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Protestors wrap L.A. City Hall in red ribbon, demand housing for homeless
The nonprofit group says single-room occupancy hotels, known as SROs, can be easily renovated for the homeless.
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Mayor Karen Bass Tackles Homelessness and Public Safety in Her State of the City Speech for Los Angeles
Mayor Karen Bass addressed Los Angeles' challenges, focusing on homelessness, public safety, and economic issues.
California mayor’s remedy for homelessness: ‘Free fentanyl’ and ‘a purge’
The mayor of Lancaster said he didn't think people would take his comments literally, then doubled down in a TV news ...
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A new program trains college students for jobs helping homeless Californians. Can it survive?
Santa Monica College started the first community college program to train people for jobs in homeless services. But can it ...
L.A. street food vendor serving free meals to homeless residents violently beaten by attacker
A popular street food vendor who serves up free meals to the homeless on L.A.’s Skid Row was brutally beaten by a suspect who remains at large. Chris Bailey, known on TikTok as ...
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LACo to Analyze Homelessness Spending
The City Council Tuesday called for an analysis of homelessness spending and the creation of a public database of ...
In State of the City speech to a battered Los Angeles, Bass strikes hopeful tone
Faced with a nearly $1-billion budget shortfall, Bass released a budget after her speech that calls for the elimination of ...
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5 key moments leading up to LA homelessness leader’s resignation
How did L.A. County get to the stage that Va Lecia Adams Kellum, the top executive at homelessness agency LAHSA, is resigning ...
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Nearly a third of LA's fires last six years involved homeless people, new report shows
A memo details that nearly a third of all fires the LAFD responded to in the last six years involved a member of the homeless ...
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Los Angeles Mayor's budget proposes department mergers, layoffs
To close a $1 billion budget hole, Mayor Karen Bass would merge some departments and lay off more than 1,600 city workers.
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LA Council to Call for Analysis of Homelessness Spending
The City Council Tuesday will consider a motion calling for an analysis of homelessness spending and the creation of a public database for related programs. If approved, council members would instruct ...
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What’s Keeping Us From Fixing the Homelessness Crisis
Hobbs is the author of Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children and a Story of Homelessness in America Pedestrians ...