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Judge OK’s deal to house 7,000 Los Angeles-area homeless

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has approved an agreement in which the city and county of Los Angeles will provide housing for...

San Francisco Sanctions Once-Shunned Homeless Encampments

By JANIE HAR and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is joining other U.S. cities in authorizing homeless tent encampments in...

California Homeless Quarantine In Hotels, More Rooms Needed

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JANIE HAR Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anxiety mounted every time someone at the homeless shelter sneezed or residents got...

Billions In Virus Aid Aim To Shelter, Test The Homeless

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday it is distributing about $3 billion in the first round of coronavirus aid to help the homeless find emergency shelter...
Homeless Shelter Stays Open in Preparation for Storm- Photographer - KOMUnews

Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti: Los Angeles Will Open Thousands Of Temporary Shelter Beds For...

March 18, 2020Mayor partners with City Council to put $20 million in reserve funds into relief efforts — including emergency shelter and supplies — and activates Disaster Service Worker program for City employees. LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti announced this evening that L.A. will add thousands of emergency shelter beds to help get homeless [...]

Governor Newsom Takes Emergency Actions & Authorizes $150 Million In Funding To Protect Homeless...

Mar 18, 2020 California is working across government to get homeless Californians – among the most vulnerable to spread of COVID-19 – safely into shelter & housing  Governor signed executive order granting local flexibility on spending and building shelters State purchased 1,309 trailers and leased first two hotels to provide emergency isolation units for homeless individuals  SACRAMENTO [...]

Newsom: To Fix Homelessness, California Must Fix Mental Health

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom made a bold move Wednesday. In his second State of the State address, an annual speech that usually...
Vacant House In Redlands CA, Violated 3-31-13a - Photographer: Don Graham

California State Senator Introduces Bill Targeting Problem Of Vacant Homes

By Bay City News Service - Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow local jurisdictions to use vacant single-family homes...

First Wave of Travel Trailers Delivered To South Los Angeles As Part Of Emergency...

Feb 13, 2020, SACRAMENTO — Continuing the state’s emergency response to the homelessness crisis, Caltrans today delivered 10 travel trailers to a site in South Los Angeles to provide temporary housing for families experiencing homelessness. The deployment of travel trailers is part of the state’s comprehensive response to the crisis through a combination of new accountability measures, unprecedented proposed [...]
Echo Park, Los Angeles

Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell Announces New Safe Overnight Parking Lot in Echo...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell announced the launch of a Safe Parking Program site today in Echo Park. The location...
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Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Announces Program To Provide Entrepreneurship Training To Angelenos Experiencing Homelessness

February 6, 2020 LA: EnterpRISE will provide career and financial literacy training and access to startup funding opportunities  LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the creation of LA: EnterpRISE, a pilot program to drive entrepreneurship opportunities for Angelenos experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness. “Every Angeleno should have a chance to nurture their talents, [...]
USS Tulsa (LCS 16) Commissions in San Francisco - Photographer: Naval Surface Warriors

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Celebrates Grand Opening Of New Mixed-Income Housing Community In...

The Avery includes 548 new homes, 149 of which are permanently affordable and will serve low-income families Thursday, January 30, 2020, San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed today celebrated the grand opening of The Avery, a mixed-income and mixed-use residential development that contains 548 new units, including 149 affordable and below market rate [...]
Homeless Action Center

Homeless Action Center’s Unique Approach to Serving the Homeless of Oakland and Alameda County...

When the Homeless Action Center (HAC) opened its doors in 1990, there wasn’t even a point in time (PIT) count to assess the homeless...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Announces Policy Changes To Increase Usage Of Substance Use...

January24,2020 In response to initial data from DPH’s new bed inventory showing relatively high vacancy rate in some areas of City’s substance use treatment system, the Department will implement several changes to increase utilization of the City’s substance use treatment beds San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and the Department of Public Health [...]
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Berkeley: City Council Approves Emergency Shelter Plan

BERKELEY (BCN)- The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday night to direct City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley to develop an emergency shelter somewhere in the city...
Homeless encampment in Oakland near I-980: Photographer- Grendelkhan

Cities That Do Not Reduce Homelessness Could Be Punished By California Voters; Face Lawsuits...

