DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST:
In late March, Los Angeles cleared a large homeless encampment at Echo Park in the central part of the city. Officials say the hundreds of people forced to leave were offered shelter, but not everyone took it. Matthew Tinoco has the story of one woman who s still living on the sidewalk in LA.
MATTHEW TINOCO, BYLINE: The day before Los Angeles surrounded Echo Park Lake with police, Susan Samuelson was in the shade feeding stray cats.
SUSAN SAMUELSON: Come, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
TINOCO: In her 12 years on the street, caring for her animal neighbors has kept her going. She just turned 64 and moved to the park last summer because it had bathrooms and nice people brought her food and water. But when homeless outreach workers approached her with an offer of shelter, she declined.