“Measure H”

Segments include lead tests for children in the Exide contamination zone; new approaches for first responders’ interaction with the homeless; public meetings on the future of L.A. County libraries; a library branch opens at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall; a mobile…

This Year in Review episode, focusing on L.A. County’s fight against homelessness, is part of a special three-episode retrospective of top stories of 2016. This is L.A. Now episode 333.

Crystal Beacham and her two sons are home for the holidays–thanks to the Los Angeles County Public Housing Program, which makes public housing apartments available to formerly homeless families.

Multifaceted C3 homeless outreach teams expand to Venice; clown therapy at LAC+USC Medical Center; snow days in County parks; New Year’s Eve in Grand Park.

They’re called C3 teams (for “city, county,community”) and they’re already having an impact on downtown L.A.’s Skid Row. Now these multifaceted street outreach teams are expanding westward, to Venice. Come along as they share medical care, resources, and hope with…

A new Sobering Center has opened its doors on Skid Row, providing short-term help and longer-term solutions for the those who need a safe place to recover from alcohol or drug inebriation. Meet a “sober coach” who’s helping others get…

On the streets with the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count; Care Harbor brings free healthcare to thousands; heavy rains replenish local water supplies; inside a new Department of Consumer and Business Affairs program that helps small local businesses swing for…

The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count is the nation’s largest census of its kind, with thousands of volunteers scouring communities throughout the County. The recently-concluded 2017 count will update numbers collected last year, when nearly 47,000 people were found to…