Litigation
Mar. 6, 2007
Historic Hotel Offers Homeless Remedy
Once a mentally unstable homeless woman, Nanette Boone found a home and support services at the St. George, a long-term housing establishment in downtown Los Angeles. Advocates say it is the best way to solve chronic homelessness, but officials have been slow to adopt the model.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Nanette Boone remembers how she talked out loud to herself and stopped taking showers or combing her hair.
"People used to walk by me, and they wouldn't even see anybody," Boone said. "I used to just be blank."
Over the past three years, Boone has been transformed from that unwashed, emotionally...
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