Homeless in the South Bay: In their own words- Fred and Neil

Fred and Neil can often be found sitting on the benches at Redondo Beach’s Veterans Park sipping a bottle of vodka mixed with Gatorade. They start early and drink just to get through the day. Fred, a Mexican-American, wears black pants and a black sweater and carries a small backpack around with him. He used to sleep in a corner of the Elks Lounge behind a fence, but his spot was discovered by another homeless man, and now he moves from place-to-place. Neil, who didn’t want to be personally