Can't talk for LA but in the UK.................. Austerity in action.
Noticeably more and more suffering every month.
Even in my part of the world which is ostensibly one of the richest parts of England. The numbers of homeless is rising. To most people they seem to be invisible or if not it's seen as their own fault. I've noticed more and more individuals on the street and encampments in roadside verges and just the other week a 20 year girl was found dead on wasteland.
Progressive civilised Britain? Dream on.

A ballboy fainting a Wimbledon is of more concern.
Nevermind, it's not your son/daughter on the street is it?