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Los Angeles County outlines strategies to reduce homelessness 750 499 admin

Los Angeles County outlines strategies to reduce homelessness

Los Angeles County officials released a wide-ranging plan Thursday with nearly four dozen recommended strategies to address homelessness in the region. The problem has grown in recent years, with more than 44,000 people found to be without homes in last year’s…

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Senate Democrats propose $2 billion plan for homeless 750 499 admin

Senate Democrats propose $2 billion plan for homeless

In an opening to this year’s budget negotiations at the Capitol, Senate Democrats on Monday proposed a $2 billion bond to build homes for homeless people with mental illnesses. The measure would be funded by Proposition 63, the existing, 1…

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LA’s homeless crisis gives rise to unconventional shelters

By day, All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Highland Park is a place of worship. By night, it’s where dozens of people come to sleep under dimmed lights, in the wooden pews. “I lay right down here, ” Zonia Sotelo, 46,…

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A Gateway to fight homelessness 750 499 admin

A Gateway to fight homelessness

With homelessness on the rise throughout southeast Los Angeles County, the Board of Supervisors has infused an additional $860,000 into a multifaceted effort led by the Gateway Cities Council of Governments to identify and house homeless individuals and families. The…

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LA County Housing Authority receives HUD Funding 750 499 admin

LA County Housing Authority receives HUD Funding

Los Angeles County has received a $428,819 award of additional funding for Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) under the Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program. This award will allow the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA), in partnership with…

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LA County officials call for $100 million affordable housing plan to fight homelessness 750 499 admin

LA County officials call for $100 million affordable housing plan to fight homelessness

Drawing a line between homelessness and high housing costs, a pair of Los Angeles County supervisors have proposed spending $100 million a year on affordable housing. County Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas want the majority of the funds to…

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Kuehl, Ridley-Thomas Unveil Massive Affordable Housing Plan 750 499 admin

Kuehl, Ridley-Thomas Unveil Massive Affordable Housing Plan

Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas have unveiled a comprehensive affordable housing plan marking an unprecedented financial commitment of up to $100 million annually toward low and very low-income housing programs as well as workforce housing programs across Los Angeles…

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To tackle homelessness, look to jails, hospitals, foster homes, group says 750 499 admin

To tackle homelessness, look to jails, hospitals, foster homes, group says

Thousands of people stream out of Los Angeles county jails, foster homes, hospitals and state prisons with no place to go, overwhelming efforts to stem the rise in homelessness, experts said Thursday. The county and state don’t track how many…

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Making an Immediate Impact on the Homeless Crisis 750 499 admin

Making an Immediate Impact on the Homeless Crisis

On a motion by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Michael Antonovich, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved investing $15 million on programs to rapidly rehouse the homeless and to prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless. The money would come…

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KPCC: LA County could add more homeless shelter beds for El Niño 750 499 admin

KPCC: LA County could add more homeless shelter beds for El Niño

Los Angeles County emergency managers told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday they plan a more assertive approach to getting river-dwelling homeless people out of the way of stormwater that could come with a rainy El Niño winter. Read the full…

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