Instead, the city has quietly avoided the kind of emergency that has strained shelters and left officials pleading for federal help in New York, Chicago and Massachusetts. Los Angeles officials are relieved to have avoided major problems so far, especially considering that their city has faced so many other challenges lately, from a homelessness emergency to a prolonged Hollywood labor strike. “Luckily, we have the infrastructure.”Officials at homeless shelters in Los Angeles report that they have not seen a significant increase in recent migrants seeking temporary housing. A major reason California has avoided a crisis is that the state no longer attracts as many migrants as it did decades ago when it was a top destination for people moving to the United States. Although Los Angeles is home to the largest undocumented population in the United States, most have been living in the city for at least a decade.

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