The Supreme Court of the United States is considering a case that could rewrite the rules for how municipalities across America address homeless encampments and have dramatic ramifications for California, where almost 30% of the nation’s homeless reside. The case, City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, centers on whether homeless people have a right to …
Interim housing options for people experiencing homelessness will be available during this weekend’s severe weather via motel vouchers offered by programs offered by the city and county of Los Angeles. The county’s Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority oversees and operates the Augmented Winter Shelter Program, which will continue through Tuesday. The county will provide 175 …
A man who died after Fullerton police officers shot him with bean bag rounds and a stun gun last week outside a McDonald’s restaurant has been identified. He was Alejandro Campos Rios, 50, the Fullerton Police Department said Monday. The agency said Rios had a P.O. Box in Buena Park but was homeless. Rios died …
The books of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority will be audited by the county’s top accountants and department heads as a result of a motion approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Feb. 27. “As Los Angeles County continues to combat the humanitarian crisis that is homelessness, every entity that …
By JOSE HERRERA LOS ANGELES — The City Council moved forward Friday on plans to begin a “master leasing” program in the city — picking up an approach already in use by LA County to expand the number of available units for unhoused residents. “Master leasing is the securing of all or part of an …
By JOSE HERRERA | City News Service Plans to move unhoused residents residing in the L.A. Grand Hotel to the Mayfair Hotel are going “smoothly,” the acting director of interim housing for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority told a City Council committee on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The first phase began on Feb. 7, …
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Hundreds of volunteers joined the Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness and Department of Housing staff to conduct the 2024 Point in Time Homeless Count this week, providing a snapshot of the city’s unhoused population as homelessness soars across the nation. “We are grateful to our nearly 200 volunteers who came together to form 41 teams …
Yesica Jaimes of Lancaster, a student in the Los Angeles Mission rehabilitation program, prepares pork tamales with chili sauce on Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023, at the mission in Los Angeles. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Aqueda Baeza of Lancaster, a student in the Los Angeles Mission rehabilitation program, prepares pork tamales with …
For students with unstable homes, or in some cases no home at all, the holiday season can be an especially tough time, but school communities across Los Angeles are rallying to bring the festive spirit to students who need it most. This year the Los Angeles Unified School District provided gift cards to over 590 …