Librarians across Los Angeles County—from Agoura Hills to Willowbrook—increasingly are on the frontlines of the region’s homelessness crisis, confronting a challenge as complex as anything in the reference stacks. As key partners in the County’s groundbreaking Homeless Initiative, they are…
read moreL.A. County votes on homeless services measure; reaching out to landlords to help house the homeless; looking back on Year One of the Recuperative Care Center at MLK Hospital; 626 Golden Streets makes the most of car-free streets in the…
read moreOnce a neighborhood eyesore, the Tiki Motel is now part of a rejuvenated rental complex offering housing for the homeless. Learn more about its past–including a Hollywood turn as a location in the first “Terminator” movie–and its new role as…
read moreIn approving Measure H, L.A. County voters made an unprecedented 10-year commitment to combatting homelessness through a ¼-cent sales tax to generate approximately $355 million annually. Here’s what’s next as planning for implementation gets underway. Measure H’s dedicated funding stream…
read moreHelping formerly homeless families navigate the benefits system; the Vision Zero Initiative helps prompt a safer crosswalk in Walnut Park; high school students bring stuffed animals and smiles to young patients with cancer; an amazing undersea adventure at the Natural…
read moreThe Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a 2017-2018 recommended budget that reflects the county’s continuing determination to serve its most vulnerable residents while improving the quality of life in communities across the region. This video offers…
read moreNearly 7,000 roosters were seized from an illegal cockfighting operation in the largest raid of its kind in U.S. history; the Measure H planning group is one step closer to helping homeless residents get off the streets; there’s a new…
read moreL.A. County’s homeless population grew 23%, as the county and city embark on intensive, inter-related efforts to combat the problem through housing and services.
read moreAfter an unprecedented and collaborative process, a 50-member planning group has reached consensus on recommendations for how Measure H funding should be spent over the next three years. The recommendations, from a panel of public and private stakeholders, move to…
read moreA new era in combating homelessness gets underway; a massive outreach to help people living near the former Exide battery recycling plant; and the County is helping young people get a leg up in the job market.
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