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,…
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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…
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DAILY BREEZE – A congresswoman, philanthropic-minded developers and investors all lined up to speak Thursday at the grand opening celebration of the Vermont Villas in Harbor Gateway. But it was Army veteran Jimmie Lee Anderson, who spent years living on…
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New homeless housing to be built using the $1.2-billion bond Los Angeles city voters approved in November may be three to five years in the future. In the meantime, a program created by Mitchell H. Katz, director of the Los…
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Calling the decision historic and unprecedented, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a sweeping plan to reduce homelessness. Prompted by a 12 percent increase since 2013 across the county in the number of people who were…
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Thousands of volunteers took to the streets Tuesday night to kick off a three-night effort to count homeless people in the Greater Los Angeles area. The count is organized by the city- and county-run Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. The tally will…
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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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