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How can LA combat its fentanyl crisis? MacArthur Park offers clues

Fentanyl is a highly addictive, synthetic opioid 50 times as potent as heroin. It was the primary contributor to the 55% uptick in the...

ILLICIT FENTANYL KILLS USERS MORE QUICKLY THAN ANY OTHER DRUG TO EVER APPEAR ON AMERICAN STREETS

In a time of fentanyl and meth, we need to use law enforcement differently—and more often. By Sam Quinones Preliminary data from the CDC...

A $28 Million Low-Income Apartment Complex Descends Into Chaos in Just Two and a Half Years

“I thought I was moving into Shangri-La.” At first glance, the Buri Building in the Hazelwood neighborhood looks like an ideal way to...

Andy's Story | Working his way to Skid Row

Next Month, Portland Police Can Arrest People Camping Who Refuse Shelter

Next Month, Portland Police Can Arrest People Camping Who Refuse Shelter The City Council vote signals a marked departure in how the city...

Housing First has failed. The homeless crisis in California demands a swift, effective response.

A recent article I read asked, “Is a philosophy destroying Los Angeles?” The answer is a resounding yes, unfortunately. I’ll never forget...

Bass' Inside Safe plan faces resistance in downtown L.A.

Homeless outreach workers went to the streets of downtown Los Angeles last month and delivered what is now a seasoned sales pitch: Give...

We are in trouble unless people start speaking up ~ Andy Bales

WITH FENTANYL ONE HIT YOU CAN BE ADDICTED OR DEAD

Seniors are flooding homeless shelters that can’t care for them

Nearly a quarter of a million people55 or older are estimated by the government to have been homeless in the United States during at...

With fentanyl deaths soaring, L.A. County is giving out drug pipes and other supplies

By a line of ragged RVs slung along 78th Street in South Los Angeles, a seven-member team passes out glass pipes used for smoking...

A path forward for cleaning up California’s cities?

By Austin Vanderheyden May 21, 2023 at 6:05 a.m. Californians are fed up with watching homeless encampments take over their streets. ...

RV Encampment Clean-Up Day: Harbor Gateway

RV encampments take over Harbor Gateway

Two years to get a homeless friend housed

Los Angeles resident Nicholas Melillo explains how he spent more than two years maneuvering through bureaucratic red tape to secure...

California cities are cracking down on homeless camps. Will the state get tougher, too?

In summary Democratic voters in California cities are pushing mayors and city councils to clear homeless camps. Leaders are responding...

A 15-story hotel could help L.A.'s mayor fight homelessness

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ homelessness team is looking to purchase a 15-story hotel in the city’s Westlake neighborhood, the latest...

NIMBYism over housing spans race and politics, firing up suburban protests

Residents oppose L.A. County’s plan to convert a Motel 6 into permanent housing for homeless people in Hacienda Heights.(Luis Sinco / Los...

San Diego clears homeless encampment after residents get criminal acts on video

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LA nonprofit hands out meth pipes to homeless on Skid Row

A local nonprofit is passing out crystal meth pipes to the homeless population of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. According to...

Phoenix to Start Clearing Sprawling Downtown Homeless Encampment

Phoenix officials will begin clearing one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments this week in a downtown area known as the Zone,...

Fentanyl overdoses fuel surge in L.A. County homeless deaths

To save lives, the L.A. County Public Health Department argued that many changes are needed, including ramping up the distribution of...

California’s next housing crackdown could force cities to plan more homeless shelters

In summary California cities of every size lack shelter beds for the state’s growing homeless population. A new bill would force local...

‘Whatever It Takes’: The Street Teams Who Help Mentally Ill New Yorkers

Intensive mobile treatment teams meet mentally ill clients where they are. Chris Payton and Sonia Daley visited M in Lower Manhattan....

Low wages, short hours drive many fast-food workers into homelessness - Los Angeles Times

When Jose de la Torre began delivering pizzas for Papa Johns in 2019, he made $15 an hour and shared a one-bedroom apartment in the ...