Community members got their first chance Wednesday to weigh in on new plans by the city and county of Los Angeles to address the region’s growing problem with homelessness. During two public hearings, advocates for the homeless praised the proposals…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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