For once, we wanted to let this "problem" be what it is — people — and we wanted to let some of those people do the talking.

What follows are testaments to living on the streets of one of the richest and most expensive cities in the world. We do not offer any solutions, opinions, or expert critiques. Given the choice of talking or listening, we decided to listen.

In this issue, we give space to people society has failed, and hope you will listen to them too, and see them for what they are.

People. People who, at some time, perhaps not too long ago, were just like you: safe inside.