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Successful Redondo Beach Homeless Court serves as prototype for South Bay
The Redondo Beach Homeless Court launched outdoors in a parking lot during the height of the pandemic last year It connected the unhoused...
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L.A. homeless housing COVID program fell short of goal
There can be opportunity in disaster. That certainly appeared to be the case in California when the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to most...
Dockweiler RV Park Is a Popular Destination for Tourists/Travelers
Tourists who travel in RVs across America stay in KOA campgrounds, state parks and other lesser known campgrounds. One of the favorite ...
Villanueva again attacks LA leaders’ homelessness policy
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva again questioned the approach of government officials tackling the region's homelessness ...
Report says no to homeless facilities at key L.A. parks
Los Angeles should not pursue plans for overnight camping or other homeless facilities at Westchester Park, Mar Vista Park and a...
Los Angeles’ convoluted anti-camping ordinance
If you wanted to draft a city ordinance that would lead to the break up of a city, you probably couldn’t do much better than the...
L.A. pedestrian sues over collision near sidewalk encampment
A Valley Village woman has sued the city of Los Angeles, saying she was struck by a car after venturing into a Hollywood street where a...
Manhattan Beach considers using Redondo Beach’s homeless court
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council continues to grapple with a conundrum as it tries to address the city’s homeless...
On homelessness, a judge’s order is disputed, but the crisis is not
“But counsel,” interrupted Judge John Owens, “you can call it judicial overreach . . . you can also call it judicial frustration — ...
Los Angeles Goes to War With Itself Over Homelessness
The pandemic has intensified a bitter, years The mobile unit has been tricked out to Dr. Coley King’s exact specifications. From the...
Sheriff Villanueva’s justified Venice Beach intervention
Like the story of the emperor’s new clothes, California’s utterly failed homelessness policy rests on the willingness of bystanders to ...
Sacramento Will Mandate City-Provided Housing for the Homeless—and Make the Homeless Accept It
If passed the measure would be the first of its kind nationally, and would impose a legally enforceable municipal mandate to deal with...
LA County focuses on homeless women and families on skid row
The LA County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to seek more money to support an effort to house more than 600 women and families...
'Safe' injection sites won't solve California's homeless and drug abuse crises
The California Senate passed legislation in April permitting three jurisdictions – to create safe injection sites until 2027. San...
Ending the ‘Off & On’ Street Cycle of Severely Mentally Ill People
Dr. Jonathan Sherin, director of the County Department of Mental Health “In my opinion, we’re reaching an inflection point. It’s not...
High Cost Of Los Angeles Homeless Camp Raises Eyebrows And Questions
In Los Angeles, city officials grappling with an ongoing homelessness crisis have turned to an idea that for decades was politically ...
Housing the Homeless:Tents for Everyone, or Palaces for a Few?
When it comes to helping the homeless, is there finally light at the end of the tunnel? Not if Eric Garcetti and his attorneys and...
Another consequence of L.A. homelessness: 24 fires a day
As the number of tents, makeshift shelters and campers on Los Angeles streets has surged, so has the scourge of fire. In the three years...
Judge Denies LA County's Bid for Dismissal from Homelessness Lawsuit
A day after taking the matter under submission, a judge today rejected Los Angeles County's bid to be dismissed from a lawsuit brought by...
Dr. Drew and Los Angeles’ homeless industrial complex
“Con-Passion.” Con-passion is what you hear when well-paid activists insist that it’s not compassionate to discuss treatment for...
LAHSA has failed to do its job effectively. Let’s end it:
This is why I believe the time has arrived to cut out the middle man. It is time to dismantle the Los Angeles Homelessness Services ...
The Shaky Foundations of LA's Housing 'Entitlement' for the Homeless
The recent debate surrounding Housing First has predominantly been focused on the physical and budgetary metrics of housing retention and...
Plaintiffs want L.A. to step up in homelessness lawsuit
Attorneys for the plaintiffs want the city and county to offer some form of shelter or housing within 90 days to every homeless person...
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