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Breaking News: Historic Settlement to Address Homelessness Crisis in Los Angeles County

In a groundbreaking development, Los Angeles County has reached a historic legal settlement with the LA Alliance for Human Rights to...

CALIFORNIA BALLOT INITIATIVE COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO MAKE CRIME ILLEGAL AGAIN

Ballotpedia reports: The California Increase Drug and Theft Penalties and Reduce Homelessness Initiative (#23-0017) may appear on the...

Homeless services go into emergency mode as storm creates deadly street conditions

L.A. County shelters rapidly ramp up capacity to keep people safe from rain, cold, illness Raul Moridal and Brigido Lopez, who are...

The Man in Room 117

Andrey Shevelyov would rather live on the street than take antipsychotic medication. Should it be his decision to make? Three years ago,...

L.A. turns to occupational therapists to keep formerly homeless from returning to streets

Carla Brown waits on an air mattress, eager for her occupational therapist to arrive at her apartment next to the Hollywood Freeway, mere...

Andy Bales interview

“It should be very apparent to us how we’re failing, but I’m not sure what falsehood or lie we’re caught up with that we think this is...

The Technocratic Dodge

Better data only go so far in addressing homelessness. Later this month, teams of volunteers will hit the streets across the United...

Community Voices: Suicide of the Golden State

Jan 7, 2024 I was driving down Truxtun Avenue the other day and I saw a homeless man lying on the grass in front of a business with his...

Californians’ Last Hope to Solve Homeless Crisis Is the US Supreme Court

Commentary California has, by far, the worst homeless crisis in the country. No doubt recognizing the extent of the problem, the U.S....

Supreme Court takes up key homelessness case

By Sheri Chapman, general counsel The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a lower court’s ruling in Johnson v. City of Grants...

Susan Shelley: Finally, a glimmer of hope for cities struggling with public encampments

There was hopeful news on Friday for Los Angeles and every other city in the western states that are part of the Ninth Circuit in the...

RV’s, Vanlords, Homeless Counts and Wishful Thinking

Among the most obvious and noxious signs of homelessness in Los Angeles are the thousands of recreational vehicles scattered all over the...

Addiction Treatment Can Work Even When It’s Not Voluntary

As Oregon reconsiders its decision to decriminalize hard drugs like fentanyl, research shows that mandating treatment programs for drug...

Homelessness: Is Nothing Better than Something?

Thoughts for the New Year… The best critic of my writing is my wife. She is far more empathetic than me, and often appeals to the better...

How problems at two of Skid Row’s largest landlords threaten to worsen L.A.’s homelessness crisis

One of the most vexing factors contributing to Los Angeles’ homelessness problem is the lack of affordable places for people coming off...

Supervisor Horvath Spearheads Move to Delay 'Gravely Disabled' Criteria Rollout

STORY HIGHLIGHTS What to Know: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted 4-1 to delay the implementation of Senate Bill 43...

Affordable Housing We dig into the history and how approaches changed

Affordable housing. Simply linking those two words might get you an ironic laugh from today’s apartment hunter. But there was a time when...

Homelessness and the DMV

When I was in graduate school in the mid-1980’s, I took a course in project management. We used real-life projects as case studies. At...

The Old New Way to Provide Cheap Housing

Homelessness is an American tragedy, but it’s not hopeless. In a recent column, I explored how Houston has become a national model by...

RENO IS BEATING THE ODDS IN SOLVING HOMELESSNESS

Number of unsheltered dropped by more than half in this Nevada city after large tent to house its homeless was built RENO, Nev.—The...

Homelessness: Sometimes You Don’t Get What You Pay For

When I worked full-time, my office was at the city’s public works corporation yard; as the name implies, it was a large facility that...

Disorganized data makes finding shelter beds and interim housing more difficult, LA city controller

An analysis of interim housing and shelter bed data found that data quality issues make it nearly impossible to find available shelter...

Inside Safe, LAHSA and More Inconvenient Numbers

When I began writing weekly articles for CityWatch back in March, I confess I was a bit concerned I’d run out of subject matter. My...

One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

"Let me just say, I didn't start doing harm reduction because I wanted to save the world," she said. "I wanted to save myself. I need a...

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