March 2017

In approving Measure H, L.A. County voters made an unprecedented 10-year commitment to combating homelessness through a ¼-cent sales tax to generate approximately $355 million annually. Here’s what’s next as planning for implementation gets underway. Measure H’s dedicated funding stream…

With voters poised to approve Measure H, Board of Supervisors Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas moved to streamline the Los Angeles County bureaucracy to make efficient use of the incoming funds to end the crisis of homelessness. He filed a read-in motion,…

The family had lived in their El Sereno home for 25 years when they were told they’d have to move. The building had been sold. The new owner wanted them out, and planned to triple the rent. “We were in…

Librarians across Los Angeles County—from Agoura Hills to Willowbrook—increasingly are on the front lines of the region’s homelessness crisis, confronting a challenge as complex as anything in the reference stacks. As key partners in the County’s groundbreaking Homeless Initiative, they…

Ethnically diverse advocates detailed their efforts to eradicate homelessness during New America Media’s forum at Skid Row Housing Trust’s Apartments on Feb. 3. Panelists hailed from African-American, Chinese, Latino and Korean backgrounds. The briefing focused on how L.A. County is…