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SAN FRANCISCO CAN ENFORCE LAWS ON HOMELESS WHO REFUSE SHELTER SERVICES
An issue throughout the legal conflict has been whether or not the city can forcefully move people who are considered “involuntarily...
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IN RARE ALLIANCE, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SEEK LEGAL POWER TO CLEAR HOMELESS CAMPS
Garbage, feces and needles run through the rivers in Missoula, Mont. On the streets of San Francisco, tents are so thick that sidewalks...
LA County: 3,000 new mental health, substance use treatment beds26. September 2023 0
Facing the prospect of a trial neither side wanted, Los Angeles County and the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking more homeless services...
Why Recognizing Housing First’s Failure is So Important
As anyone who’s read my columns over the past few months can tell, I often write about how badly Housing First policies have failed Los ...
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...
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...
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
https://www.kusi.com/san-diego-clears-homeless-encampment-after-residents-get-criminal-acts-on-video/
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,...
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