Francisco Sanchez, who has been homeless for nearly 30 years, lies in a makeshift cardboard shelter as he receives a bottle of sports drink from a passerby in Los Angeles, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. There is no single reason why Los Angeles became a magnet for homelessness. Two contributing factors: Soaring housing prices and rents punish those with marginal incomes, and a long string of court decisions made it difficult for officials to clear encampments or relocate homeless people from parks and other public spaces.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)