Most Influential 2017: Mohammed Aly fights, loudly, for the homeless

If attention is influence, Mohammed Aly has reaped it in abundance this past year.
At 28, Aly is a polarizing figure, a homeless advocate who has both helped people even as he’s become a persistent thorn in the side of county officials.
Mohammed Aly, center, headed the Amnesty International campus chapter when he attended Orange Coast College. In this 2009 photo, Aly discusses problems concerning the homeless population in Orange County during a meeting at the Isaiah House shelter for home