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The High Cost of Homelessness: After Eight Years on the Streets, Felicia Tichenor Owes $7,000 in Tickets and Fines

It’s 9 p.m., and my Porsche’s thermometer reads 55 degrees. Felicia Tichenor is wrapped in a thin blanket on her concrete “bed” behind the Staples at Gene Autry Way and Ramon Road. We’re supposed to have a night photo shoot, but Tichenor is out of it. Next to her is a big Budweiser can. She’s […]

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