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The mental health system failed our son, but we hold on to hope

We haven’t seen our son in 66 days, and counting. Hopefully by the time you read this, we’ll have seen his face — probably too skinny,...

Opponents mulling court challenge with CARE Court signed into law

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new bill Wednesday that will create a framework in civil courts to provide court-ordered treatment plans for...

Torrance to open homeless court by end of year

When Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn learned about Redondo Beach’s success with its homeless court initiative, which the city ...

California lawmakers approved CARE Court. What comes next?

In summary Now that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s court system for people with severe mental illness cleared the state Legislature, counties face...

Manhattan Beach Homeless Count 2022

67 Homeless people a 67% decrease! https://www.sbceh.org/homeless-count-2022.html?fbclid=IwAR3zK-jE8HwrCVXShYSBqYaG3AEhTwy9BMkYUtqB8g12ez...

Torrance Tiny Home Village, 2 months in, succeeding so far

Torrance’s Tiny Home Village has shown early success by placing 40 individuals on a pathway to permanent housing. Gary Moore at the Tiny...

Newsom's court-ordered treatment plan for homeless Californians passes final test

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sweeping proposal to provide court-ordered treatment for homeless Californians struggling with mental illness and...

INTERVENING BEFORE HOMELESSNESS HAPPENS

Speaker: Janey Rountree Executive Director California Policy Lab at UCLA ONLINE COMMUNITY MEETING Monday, September 26, 2022 7:00 – 8:15...

'Gimme Shelter': Why L.A. struggles to provide emergency housing - Los Angeles Times

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, federal housing officials developed a new program in hopes of getting homeless residents off the streets more...

L.A. VOTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER HOTELS MUST RENT VACANT ROOMS TO HOMELESS

A controversial measure that would require hotels in Los Angeles to provide vacant rooms to homeless people will go before voters in...

These families are flaming the ACLU as California debates mental health care

Bob Britton doesn’t look like the kind of guy to be cursing out the American Civil Liberties Union, but there he was outside the state ...

HERMOSA BEACH TEAMS WITH REDONDO BEACH PROSECUTORS TO HELP THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS

At least a dozen people stood before a judge in Hermosa Beach last week. They sought a reprieve. They sought help. They sought a place to...

L.A. promised jobs for Watts but left weeds and shanties

“One day I walked into this property and found a drain,” he said. “I opened it and it was dry. I cleaned a spider web. So I started...

More housing isn’t the solution to homelessness — it’s treatment

A homeless man sleeps in Macy's department store in Herald Square in Manhattan. Stephen Yang In a new paper, two University of California...

CARE Court: Can California counties make it work?

Terry Fiscus, a counselor at Turning Point Community Programs, sits in his office in Sacramento on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Photo by ...

Homes for people with severe mental illness are rapidly closing. Will help come fast enough?

Mark Samuel has calculated how long his willpower will last before he closes a home for people suffering from mental illness who have...

Newsom's CARE Court a fix for broken mental health system

Fusako Petrus and a friend were taking their regular early-morning walk around a high school track here five years ago when a stranger...

How a California mental health funding plan fell apart

Nearly two decades ago, California voters passed a landmark tax on millionaires envisioned as a game changer for mental health....

“Supportive” housing project draws ire in South Redondo

y Garth Meyer Surprise, blame and anxiety mix with optimism and support as residents and city leaders assess a state project to convert...

A NEW APPROACH TO HELPING THE MOST SEVERELY ILL AND VULNERABLE

ONLINE COMMUNITY MEETING Monday, July 25, 2022 7:00 – 8:15 pm | Zoom Webinar Register Here One of the most urgent needs to is to help...

Gov. Newsom’s mental health court plan for homeless advances amid worries

SAN FRANCISCO — A controversial proposal by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to prod more homeless people into mental health treatment is ...

California affordable housing can top $1 million per unit

More than half a dozen affordable housing projects in California are costing more than $1 million per apartment to build, a...

This Redondo Beach beach motel will become 20 studios for people transitioning out of homelessness

It’s a beautiful spot to live or visit. The Pacific Ocean, pizza and frozen yogurt are all within an easy walk. And it’s right on a...

A breakdown of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court proposal

On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam ...

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