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In Los Angeles, Carla Green reports that the bulk of the protesters have now gathered across the street from city hall, which has been fenced off for the occasion.

There are speakers and performers on a giant stage, and lines of food trucks and portapotties nearby.

Carla Green (@carlaflou) Meanwhile, the bulk of the crowd has gathered near city hall, where there are performers, speakers, portapotties and food trucks. pic.twitter.com/8JZB2lkjE2

About half a mile further south, Reggie Washington stands at the intersection of 7th and Broadway with a cardboard sign excoriating Trump, and asking for “help”.

Washington is one of an estimated 58,000 people who are homeless in Los Angeles county. He grew up here - in Watts - but he’s been living in a tent downtown for the past couple months.



Washington said he marched in the Women’s March last year. This year, in the hour he’d been out asking for money, nobody had even stopped to talk to him.

“I say please, but they walk right by like they don’t even see you,” he said