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EXECUTION COPY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Patrick Dennis,
Kevin Finch, Eric Hausner, Harold H. Henderson, Meredith S.
Jackson, Sean Plater and Lazarus N. Sun, and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all reports and forms required under
Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including but not limited to all Form 3, Form 4 and Form
5 filings, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to
such reports and forms or any amendments or supplements thereto
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that any of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be terminated at any time by the
undersigned by written notice to each of the attorneys-in-fact
and the Securities and Exchange Commission; provided, however,
that such termination shall not affect the validity of any lawful
action done or performed by the attorneys-in-fact or any of them,
pursuant thereto, prior to the actual receipt of notice by the
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 24th day of March, 2014.
Signature: /s/ Richard Villa
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