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California is fighting homelessness, but New York is taking on the real problem
How do we know when someone is too mentally ill to make their own decisions? When to take away rights is a problem we have dodged for...
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‘Housing first’ is a failed approach to chronic homelessness in California
How much money is enough to solve the homelessness crisis, and on what should it be spent? Every poll shows that Californians list...
‘We’ let blind, mentally ill, homeless Mark Rippee die in Vacaville. But let’s name names
Melinda Henneberger Thu, December 1, 2022 at 8:30 AM James Mark Rippee, who was blind, severely mentally ill, homeless — and unhelped,...
On City Streets, Fear and Hope as Mayor Pushes to Remove Mentally Ill
Mayor Eric Adams intends to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the streets. That will mean involuntary...
New York’s Plan to Address Crisis of Mentally Ill Faces High Hurdles
Many city residents agree something needs to be done to remove people with severe mental illness from public places. But some experts...
Mayor Eric Adams says New York YC will treat mentally ill, even if they refuse
New York City’s mayor on Tuesday said he was directing police and city medics to be more aggressive about getting severely mentally ill...
Fentanyl’s scourge is plainly visible on the streets of Los Angeles
Ryan Smith, a 36-year-old homeless addict, falls asleep after smoking fentanyl in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Nearly 2,000...
About-face: Why Newsom relented, released $1 billion despite lackluster local homeless plans
Two weeks after withholding $1 billion in homelessness funding over lackluster local plans, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that ...
Elections Delay Homeless Lawsuit Resolution
A U.S. District Court judge put off Monday a final resolution of a lawsuit that could force L.A. County and City to expand services and...
New Winter Shelter Program Now Provides Hotel Vouchers
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) opened its Winter Shelter Program for the 2022-2023 winter season, which goes through...
Safe Landing, a Walk-In Interim Housing and Triage Facility for the Unhoused
os Angeles County’s Housing for Health Opens Walk-In Interim Housing and Triage Beds with 24/7 Clinical Care for Unhoused Individuals...
Pelosi Attack Suspect Was A Psychotic Homeless Addict Estranged From His Pedophile Lover
David DePape, the prime suspect in the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul. (Photo Credit,: Associated Press) Leading...
‘Housing First’ puts lofty goals above real-world results
Key Take A ways:The latest approach toward dealing with homelessness, called “housing first,” has praiseworthy goals. Judged by its...
Roommate wanted: Homeless people are pairing up as a way around the housing crisis
Eric Perkins says the kitchen is what sold him on the two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in Norfolk, Va., that he found through a...
Subsidizing Addiction-The government pays homeless addicts to stay on drugs and alcohol
Ira, an older, soft-spoken homeless man, recently went to the Downtown Austin Community Court to see if he was eligible for free...
California health insurance program tries to house homeless
On a blistering hot Friday in August, Donald Winston, 56, lugged black trash bags stuffed with belongings up four flights of stairs to...
LA County wants to help Metro remove homeless from trains, buses, shelters and platforms
The homeless crisis in Los Angeles County has spilled over onto buses, trains, at bus shelters and transit stations, resulting in...
Skid Row Nation: How L.A.’s Homelessness Crisis Response Spread Across the Country
In recent years, homelessness marked by meth abuse and tents has moved from the Southland to other cities. But will more housing really...
California homeless population grew by 22,000 over pandemic
In summary The latest point-in-time count of California’s homeless population shows that it increased at roughly the same pace as...
It's Time to Mandate Treatment of the Dangerously Mentally Ill
by Michael Shellenberger Last Friday in Queens, New York, Peter Zisopoulos, 34 years-old, described by his neighbors as an “odd, quiet...
LA supervisors transfer Project Homekey properties as permanent housing
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Oct. 4, approved the transfer of eight Project Homekey temporary housing ...
Progress Update on Homeless Count
MBSAFE began In 2018 when the point-in-time count revealed 41 homeless in Manhattan Beach, which was a large increase from the previous...
The mental health system failed our son, but we hold on to hope
We haven’t seen our son in 66 days, and counting. Hopefully by the time you read this, we’ll have seen his face — probably too skinny,...
Opponents mulling court challenge with CARE Court signed into law
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new bill Wednesday that will create a framework in civil courts to provide court-ordered treatment plans for...
Torrance to open homeless court by end of year
When Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn learned about Redondo Beach’s success with its homeless court initiative, which the city ...
California lawmakers approved CARE Court. What comes next?
