(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Hosein, 45, stood in the cold rain with his hands in his jacket pockets, coughing and sniffling loudly. “I’m not doing well and I don’t know if I’m going to make it,” he said. “We need shelter”The storm is a bearable inconvenience, says Reynaldo Roman, 39, who is cooking a pot of beans next to his makeshift home on Skid Row. He said he has been living on the streets of downtown Los Angeles since he was released from prison in November 2019. “I don’t know what I’m going to do tonight but I’m going to stay dry,” he said.
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