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LA County Supervisor proposes consolidating homeless services under new department
Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath on Thursday proposed creating a new county department to consolidate ...
Los Angeles spends billions on homelessness with little accountability
The LAO’s report says the January 2024 point-in-time count found 187,000 people who are homeless in California, an all-time ...
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LA County supervisors to vote on pulling over $300M annual taxpayer dollars out of homeless services agency
The proposal comes after a pair of scathing audits about the L.A. Homeless Services Authority, known as LAHSA. If approved, ...
A homeless woman struggles to say goodbye to the home she raised her kids in
Nearly five years after seizing a publicly owned, vacant home she used to live in, Maria Merritt is saying goodbye to the ...
Court-ordered audit finds major flaws in L.A.’s homeless services
An audit of homeless services provided by Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority found them disjointed ...
Los Angeles cannot track money spent on homeless programs, independent audit finds
An independent audit commissioned by a federal judge raised serious concerns about how Los Angeles city and county are ...
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How Long Beach plans to shrink its biggest, longest-standing homeless encampment, the LA River
The state recently awarded Long Beach $11 million to help pay for its most ambitious encampment resolution plan to date. Most ...
Scathing audit finds L.A. homeless spending lacks oversight, accountability
Homeless programs funded by the city of Los Angeles are a virtual black hole when it comes to oversight and tracking of outcomes, a court-ordered, independent audit has found.
Rates of death among the homeless in Los Angeles County are leveling off
The number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County has leveled off, with data showing a 1% mortality rate increase in ...
Murrieta police seeking owners of pet headstone found in homeless camp
Police are searching for the owners of a pet headstone that was found in the midst of a homeless encampment cleanup in ...
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How California homeless programs are helping people get fit and off the streets: ‘It’s the bike’
Biking in San Diego or running in L.A. and San Francisco — workout groups specifically for homeless Californians show promise ...
How Entertainment Workers Are Finding New Careers in Homeless Services — With a Little Help From Keanu Reeves
LAURA Academy is training entertainment workers and others as case managers for L.A. homeless services organizations, with ...