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When homelessness and mental illness overlap, is compulsory treatment compassionate?
But the combination of homelessness with substance use or untreated mental illnesses has led to a lot of very public tragedies. People...
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Prescription for housing? California wants Medicaid to cover 6 months of rent
Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose administration is struggling to contain a worsening homelessness crisis despite record spending, is trying ...
Gavin Newsom wants voters to approve his plan to fund housing for mentally ill people
Californians would vote on a plan to fund housing for people with mental illness under a proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled Sunday....
Los Angeles plans to help stabilize Skid Row Housing Trust buildings
The degraded state of the Sanborn Hotel Apartments is apparent from the sidewalk. Holes have been smashed in the wire-reinforced windows...
A SANDWICH SHOP, A TENT CITY AND AN AMERICAN CRISIS
Espy said as she took out a pair of scissors, scrubbed them with hand sanitizer and started to cut away a few of his stitches. She wiped...
Governor Newsom Homelessness Funding and Housing
As part of his tour of the state, Governor Gavin Newsom joins legislative partners and local leaders for an announcement on and a new...
Newsom raises the bar with a goal to cut homelessness by 15%
After criticizing local officials for failing to adequately address the pernicious problem of homelessness in California, Gov. Gavin...
Angelenos taxed themselves to raise $1.2B to house homeless. Did it work?
In 2016, as the number of people living on the streets of Los Angeles climbed ever higher, Angelenos were itching for a solution to the ...
A failing mental health system leaves this mother pleading to keep her son in jail
According to the California Healthcare Foundation, nearly one in seven adults in California experience some form of mental illness. And...
The real reason why L.A. has so many RV homeless encampments
For five nights, Melissa Grady refused to sleep. She told me this on a recent afternoon, rubbing her eyes with blackened hands, while ...
INSIDE LA COUNTY'S LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF HOMELESS RVS
In LA County, more than 500 homeless RVs line the streets for miles, creating a scene that looks more like a third-world country than...
'Tranq,' aka xylazine, may worsen California overdose crisis
A new drug — a sedative normally used for animals — is increasingly making its way into the illicit drug trade in California, and local ...
To Save Her Son, a Mother Wants Him Treated Against His Will
Her son was “losing his mind.” But how do you help someone who doesn’t believe he is mentally ill? Kimberly is a mom whose 22-year-old son...
Long Beach axes plan to use community gym for unhoused residents
Long Beach officials on Tuesday announced they had halted plans to set up a temporary winter homeless shelter at a community gym after ...
Startling increase in deaths of Orange County homeless people
More homeless people in Orange County are dying each year, and accidental drug overdoses involving fentanyl are a leading reason why, ...
HUNTINGTON BEACH MOVES ON NEW LAWS TARGETING HOMELESS PEOPLE IN PARKS AND PARKING STRUCTURES
The proposed rules come as a new council majority campaigned on a 90-day plan to end homelessness in city limits, pledging in a January ...
Homeless Man Shares the Harsh Reality of Skid Row
Skid Row hurt me in ways I can't ever explain. It made me do things and made see things I wish I would have never seen." ~ Luke Luke's...
L.A. homeless people finding refuge of their own in historic storm
As L.A.’s overwhelmed shelters filled up Friday, finding refuge from the pounding rain and freezing temperatures became a personal...
As counties set up new mental health courts, people with mental illness face a broken system
Melanie Klinkamon said she finds herself hoping that her daughter will break her foot. Klinkamon, a West Sacramento resident, said she ...
Former Sheriff Reveals What's Behind Los Angeles' Homelessness | Alex Villanueva
We achieved incredible amount of progress in four years. But the progress is threatening to a corrupt administration. That's why I'm now...
Crack Addict interview-Annette
She is wise beyond measures......
Los Angeles is offering the homeless motel rooms ... but with some tricky conditions
Nick Watt reports on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' initiative to clear encampments on city streets and house the homeless in motels until...
Why hotel rooms for L.A.'s homeless sit empty
A room at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) More than 40,000 people are experiencing homelessness...
Skid Row Housing Trust is in financial trouble
Skid row’s flagship owner and operator of subsidized housing is on the verge of financial collapse and seeking a lifeline to keep its...
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