L.A. Now Episode 355, Airing Week of 5/22/17https://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Nearly 7,000 roosters were seized from an illegal cockfighting operation in the largest raid of its kind in U.S. history; the Measure H planning group is one step closer to helping homeless residents get off the streets; there’s a new…
L.A. County’s homeless population grew 23%, as the county and city embark on intensive, inter-related efforts to combat the problem through housing and services.
Measure H Planning Group Reaches Consensushttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
After an unprecedented and collaborative process, a 50-member planning group has reached consensus on recommendations for how Measure H funding should be spent over the next three years. The recommendations, from a panel of public and private stakeholders, move to…
L.A. Now Episode 359 , Airing Week of June 19, 2017https://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
A new era in combating homelessness gets underway; a massive outreach to help people living near the former Exide battery recycling plant; and the County is helping young people get a leg up in the job market.
A New Era in Combating Homelessness Gets Underwayhttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Measure H, the 10-year, quarter-cent sales tax which will be used in the fight against homelessness, reached an important milestone! The County Board of Supervisors approved a plan that will allocate more than 1 billion dollars of those funds over…
As Homelessness Grows, Help Rises in the Antelope Valleyhttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Homelessness rose sharply throughout L.A. County last year, with communities like the Antelope Valley experiencing some of the largest increases. But help and hope are on the way for people like Sandy Holloway, and the LAHSA outreach teams trying to…
Hungry and Homeless 101: Community College Students Struggle to Survive as they Learnhttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
For many young people, college is a time to learn, dream and prepare for a successful future. But that’s not so easy for the thousands of Los Angeles Community College students who report being hungry or homeless as they try…
L.A. Now Episode 362, Airing Week of July 10, 2017https://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Helping the hidden homeless population in the Antelope Valley; County Libraries will be open late this summer; a sing along with the pros from the Music Center; and, see the Grand Park 4th of July celebration like you’ve never seen…
Homelessness and the Norwalk Libraryhttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Librarians across Los Angeles County—from Agoura Hills to Willowbrook—increasingly are on the frontlines 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 are…
Homelessness and the Malibu Libraryhttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Librarians across Los Angeles County—from Agoura Hills to Willowbrook—increasingly are on the frontlines 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 are…