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Homelessness and alcohol abuse in Los Angeles, California. Various shots of men walking along a rundown looking street. Shots range from overhead looking down to street level WS of groups of 2-4 homeless men walking and drinking, arms around one another.Scenes range from homeless men crossing the street, to men sharing a bottle, walking through trash strewn alleyways, cops apprehending and walking a man towards a police car, a woman (good Samaritan?) handing items from the back of a car to men in a long single file line. Two men fight over a bottle and one smashes it on the ground. Long shot of Union Bank. Homeless men sleeping in different rundown areas, among bottles, pallets, and trash.