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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