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Medical respite offers refuge for homeless people recovering from illness

Henry Jones, who kept getting sicker after 11 years of homelessness, was admitted in 1991 into Christ House, one of the first medical...

Few arrestees in L.A. accept care, housing over charges

A diversion program in Los Angeles designed to keep mentally ill, addicted or homeless adults out of jail and instead provide treatment...

Newsom's budget has few details on costs for homeless help

Gov. Gavin Newsom provided few details in his revised budget blueprint for how he plans to fund a sweeping proposal to use the courts...

Manhattan Beach Celebrates Two Homelessness Success Stories

May 11, 2022 07:49AM ● By Jeanne Fratello Manhattan Beach was able to celebrate two homelessness success stories last week, with...

State lawmakers consider putting homeless courts where the homeless live

A bill sponsored by Torrance Democrat Al Muratsuchi,AB 2220, would create a homeless courts pilot program, offering grants to counties...

Newsom's 'CARE Court' homelessness plan faces new questions

Battle lines have emerged in the debate over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s far-reaching and controversial effort to provide court-ordered...

TORRANCE RECEIVES $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL MONEY FOR HOMELESS RESPONSE

Torrance has received $1 million in federal funding to aid the city’s homeless response, officials announced Monday, April 25. The money,...

Opposition mounts against Newsom's plan for court-ordered treatment of homeless people

Six weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a far-reaching effort to push more people into court-ordered treatment for severe mental...

TORRANCE TO ENFORCE ANTI-CAMPING ORDINANCE ONCE TEMPORARY HOUSING SHELTER OPENS

Torrance’s 40-unit temporary housing shelter officially has an expected opening date — June 26 — and with it will come more stringent...

Los Angeles lifts moratorium on towing illegally-parked RVs

Hundreds of people living in recreational vehicles parked on Los Angeles streets have largely avoided towing thanks to a pandemic-era...

L.A. Metro struggles to move homeless people off trains

At the entrance to a downtown subway station, Tracy Hellams sits on the ground burning the hanging threads on her jeans with a lighter...

City of Malibu seeks to shelter its homeless population outside of Malibu

Malibu, like the rest of Los Angeles County, has seen an uptick in its homeless population, but Malibu City Council’s proposed solution...

NY MAYOR Adams Says Encampments of Homeless People Will Be Cleared

Mayor Eric Adams said his administration was pursuing a citywide effort to remove hundreds of makeshift campsites from streets and...

After Skid Row

“After Skid Row” documents the journey of Barbie Carter as she navigates the transition to housed life following the brutal reality of a...

Can a giant, empty Sears building help solve homelessness in Los Angeles? - Los Angeles Times

Izek Shomof and Bill Taormina stood in the parking lot of the massive, historic, long-abandoned Sears distribution center on the...

BEYOND HOMELESS: FINDING HOPE WHAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSES AND WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE POSSIBLE?

Homelessness is such a complicated and frustrating problem because it has so many different causes. And even when resources and...

San Francisco’s Heart of Darkness

Overrun by drug addiction and squalor, the City by the Bay wants to bring its disastrous experiment in harm-reduction to the rest of...

What makes progress hard in Los Angeles?

A homeless encampment in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 15. (Luis Sinco / LAT) It’s not the cost of real estate that gets in the way of...

Can the Ballona Wetlands be Saved

The Ballona wetlands is an environmentally sensitive marsh and a complex landscape of dunes and coastal wetlands. with more than 250...

LA County Proposes Crackdown on RV Encampments After Spike In Crime

From Zuma to Dockweiler, along rural highways outside Palmdale and on many streets of Los Angeles County, you have probably seen RV...

“I don’t need medicine there's nothing wrong with me.”

What is anosognosia? Anosognosia means that the person does not recognize that he/she is sick. This "lack of insight," is a symptom of...

Upcoming Community Meeting: THE HOPE AND CHALLENGES OF TREATING ADDICTION

Addiction is “creating a wave of mental illness” among our unhoused individuals, further complicating the solution to homelessness. ...

REDONDO BEACH TO DISCUSS ENFORCING LIBRARY RULES AFTER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS

The Redondo Beach City Council this week will weigh whether to empower the city manager to create new, enforceable rules on what people...

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