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AirTalk Preview: Alleviating the homeless crisis in Los Angeles & Orange County

== With AFP Story by Veronique DUPONT: US-CALIFORNIA-POVERTY-HOMELESS ==
A sign reading "Skid Row" is painted on a wall next to the Los Angeles Mission, September 22, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.  Los Angeles' Skid Row contains one of the largest populations of homeless people in the United States.  AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck        (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
A sign reading "Skid Row" is painted on a wall next to the Los Angeles Mission, September 22, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

Guest host Patt Morrison and a roundtable of lawmakers and advocates will delve into the problems of today's homelessness crisis tomorrow from noon to 1:00 p.m.

Guest host Patt Morrison and a roundtable of lawmakers and advocates will delve into the problems and solutions to the homelessness crisis tomorrow, Wednesday, from noon to 1:00 p.m.

Complementing the Bay Area's coordinated media effort to focus attention on the issue , KPCC's "AirTalk" will devote the entire second hour of the program to discussing how we can effectively combat homelessness in Los Angeles and Orange County. We'll also hear from a person who recently overcame homelessness and is now advocating for the community.

Share your questions or comments for our guests in the comment section below, or tweet them to 

. Do you have any suggestions for our lawmakers? What are some of your biggest concerns? Have you recently overcome homelessness? What did you find most difficult?

Guests:

Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Los Angeles City Council Member representing District 8 in South LA and co-chair of the Homelessness and Poverty Committee; he tweets from 

Sheila Kuehl, Los Angeles County supervisor; she tweets from 

Robert "Bob" Solomon, Co-Director of Community & Economic Development Clinic and clinical law professor, University of California, Irvine

Rebecca Prine, Founder and volunteer director, Recycled Resources for Homeless

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