A plane flies over a homeless motorhome and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Stacie McDonough, 51, poses for a portrait by her tent at a homeless motorhome and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. McDonough is an army veteran with a college degree who was recently made homeless. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Stacie McDonough, 51, eats lunch by her tent in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Bernard Leatherwood, 62, (L) and his friend Arthur Johnson, 72, pose for a portrait next to the motorhome in which they live on the streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, November 12, 2015. Leatherwood became homeless seven years ago when he became unable to afford his $1,100 a month rent. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Dontray Williams, 28, poses for a portrait by the tent in which he lives on the streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, November 13, 2015. Williams has been periodically homeless for around five years. Being homeless "takes the fun out of life" Williams said, he hopes to find a job and an apartment. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Motorhomes line the street in a homeless motorhome and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Karen Souza, 55, poses for a portrait with her dog Handsome by the tent in which she lives, under a freeway on a street in Los Angeles, California, United States, November 13, 2015. Souza has been homeless for a decade, and has known Kathleen Fox for 20 years. She originally became homeless after her spouse was arrested, "my whole world crumbled, my teenagers ran out of control and it just got bad". REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Samuel Cole, 85, poses for a portrait in the motorhome in which he lives on the streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, November 12, 2015. Cole is a retired truck driver who began living in his motorhome two years ago when he couldn't afford the $100 rise in his rent. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Dan, 68, holds one of his three cats as he poses for a portrait by the motorhome in which he lives on the streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, November 12, 2015. Dan has been homeless for over a decade. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

The Cadillac car belonging to Victor Augustine, 53, which he sleeps in, is seen at a homeless motorhome and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Augustine has been homeless for two years, and recently found work as a part-time security guard. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Victor Augustine, 53, wakes up in his Cadilac car, which he sleeps in at a homeless motorhome and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Marvin Law, 66, poses for a portrait by the motorhome in which he lives on the streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, November 12, 2015. Law moved into his van 15 years ago when he couldn't afford his rent. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Kathleen Fox, 54, poses for a portrait with her dog Pork Chop by the tent in which she lives, under a freeway on a street in Los Angeles, California, United States, November 13, 2015. She has been living under the freeway for fourteen months to move away from the drugs that consumed the previous 30 years of her life. "My hope right now is to get an apartment and get my life back together" Fox said. "It's dangerous because I've already been threatened by gangbangers that they are gonna come by and kill me. One of them came by and hit my dog one time." REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Charles Heard, 58, poses for a portrait in a recreational vehicle (RV) in which he has lived for a year on the streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Pamela Polk, 56, hugs her dog inside a recreational vehicle (RV) in which she lives on the streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, November 12, 2015. Polk became homeless a few months ago when she was evicted from her apartment, she had to borrow money from a friend to buy the motorhome. “It’s horrible living here. Matter of fact, I’m sick of this. I can cook but it’s not like being in your place. I can’t take a bath. I have to go places to take a bath,” Polk said. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

A welcome sign is seen on the door of a caravan in a homeless motorhome and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson