One woman has spent the past 15 years living at the bottom of the L.A. river, this is her story. From the team at BuzzFeedYellow.
Related resources:
Lamp offers mental health care and other services to homeless people.
http://m.lampcommunity.org/give.php
Friends of the Los Angeles River is a non-profit set up to restore the natural habitats of the river.
http://folar.org/