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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…

About 500 people, including elected officials, nonprofit leaders and concerned activists, turned out for the county’s first annual Homeless Initiative Conference. Here are some highlights from a day dedicated to mobilizing and strategizing about ways to solve Los Angeles County’s…

When Los Angeles voters overwhelmingly approved a bond measure in November to build apartments for the chronically homeless, long-frustrated advocates hailed the victory as a watershed in their efforts to provide permanent homes for thousands of people living on the…

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’s is…

Looking back on it now, Eustolia Farias thinks it was inevitable that she would wind up homeless at a young age. Her mother took off when she was a toddler. Her father worked long hours at a garment factory, but…

From thermal imaging to tailored questionnaires, Southern California counties are innovating how to better quantify and understand local homeless populations. Around the region, annual and biannual homeless counts kick off this week. Thousands of volunteers are expected to canvass streets,…

KPCC – A growing chain of specialized Los Angeles County clinics is keeping people experiencing mental health crises from ending up in jail or an emergency room, according to statistics compiled by the county and an agency that runs two…