1.0Long Beach Post Investigationshttps://lbpost.com/investigationsThomas Cordovahttps://lbpost.com/investigations/author/thomas-cordova/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yz7cfll5sH"><a href="https://lbpost.com/investigations/homelessness/portraits/valerie-oca">Valerie Oca</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lbpost.com/investigations/homelessness/portraits/valerie-oca/embed/#?secret=yz7cfll5sH" width="600" height="338" title="“Valerie Oca” — Long Beach Post Investigations" data-secret="yz7cfll5sH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://img.lbpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/18173238/0930-Homeless-422-scaled.jpg25601675Valerie Oca was living in the Willow Street riverbed when she was placed at Days Inn on Pacific Coast Highway as part of Project Roomkey. When that program ended on Sept. 30, she went back to the riverbed. Read about Project Roomkey here.