Trio charged with grand theft, embezzlement after allegedly stealing public funds meant to help homeless in L.A. Three people have been...

Different chemically than it was a decade ago, the drug is creating a wave of severe mental illness and worsening America’s homelessness...

Long Beach homeless services officials are in the beginning stages of studying the possibility of having a sanctioned homeless...

Homelessness and RV fires have overrun Venice Beach, California. Rarely acknowledged is the environmental degradation RVs inflict on this...

The July 26, 2021 PPTFH community webinar addressed important issues arising out of the escalating state of homelessness in Los Angeles....

On September 27, 2021 MBSafe held a community meeting introducing Ramone Rendon, the Harbor Interfaith Beach Cities Coordinator for...

Cities must balance public services with public order to reduce homelessness. Fifteen years ago, West Coast cities were confident that...

A federal appeals court on Thursday unanimously overturned a judge’s decision that would have required Los Angeles to offer some form of...

Los Angeles County, already at the epicenter of America’s homeless crisis, could see its unhoused population nearly double after ...

The Redondo Beach Homeless Court launched outdoors in a parking lot during the height of the pandemic last year It connected the unhoused...

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...

Tourists who travel in RVs across America stay in KOA campgrounds, state parks and other lesser known campgrounds. One of the favorite ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva again questioned the approach of government officials tackling the region's homelessness ...

Los Angeles should not pursue plans for overnight camping or other homeless facilities at Westchester Park, Mar Vista Park and a...

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...

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...

by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council continues to grapple with a conundrum as it tries to address the city’s homeless...

“But counsel,” interrupted Judge John Owens, “you can call it judicial overreach . . . you can also call it judicial frustration — ...

The pandemic has intensified a bitter, years The mobile unit has been tricked out to Dr. Coley King’s exact specifications. From the...

Like the story of the emperor’s new clothes, California’s utterly failed homelessness policy rests on the willingness of bystanders to ...

If passed the measure would be the first of its kind nationally, and would impose a legally enforceable municipal mandate to deal with...

The LA County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to seek more money to support an effort to house more than 600 women and families...

The California Senate passed legislation in April permitting three jurisdictions – to create safe injection sites until 2027. San...

Dr. Jonathan Sherin, director of the County Department of Mental Health “In my opinion, we’re reaching an inflection point. It’s not...

In Los Angeles, city officials grappling with an ongoing homelessness crisis have turned to an idea that for decades was politically ...

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...

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...

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...

“Con-Passion.” Con-passion is what you hear when well-paid activists insist that it’s not compassionate to discuss treatment for...

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 recent debate surrounding Housing First has predominantly been focused on the physical and budgetary metrics of housing retention and...

Attorneys for the plaintiffs want the city and county to offer some form of shelter or housing within 90 days to every homeless person...

Temporary tiny home and camping sites would be established at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades, Dockweiler Beach in Playa...

This bungalow court was built for less than half the cost of a typical permanent supportive housing project, and in a fraction of the...

Los Angeles Considers Nation's Most Extensive Program to Convert Empty Stores, Offices to Affordable Housing The Los Angeles County...

A Community Response Unit would assign dedicated firefighter EMTs to 9-1-1 calls with homeless individuals. CRU staff would assess the ...

AB 675; he employer's tax credits would range between $2,500 and $10,000 for each eligible individual hired. $2,500 for each eligible...

In summary Ronald Reagan and Jerry Brown, two of the most consequential governors ever in California, led the state during two of the...

hen I was growing up, my immigrant parents emphasized problem solving and perseverance. They also taught me: “If something isn’t working,...

Following a successful outreach effort with city and regional agencies, a young homeless man in Manhattan Beach who was living outside a...

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Assembly Bill 71, introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Luz Rivas, funds itself by means of a targeted tax increase that will be paid...

Getting the Homeless Home Ron Hooks, Exec Director, of West Coast Care will discuss will discuss how reconnecting homeless with their...

CA has the largest homeless population in the nation, but its approach to addressing homelessness is disjointed The State continues to...

California cities could face lawsuits for failing to follow through on plans to dramatically reduce homelessness under a proposal from...

California has spent $13 billion in the last three years to tackle a massive homelessness problem likely to worsen with the pandemic,...

U.S. District Judge David Carter is frustrated with the homelessness crisis. As the judge overseeing a lawsuit over L.A.’s failure to...

A fed up federal judge in California said last week’s rainstorm created “extraordinarily harsh” conditions for homeless residents of Los...