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>> reporter: for a few years now adam has been documenting the city's homelessness problem. >> it doesn't feel like we're in america right now. >> it's like third world squalor. >> reporter: his images depict the grinding despair and sadness of a problem spiraling out of control throughout california. in los angeles you find tents lining entire city blocks. the numbers are staggering. nearly 60,000 homeless in l.a. county, a 12% rise in just one year. >> everywhere i go people are outraged. they're angry about what's happened or not happened on the streets. it's no longer a coastal issue. this...

Squalor. >> reporter: it's a problem spiraling out of control not just in san francisco but in california. in los angeles tents line entire city blocks. numbers are staggering. nearly 60,000 homeless in l.a. county. a 12% rise in just one year. >> everywhere i go people are outraged, they're angry about what's happened or not happening on the streets. it's no longer a coastal issue. it is defining the state of california. >> reporter: no matter when locale you hear about the same problems. skyrocketing rents, not enough shelter beds or mental health services and rampant drug use exacerbated by...

Totally effective while at the same time beautiful and if you look at that a lot of people out there saying this could work, actually. pete: part of the reason while the steel slat versus the wall is because if you get 1.6 billion as it's currently written, it has to be a design that was already approved by congress. steel slats already approved by congress, so you can get a wall. if you get the 5 billion for wall funding then it can become the prototypes that the president wanted. all washington semantics and differences. listen, a wall like that works pretty darn well. griff: those washingto...