homelessness

The city and county are working together to make it easier for landlords to provide housing to the homeless. Hear Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and others discuss the importance of such programs at a recent HouseLA event held at Emerson College.

Landlords learn about programs that make it easier for them to house the homeless; MakMo vehicles make mobile learning fun at local libraries; free tax help for L.A. County residents.

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…

L.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…

Once 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…

In 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…

Helping 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…

The 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…

Nearly 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…