s ease; height: 419.961px; transform: translateX(0px); width: 8190px;"><figure id="slide-10609853" class="slide active image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><img data-count="1" data-ratio="1.50014" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="Homeless tents are dwarfed by skyscrapers as 63-year-old Vincent, who only gave his first name, sorts his belongings Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. Vincent said he thought he was bulletproof and never had to worry about getting a job as a young man. “Things ain’t the way they were anymore.” The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="" alt="Homeless tents are dwarfed by skyscrapers as 63-year-old Vincent, who only gave his first name, sorts his belongings Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. Vincent said he thought he was bulletproof and never had to worry about getting a job as a young man. “Things ain’t the way they were anymore.” The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-780x520.jpg" srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/575de6cc1c5940118f14b5ca8af0f2e0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; display: block; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; opacity: 1; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transition: opacity 1s ease; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609851" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="2" data-ratio="1.50014" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="Homeless man Alonzo Harrison, 47, takes a nap on a bench at Pershing Square decorated with Christmas lights in the background on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="Homeless man Alonzo Harrison, 47, takes a nap on a bench at Pershing Square decorated with Christmas lights in the background on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/lazy-loading-14x9.png" data-src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-780x520.jpg" data-srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/231d242f2c90443eab5bb31bbbd942e2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: block; transition: none; background: rgb(224, 224, 224); opacity: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609854" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="3" data-ratio="1.5" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="A man who identified himself just as Vincent, sorts his belongings outside his tent Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. Vincent said he thought he was bulletproof and never had to worry about getting a job as a young man. “Things ain’t the way they were anymore.” The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="A man who identified himself just as Vincent, sorts his belongings outside his tent Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. Vincent said he thought he was bulletproof and never had to worry about getting a job as a young man. “Things ain’t the way they were anymore.” The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/lazy-loading-14x9.png" data-src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-780x520.jpg" data-srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/902288ecba684cb6885bb4e711b7eee8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: block; transition: none; background: rgb(224, 224, 224); opacity: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609852" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="4" data-ratio="1.5003" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="A homeless man sleeps on a concrete floor outside an office building under renovation Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="A homeless man sleeps on a concrete floor outside an office building under renovation Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/lazy-loading-14x9.png" data-src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-780x520.jpg" data-srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5ee738500eea4c899a3daf0dd3e85f54-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: block; transition: none; background: rgb(224, 224, 224); opacity: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609841" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="5" data-ratio="1.49985" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="Thaddeus Bell, 50, who is homeless, sits outside his tent with the street address of his childhood home in Oklahoma hanging on a fence Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles. “I might be homeless but I’m human just like everybody else,” said Bell. “I deserve a real house like any other person.” The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="Thaddeus Bell, 50, who is homeless, sits outside his tent with the street address of his childhood home in Oklahoma hanging on a fence Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles. “I might be homeless but I’m human just like everybody else,” said Bell. “I deserve a real house like any other person.” The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/lazy-loading-14x9.png" data-src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-780x520.jpg" data-srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0632c16fd27f43b1a2db862f609a4274-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: block; transition: none; background: rgb(224, 224, 224); opacity: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609850" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="6" data-ratio="1.50014" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="A homeless man, who declined to give his name, is dwarfed by skyscrapers Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles. The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="A homeless man, who declined to give his name, is dwarfed by skyscrapers Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Los Angeles. The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/lazy-loading-14x9.png" data-src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-780x520.jpg" data-srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/d5a32e97448a4ad59452325aa68bc7b0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: block; transition: none; background: rgb(224, 224, 224); opacity: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609839" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="7" data-ratio="1.5" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/c788407ee80b4090bfe6fd6fcbcdd3d5-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="Wearing a Christmas headband, Grace Fernandez, who is homeless, smokes outside her tent in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. “Holidays are just so much special. It should bring us altogether as one even if we are homeless,” said Fernandez. The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="Wearing a Christmas headband, Grace Fernandez, who is homeless, smokes outside her tent in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. “Holidays are just so much special. It should bring us altogether as one even if we are homeless,” said Fernandez. The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. 