San Francisco Homeless Crisis 2026: Encampment Clearings Spark a Fight for Shelter
Documents the clearance of San Francisco encampments in mid-2026 (San Francisco, California, July 2026).
Homelessness & Skid Row
Spooky (Follow Up — Spring 2026)
Spring 2026 follow-up with a subject known as Spooky, revisiting their situation after an earlier interview (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2026).
Bubonic Plague on Skid Row — Princess (2025 Update)
A follow-up interview with Princess in 2025, updating her situation and revisiting the conditions on Skid Row that first made her story resonate (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2025).
Skid Row Resident Interview — Michael
Mark Laita interviews Michael, a man living on Skid Row (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2025).
Kaitlin (Follow Up — 2025)
Mark Laita checks back in with Kaitlin in 2025 (Los Angeles, CA (likely Skid Row area), 2025).
Homeless Mother and Daughter — Alexus and D’yahnuh
Mark Laita interviews a mother-daughter pair living on the street (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024).
A Dangerous Skid Row Hustle — Melissa
Melissa describes a dangerous hustle she runs on Skid Row (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024).
A Paranoid Schizophrenic on Skid Row — Nicole
Mark Laita interviews Nicole, who is living with paranoid schizophrenia on Skid Row without access to consistent treatment (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024).
Eighteen, Addicted and Homeless — Kianna
Mark Laita interviews Kianna, who at 18 is already navigating addiction and homelessness (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024).
How I Ended Up on Skid Row — Katy
Katy walks through the sequence of events (Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024).
Homeless Man on the Streets of NYC After His Wife Died
A homeless New Yorker tells his story on the street — he became homeless after his wife passed away (New York City, 2020s).
Seniors Dying on the Streets: America’s Homeless Crisis
Street documentary interviewing elderly homeless people about what brought them to the street and what keeps them there (United States, 2020s).