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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex24rooney.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Oladipo Ashiru,
Beth Clarke, Patrick Dennis, Kevin Finch, Eric Hausner, Harold
H. Henderson and Meredith Jackson, 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 23rd day of January, 2020.


Signature:   /s/ Robert G. Rooney
Name:   Robert G. Rooney
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