In summary Now that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s court system for people with severe mental illness cleared the state Legislature, counties face...
Manhattan Beach Homeless Count 2022
67 Homeless people a 67% decrease! https://www.sbceh.org/homeless-count-2022.html?fbclid=IwAR3zK-jE8HwrCVXShYSBqYaG3AEhTwy9BMkYUtqB8g12ez...
Torrance Tiny Home Village, 2 months in, succeeding so far
Torrance’s Tiny Home Village has shown early success by placing 40 individuals on a pathway to permanent housing. Gary Moore at the Tiny...
Newsom's court-ordered treatment plan for homeless Californians passes final test
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sweeping proposal to provide court-ordered treatment for homeless Californians struggling with mental illness and...
INTERVENING BEFORE HOMELESSNESS HAPPENS
Speaker: Janey Rountree Executive Director California Policy Lab at UCLA ONLINE COMMUNITY MEETING Monday, September 26, 2022 7:00 – 8:15...
'Gimme Shelter': Why L.A. struggles to provide emergency housing - Los Angeles Times
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, federal housing officials developed a new program in hopes of getting homeless residents off the streets more...
L.A. VOTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER HOTELS MUST RENT VACANT ROOMS TO HOMELESS
A controversial measure that would require hotels in Los Angeles to provide vacant rooms to homeless people will go before voters in...
These families are flaming the ACLU as California debates mental health care
Bob Britton doesn’t look like the kind of guy to be cursing out the American Civil Liberties Union, but there he was outside the state ...
HERMOSA BEACH TEAMS WITH REDONDO BEACH PROSECUTORS TO HELP THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS
At least a dozen people stood before a judge in Hermosa Beach last week. They sought a reprieve. They sought help. They sought a place to...
L.A. promised jobs for Watts but left weeds and shanties
“One day I walked into this property and found a drain,” he said. “I opened it and it was dry. I cleaned a spider web. So I started...
More housing isn’t the solution to homelessness — it’s treatment
A homeless man sleeps in Macy's department store in Herald Square in Manhattan. Stephen Yang In a new paper, two University of California...
CARE Court: Can California counties make it work?
Terry Fiscus, a counselor at Turning Point Community Programs, sits in his office in Sacramento on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Photo by ...
Homes for people with severe mental illness are rapidly closing. Will help come fast enough?
Mark Samuel has calculated how long his willpower will last before he closes a home for people suffering from mental illness who have...
Newsom's CARE Court a fix for broken mental health system
Fusako Petrus and a friend were taking their regular early-morning walk around a high school track here five years ago when a stranger...
How a California mental health funding plan fell apart
Nearly two decades ago, California voters passed a landmark tax on millionaires envisioned as a game changer for mental health....
“Supportive” housing project draws ire in South Redondo
y Garth Meyer Surprise, blame and anxiety mix with optimism and support as residents and city leaders assess a state project to convert...
A NEW APPROACH TO HELPING THE MOST SEVERELY ILL AND VULNERABLE
ONLINE COMMUNITY MEETING Monday, July 25, 2022 7:00 – 8:15 pm | Zoom Webinar Register Here One of the most urgent needs to is to help...
Gov. Newsom’s mental health court plan for homeless advances amid worries
SAN FRANCISCO — A controversial proposal by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to prod more homeless people into mental health treatment is ...
California affordable housing can top $1 million per unit
More than half a dozen affordable housing projects in California are costing more than $1 million per apartment to build, a...
This Redondo Beach beach motel will become 20 studios for people transitioning out of homelessness
It’s a beautiful spot to live or visit. The Pacific Ocean, pizza and frozen yogurt are all within an easy walk. And it’s right on a...
A breakdown of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court proposal
On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam ...
Medical respite offers refuge for homeless people recovering from illness
Henry Jones, who kept getting sicker after 11 years of homelessness, was admitted in 1991 into Christ House, one of the first medical...
Few arrestees in L.A. accept care, housing over charges
A diversion program in Los Angeles designed to keep mentally ill, addicted or homeless adults out of jail and instead provide treatment...
Newsom's budget has few details on costs for homeless help
Gov. Gavin Newsom provided few details in his revised budget blueprint for how he plans to fund a sweeping proposal to use the courts...
Manhattan Beach Celebrates Two Homelessness Success Stories
May 11, 2022 07:49AM ● By Jeanne Fratello Manhattan Beach was able to celebrate two homelessness success stories last week, with...
