Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN) recently released the report, “The Impact of Structural Racism on Women in Skid Row”. The purpose of this report was to highlight how the state’s endorsement and perpetuation of structural racism has a particularly acute impact on unhoused women of color. They collected information and testimonials from LACAN-conducted focus groups with several unhoused women to critically assess the City’s recent policy relating to the unhoused community and its impact on this population. The report focuses on the struggles of unhoused women of color, the history of housing discrimination nationally and locally, as well as how this history has informed ongoing issues of discrimination and accountability. One of the most salient findings is the prevalence of family separation and child removal among unhoused women of color pursued by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). It was also largely informed by the experiences and input of the Downtown Women’s Action Coalition (DWAC), a group of unhoused women and activists who were critical to the shaping of this. You can view the full report here.