In a report released Monday, the Council of Regional Homeless Advisors is calling for an amendment to the California Constitution that would create a...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed

Report Finds SFUSD “Stay Over Program” Successful in Helping Homeless Families

Monday, January 13, 2020 Controller’s Office evaluation found overnight shelter at Buena Vista Horace Mann School provides families experiencing homelessness with a safe place to sleep at night, especially families who are Latino and speak Spanish, and has successfully connected families to housing resources San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and Supervisor Hillary [...]
Homeless in Los Angeles

Homeless Californians Adapt To Homeless Camp Sweeps And ‘The Caltrans Shuffle’

Every other week, Norm Ciha and his homeless neighbors temporarily relocate their camp from land alongside a freeway off-ramp in Oakland, Calif., to a...
Houses

Homeless Tax: California Bill Would Raise Taxes On Homeowners To Pay For Homeless Problem

California would raise taxes on some homeowners and use the money to pay for homeless services under a bill proposed Thursday by a state...

Governor Newsom Previews $1 Billion in Budget Proposal to Jump-Start New Homeless Fund and...

Jan 08, 2020 Governor announces the creation of new California Access to Housing and Services Fund in executive order, previews his 2020-21 Governor’s Budget with more than $1 billion to fight homelessness, including $750 million for this new Fund, and a major new investment to reform Medi-Cal so that health providers transform health care to [...]
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Fecal Bacteria In California’s Waterways Increases With Homeless Crisis

President Donald Trump, a self-described germophobe, has made no secret of his disgust with California’s growing homeless problem, which he has called a “disgrace”...
Homeless Cart

Homeless Given Ticket Or Arrest Can Have Infractions Cleared If They Stay At A...

SAN DIEGO - In an attempt to decrease Homelessness, any person who has received a ticket or arrest by San Diego police for homelessness...
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Mayor Garcetti Celebrates Opening Of First HHH-Funded Supportive Housing Development

January 6, 2020 LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today celebrated the opening of 88th and Vermont, the first HHH-financed supportive housing development to be completed since the bond measure passed in 2016. The Mayor was joined at the ceremony by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Councilmember Herb Wesson, as well as numerous community leaders. “88th and Vermont is [...]
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Yes, There Are Hungry Children. Give to the Salvation Army

I believe they are best charity by far to help those in need. Do what you can throughout the year and this holiday time. ...
Homeless in Los Angeles

Modular Homeless Shelter to Open in Long Beach in June

LONG BEACH (CNS) - A year-round homeless shelter and service center in North Long Beach is scheduled to open in June. Preliminary plans call for...
Homeless in Los Angeles

Initiative To Provide Help For the Homeless Cleared for Signature Gathering

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Backers of an initiative its author says would provide help for homeless individuals and ``greatly reduce nuisance behavior on our...
Homeless encampment in Oakland near I-980: Photographer- Grendelkhan

California To Blame: New HUD report Claims Golden State ‘Entirely’ At Fault For U.S....

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Friday that the nation’s homeless population rose 2.7% as of January 2019, an increase it...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed

Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center Slated To Open By End Of Year In San Francisco

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 The 200-bed SAFE Navigation Center will soon provide temporary shelter and services, adding to Mayor Breed’s goal of opening 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of next year San Francisco, CA — The Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center, a 200-bed facility to provide temporary shelter beds for unsheltered individuals, will open [...]
Homeless in Street

Homeless Win: Supreme Court won’t review a decision that makes it harder for cities...

LOS ANGELES -- According to the Associated Press, The Supreme Court will not review an appellate decision that makes it harder for cities to...
Homeless Man - Everystockphoto: Photographer D.C.Atty

San Francisco Hopes To Improve Care For People With Mental Illness Living On Streets

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has promised to tackle her city’s homelessness crisis, a vexing situation involving drug abuse and mental illness that is...

California Unleashes Hundreds Of Millions In Emergency Aid For Cities And Counties To Fight...

State Budget provides $1 billion in funding to fight homelessness, including $650 million in emergency homeless aid LOMA LINDA – Overcoming bureaucratic roadblocks erected by the Trump administration, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that California cities and counties can start applying for hundreds of millions of dollars in Emergency Homelessness Aid provided by the 2019-2020 [...]
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Los Angeles Mayor, LAUSD Announce Expansion Of Program to Assist Families Coping With...

