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Lives Saved Amid Tropical Storm Hilary 600 541 CVillacorte

Lives Saved Amid Tropical Storm Hilary

As Tropical Storm Hilary approached Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) worked in close collaboration with the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office and the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative to help people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in areas…

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Yolanda and Her Kids Have a Home 600 541 CVillacorte

Yolanda and Her Kids Have a Home

Every parent can relate – we all want a better future for our children. Yolanda was scared that being homeless would mean her children would be taken away, but LAHSA wanted a better future for her children too, and its…

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Stacie Finds a Home 600 541 CVillacorte

Stacie Finds a Home

https://youtu.be/RFV8MZEtWPY Stacie has found a home after 23 years of homelessness and LAHSA couldn’t be happier to be a part of her journey. Share this story if you felt inspired

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2023 Homeless Count Prompts Vows to Take Urgent Action 600 541 CVillacorte

2023 Homeless Count Prompts Vows to Take Urgent Action

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count results showed a 9% rise in homelessness on any given night in Los Angeles County to an estimated 75,518 people and a 10% rise in the…

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More Housing and Services in Skid Row 600 541 CVillacorte

More Housing and Services in Skid Row

More than half of the homeless population in Skid Row – about 2,500 people – will move into housing and receive services over the next three years, thanks to a $60 million state grant to Los Angeles County’s Department of…

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Inside Safe in Chatsworth Houses 50 People 600 541 CVillacorte

Inside Safe in Chatsworth Houses 50 People

The City and County of Los Angeles worked hand-in-hand on an Inside Safe operation in Chatsworth, bringing more than 50 unhoused residents indoors, and resolving an encampment located alongside a flood control channel and transit station. Inside Safe is a…

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Homeless Outreach by Specialized Teams in Long Beach 600 541 CVillacorte

Homeless Outreach by Specialized Teams in Long Beach

    The Department of Health Services’ Housing for Health sends specialized street outreach teams across Los Angeles County to offer help to people experiencing homelessness, and is expanding those teams under the current State of Emergency declared by the…

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LA County Removes Abandoned, Destroyed RVs 600 541 CVillacorte

LA County Removes Abandoned, Destroyed RVs

LA County departments work to remove burned and abandoned RVs in Gardena on June 1, 2023. (Photo by Los Angeles County) Los Angeles County is ramping up efforts to remove recreational vehicles (RV’s) that had served as encampments for people…

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White House launches ALL INside 600 541 CVillacorte

White House launches ALL INside

The Biden Administration launched ALL INside, a first-of-its-kind initiative to address unsheltered homelessness across the country by entering into partnerships with cities such as the City of Los Angeles, which accounts for  60 percent of the homeless population in Los…

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More Outreach Teams on Metro Transit System 600 541 CVillacorte

More Outreach Teams on Metro Transit System

Metro is doubling the number of outreach teams in its transit systems who help connect people experiencing homelessness to services, support and housing, significantly expanding a program that started five years ago. KCBS/KCAL joined one of those teams consisting of…

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