Jasmyne, I'm going to try to put you in touch with a friend of mine, Fr. Andy Herman, if you're interested in digging more into this story. Andy is a Catholic priest who no longer has an employment situation with the Church. He lives in motels in the LA area when he's not living in his car, and he's somewhat well known for his work caring for and advocating for homeless young people.

I'm emailing him a link to your story, which I'm sure he'll appreciate, and asking him to reach out to you if he thinks that would be a good idea.

Thanks for this story. Even keeping up with Andy as I do, I didn't know that the Los Angeles area residential motel situation was so bad.