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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

The majority of the 2021-2022 winter shelters have begun operations across Los Angeles County. The Winter Shelter Program provides a warm...

Listen to the Podcast: https://kcrw.co/3Ihtfsx Homelessness is one of LA’s most divisive issues, and politicians are fighting over what...

Californians make up 12 percent of the nation’s population but account for 27 percent of the country’s homeless, Housing First, is...

For years, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has spoken out about the need for more housing and shelter for homeless people in his...

November 18, 2021 10:13 AM By Tori Richards Two dozen homeless veterans who moved from a sidewalk to the adjoining property of the West...

Bales faults the permanent housing strategy for allowing what he views as chaotic conditions when residents in those homes continue to...

Crews are bagging up trash. Tent frames are being collapsed. Friday marked the cleanup day at Westchester Park. It’s something many who...

The beautiful Shade Hotel has graciously agreed to help us fundraise for MBSAFE by giving back 15% of all food and drink receipts when...

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Looking for 2022 Homeless Count Volunteers After a hiatus in 2021 the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count is once again on Jan 26th 2022....

Wondering how to get outreach help for people in need? An online tool puts the power of help at your fingertips. Find out how you can be...

The city of Los Angeles has undertaken a major shift in its approach to homelessness, one that puts a priority on clearing unsightly...

The Veterans Row encampment in West Los Angeles, with its tents draped with American flags, along San Vincente, included about 50 tents....

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Introduction: Shared housing offers one solution to the homeless crisis. Some of the benefits of shared housing are: Increased access to...

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 ...