Hilary took L.A.'s unhoused by surprise

In interviews with HEATED, mutual aid groups said Los Angeles failed to warn its most vulnerable residents about the record-breaking storm.

A woman uses an umbrella for shelter from Hilary, as the tropical storm swept into L.A. on Sunday. Source: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

For many people across Los Angeles, Hilary wasn’t as bad as it could have been. If you had shelter, you could hunker down and wait out the storm.

But for Charles, who lives in a tent in an encampment n…