Slideshow: Down, Out, and Surrounded by Sewage in Coachella

Slideshow: Down, Out, and Surrounded by Sewage in Coachella
by Cord Jefferson

While hundreds of thousands of people revel in their favorite music at this weekend's Coachella festival, thousands of others will be just down the road, suffering. Here's just a tiny glimpse into the poverty and public health issues currently plaguing the Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV) towns of Thermal and Mecca.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment




There are dozens of trailer parks around the ECV, many of which are unpermitted and violate county building codes. Of the ones that are legal, many, like St. Anthony Trailer Park, sit just miles away from a tower of dried human feces and a massive illegal dump.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment




An example of the disrepair typical in many of the ECV's trailer parks.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment



A look at the kind of job people are willing to live on the streets to obtain. Here, agricultural workers weed a carrot field.





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