article_snippet: (CNN)America's Skid Row sits in downtown Los Angeles'Los Angeles.
article_snippet: This pocket of 2,000 men and women constitutes the nation's biggest concentration of homeless people living and sleeping on public sidewalks, in scattered camps under tarps.
article_snippet: CNN)America's Skid Row is a 54-block area that has the largest homeless number of individuals in the country," said Jones.
article_snippet: New York City has the largest homeless population, but Los Angeles has the highest unsheltered population in the country, which has led to the destitution you see today," Jones added.
article_snippet: New York City unique right-to-shelter mandate ensures "temporary emergency shelter to every man, woman, and child who is eligible for services, every night," New York City's website says.
article_snippet: But not in Los Angeles, where two-thirds of the county's 40,000 homeless people are unsheltered, Jones said.
article_snippet: The triple-digit number of social service agencies, however, is often cited as one reason that Los Angeles endures as the nation's Skid Row capital: There's a $54-million-a-year charitable infrastructure anchored to the poverty district.
highlights_snippet: Skid Row in L.A. is a 54-block area home to the nation's largest concentration of homeless people .
  
highlights_snippet: New York City has the biggest homeless population, but L.A. has biggest number of unsheltered homeless .
  
highlights_snippet: The homeless in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row live on sidewalks under tarps and tents .