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After 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…

A 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.

Measure H, the 10-year, quarter-cent sales tax which will be used in the fight against homelessness, reached an important milestone! The County Board of Supervisors approved a plan that will allocate more than 1 billion dollars of those funds over…

Homelessness rose sharply throughout L.A. County last year, with communities like the Antelope Valley experiencing some of the largest increases. But help and hope are on the way for people like Sandy Holloway, and the LAHSA outreach teams trying to…

For many young people, college is a time to learn, dream and prepare for a successful future. But that’s not so easy for the thousands of Los Angeles Community College students who report being hungry or homeless as they try…

Helping the hidden homeless population in the Antelope Valley; County Libraries will be open late this summer; a sing along with the pros from the Music Center; and, see the Grand Park 4th of July celebration like you’ve never seen…

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…

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…

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…

The solar eclipse is a big hit at Los Angeles County libraries; making sure homeless people get the services they need; equipment from Canada is essential for fighting fires in LA County; La Plaza de Cultura y Artes comes into…