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The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="A homeless man sits outside a high-rise building converted into apartments Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in downtown Los Angeles. The U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development release of the 2017 homeless numbers are expected to show a dramatic increase in the number of people lacking shelter along the West Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. 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A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="Homeless people wait in line for a meal served by a community organization outside Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in Los Angeles. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/lazy-loading-14x9.png" data-src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-780x520.jpg" data-srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ab0b8c4ce8424760a86c78062ddeb710-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: block; transition: none; background: rgb(224, 224, 224); opacity: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609849" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="10" data-ratio="1.50027" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="Theodore Neubauer, a 78-year-old Vietnam War veteran, who is homeless, looks at his smartphone while passing time in his tent Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. “Well, there’s a million-dollar view,” said Neubauer on what it’s like to be homeless in Los Angeles. Neubauer has a tent pitched in the heart of downtown Los Angeles and is surrounded by high-rise buildings. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="Theodore Neubauer, a 78-year-old Vietnam War veteran, who is homeless, looks at his smartphone while passing time in his tent Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. “Well, there’s a million-dollar view,” said Neubauer on what it’s like to be homeless in Los Angeles. Neubauer has a tent pitched in the heart of downtown Los Angeles and is surrounded by high-rise buildings. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/lazy-loading-14x9.png" data-src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-780x520.jpg" data-srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/7263e78049db4deda25a7effe52d2a91-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: block; transition: none; background: rgb(224, 224, 224); opacity: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609848" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="11" data-ratio="1.5" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="Tents belonging to homeless people are covered with tarps as Los Angeles police officers on horses patrol in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="Tents belonging to homeless people are covered with tarps as Los Angeles police officers on horses patrol in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" src="https://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/lazy-loading-14x9.png" data-src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-780x520.jpg" data-srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-320x213.jpg 320w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-480x320.jpg 480w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-640x427.jpg 640w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-960x640.jpg 960w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-568x379.jpg 568w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-1136x757.jpg 1136w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-375x250.jpg 375w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-750x500.jpg 750w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-667x445.jpg 667w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-1334x889.jpg 1334w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-414x276.jpg 414w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-1242x828.jpg 1242w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-736x491.jpg 736w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/605bc7b95a8444ea8385a80710c296fa-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 854px) calc( (100vw - 20px) * .565), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 360px), 630px" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: block; transition: none; background: rgb(224, 224, 224); opacity: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: zoom-in; margin: 0px auto; width: auto; max-height: 100%; position: relative; top: 209.969px; transform: translateY(-50%);"></figure><figure id="slide-10609840" class="slide image-slide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; height: 419.953px; float: left; position: relative; text-align: center; transition: width 0.4s ease; -webkit-transition: width 0.4s ease; width: 630px;"><div class="lazy-loading" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><img data-count="12" data-ratio="1.50014" data-src-facebook="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/6f72550bf5ad4c9185fdcbddf64f191f-1200x630.jpg" data-caption="Thurman Butler Jr., 66, who is homeless, sweeps around his tent Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. “A lot of people in America don’t realize they might be two checks, three checks, four checks away from being homeless,” said Butler who became homeless after he was evicted from his apartment. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" class="lazy wait" alt="Thurman Butler Jr., 66, who is homeless, sweeps around his tent Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. “A lot of people in America don’t realize they might be two checks, three checks, four checks away from being homeless,” said Butler who became homeless after he was evicted from his apartment. A homeless crisis of unprecedented proportions is rocking the West Coast, and its victims are being left behind by the very things that mark the region’s success: soaring housing costs, rock-bottom vacancy rates and a roaring economy that waits for no one. (AP Photo/Jae C. 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Vincent said he thought he was bulletproof and never had to worry... (AP Photo/Jae C. 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