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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…