Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in an encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson) At night, many of Los Angeles’s parking lots sit empty, while the estimated 9,500 homeless people who live out of their vehicles rove city streets looking for a place where they can legally park and get some sleep. What they generally find, however, are various restrictions on overnight parking or on oversized vehicles. But relief may finally be coming as the city considers a “safe parking” initiative as part of its $2 billion plan to end homelessness in L.A. The initiative would open up certain parking lots—like...
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