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Meadowbrook and LA's long and conflicted relationship with mental illness

LOS ANGELES — To stand on East Boulevard in West Los Angeles is to get a short history lesson in the city's conflicted relationship with mental illness. East Boulevard and its companion street, Marcasel Avenue (formerly West Boulevard) form the Mar Vista Oval, one of the region's first subdivisions. Laid out with broad sidewalks and parkways planted with Canary Island palms, the development ...
At the end of a day with his family, Anthony Mazzucca, left, returns to Meadowbrook Behavioral Health Center with his mother, Mary Liciaga, center, and friend Jeremiah Boseman.

LOS ANGELES — To stand on East Boulevard in West Los Angeles is to get a short history lesson in the city's conflicted relationship with mental illness.

East Boulevard and its companion street, Marcasel Avenue (formerly West Boulevard) form the Mar Vista Oval, one of the region's first subdivisions. Laid out with broad sidewalks and parkways planted with Canary Island palms,

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