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everywhere from hollywood to venice beach scenes from what could be a disaster movie now a seemingly permanent fixture on the streets of los angeles. if you re not shocked by what you see, then i don t know what you would be shocked by reporter: when covid first hit, the city stopped large-scale clean-ups at most encampments to keep the virus from spreading. that s when residents say things changed people shooting up, urinating out in the open vomiting reporter: officials here last counted more than 66,000 experiencing homelessness in january 2020 but that was before the pandemic struck and hundreds of thousands of angelenos lost their jobs. since then our partners on nbcla s investigative team have captured these images, showing a situation spiraling out of control trash spilling into