Mother of three grown children says , ` ` This is my life in this car right now '' Santa Monica , California , allows homeless to sleep in cars in 12 parking lots . Most of the time , the lots are transition points . Affluent housing has caused a rise in homelessness during California 's financial crisis . Advocate : ` ` It 's just amazing the people that are not homeless ''
Mother of three grown children says , ` ` This is my life in this car right now '' Santa Monica , California , allows homeless to sleep in cars in 12 parking lots . Affluent housing has caused a rise in homelessness during California 's financial crisis . Advocate : ` ` It 's just amazing the people that are not homeless ''