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“He is a recluse who cut off contact with our family and now lives in squalor,” she writes.

California’s struggle around homelessness has been a black eye and a contentious soft spot for years, and even the most sympathetic of Californians are tired of the squalor and pain.

Many of these heroes live in squalor in Los Angeles’s infamous ‘Skid Row.’

"Just get on with it includes violence, just get on with it includes living in squalor," she said.

When Anuja has a potential way out of squalor, the choice isn’t so simple; she also has to think of the possibly dire consequences for her beloved sister.