On October 1, 2021, the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) launched the County’s first online Rent Registry. The L.A. County Rent Registry, which contains portals for both property owners and tenants, will allow property owners…
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The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an unprecedented $527.1 million budget for the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative in FY 2021-22. The Homeless Initiative is Los Angeles County’s massive effort to expand and enhance services for people who are homelessness…
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released its Best Practices for Addressing Street Encampments, which provides guidance for service providers and community partners on the most effective ways to conduct location-specific outreach to bring those living in encampments inside…
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Mark Ridley-Thomas to initiate Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement (HOME) teams to provide critical treatment interventions and resources to people experiencing homelessness who have…
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Chair Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor to the First District and co-authored by Supervisor Sheila Kuehl to develop recommendations for a tenant opportunity to purchase act (TOPA) for unincorporated…
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a proposal by Supervisor Janice Hahn and co-authored by Supervisor Kathryn Barger to expand the county’s Psychiatric Mobile Response Team (PMRT) program. LA County’s Psychiatric Mobile Response Teams are teams of unarmed…
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In what was once a Motel 6 in Baldwin Park, 36-year-old Laura Morales found a home after three years on the streets. She’s one of many homeless people in Los Angeles County who received a room of her own…
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The County Board of Supervisors approved a motion to reduce overdoses among people experiencing homelessness by expanding proven harm reduction strategies. LA County already operates harm reduction programs including Medication-Assisted Treatment, syringe programs, and naloxone (a medication that reverses…
read moreLos Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District, organized a Mother’s Day distribution with Baby2Baby that provided hundreds of families in the Watts-Willowbrook community with diapers, wipes and special Mother’s Day gifts at the local Boys and…
read moreSupervisor Holly J. Mitchell recently toured a hotel that’s been turned into interim housing for families. Los Angeles County purchased the 41-room former Travel Plaza Inn in late 2020 to serve as a Project Homekey site dedicated to serving families.…
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