December 4, 2019Under the expanded program, 500 homeless families in the Los Angeles Unified School District system will now benefit from Section 8 housing vouchers LOS ANGELES — Mayor Garcetti today announced that 500 homeless families with students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) system will receive Section 8 vouchers — an invaluable resource [...]
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New Storage Site Opens To Help Homeless Individuals, Keep Neighborhoods Clean

Third Center Bolsters Program That Now Provides the Opportunity for Over 1,400 People to Safely Store Belongings While They Work to Turn Lives Around Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 - NEWS RELEASE San Diego – To help people turn their lives around and keep neighborhoods clean, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer today joined community leaders to open [...]
Homelessness in Sacramento

Sacramento County Point in Time (PIT) Homeless Count Shows 19% Rise in Homelessness

Sacramento County Point in Time (PIT) Homeless Count Shows 19% rise in homelessnessIncrease is consistent with California and West Coast trends SACRAMENTO, Calif. June 26, 2019...
Homelessness in Sacramento

Housing Shortage At The Core of Sacramento’s Homeless Crisis

Like many who commute to work in California’s capital city, Noel Kammermann begins his day driving toward 16th Street before turning onto North C Street where...
Shipping Containers - Everystockphoto.com: Photographer Urthstripephotohome_uk

Rooftop Garden Apartments Made from Shipping Containers: Housing Solution for the Homeless in South...

Construction has started on a supportive housing complex for homeless residents of Los Angeles. Located on the corner of Imperial Highway and Broadway...
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Transient Sentenced to Life in Prison For 2016 Fire That Killed Five

A 25-year-old transient was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing five people after he set fire to a vacant building in the Westlake District three years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Last November, Johnny Josue Sanchez (dob 7/14/94) was found guilty of five counts [...]
Los Angeles Metro Bike Share

Homeless Steal Metro Bikes Funded by Taxpayer Dollars in Los Angeles

A new CBS News investigation by David Goldstein, has found that Metro bicycles in Los Angeles are being stolen at an alarming rate. The program...
Proposed HHH Housing

The High Cost of Homeless Housing: Mapping the Location and Calculating the Price of...

The Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin's Office has issued a report on the cost, timing, and location of proposed housing for the city's...
Los Angeles City Planning

Approval of Sherman Oaks’ Homeless Project Indicates Progress, but City Audit Underscores Continued...

The challenge of Los Angeles-area homelessness – and how best to deal with it – is vividly illustrated by two recent, and seemingly contrasting, developments: The approval in...

Homeless Face New Threat in Southern California: Fire

The homeless issue in Southern California has a new facet to it that is adding new stress: fires. As the homeless population in Southern California...
Roberto Mezzina - Integrated University Health Service Trieste, Italy · Department of Mental Health / WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training. Consultant psychiatrist, head of service

What Los Angeles Can Learn From Trieste, Italy About Homelessness

As talked about previously, Los Angeles is grappling with a homeless crisis. The city has an increasing number of people sleeping in abandoned buildings,...
Homeless in Los Angeles

Homelessness In Los Angeles

Los Angeles is facing an increasing homeless crisis. Walk down the streets of Skid Row, and you’ll walk past tent after tent. These tents...
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Los Angeles Homeless Experiment, The TRIESTE Project: “An Innovation Proposal to The Mental Health...

A large team of Los Angeles County Official traveled to Trieste Italy in late 2017 to examine how and why this Italian community has...
Homeless Tent

Los Angeles Times Data Examination Reveals a High Level of Substance and/or Mental Issues...

The Los Angeles Times "examined more than 4,000 questionnaires taken as part of this year’s point-in-time count and found that about 76% of individuals...
Homeless in Santa Monica Ocean Park 2019

Disturbing Before/After Video of Santa Monica’s Ocean Park 2010 vs 2019

A recent twitter post by STREET PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES @streetpeopleLA shows the disturbing BEFORE and AFTER to Santa Monica's Ocean Park. In...
Homeless in Los Angeles

UCLA/Berkeley Study Confirms Serious Health Problems and High Trauma Rates Among Homeless “Unsheltered” people...

Los Angeles– A report released today finds that physical and mental health care needs as well as abuse and traumatic experiences are major contributing factors to a loss of housing for unsheltered people, especially unsheltered women. A research team at the California Policy Lab analyzed survey responses from more than 64,000 single adults ages 25 [...]
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DOJ – Ex-‘Arsenio Hall Show’ Musical Director Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud for Embezzling...

LOS ANGELES – A professional drummer who has served as a musical director for the United Nations and “The Arsenio Hall Show” television program...

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