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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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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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed Tuesday to spend $15 million to fund housing programs for the county’s homeless. The plan, authored by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Michael Antonovich, will create and fund… Read full article here:…
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On October 6, 2015, Supervisors Ridley-Thomas and Knabe called for $600,000 in funding to enter into an agreement with Persons Assisting The Homeless (PATH) in order to implement coordinated and targeted outreach and engagement in the South Bay region, with…
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Responding to the needs of a South Bay homeless population estimated at over 3,000 people, Los Angeles County Supervisors Don Knabe and Mark Ridley-Thomas are proposing a funding plan with the goal of providing homeless individuals with interim residential options,…
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The Board of Supervisors approved a total of $101 million in funding Tuesday for programs aimed at helping the homeless as part of its final adjustments to the county’s 2015-16 budget. The board doubled its original $50 million commitment to…
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A week after Los Angeles city officials announced a plan to commit $100 million toward addressing homelessness, Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to add $50 million in funding for the issue as part of their midyear budget update. The…
read moreToday, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis called upon the Board of Supervisors to direct the Interim Chief Executive Officer, in coordination with the Director of the Homeless Initiative, to identify $905,000 in one-time funds and to open the Los Angeles Homeless Services…
read moreSadly, the sight of people sleeping on the streets, begging strangers for money and scavenging for food in the trash has become all too common. In Los Angeles County, an estimated 44,000 people are homeless on any given night, many…
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