Recent Streetsblog LA posts about homelessness

Metro Transit Ambassadors - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Security, Homelessness, Valley Rail, and More

By Joe Linton | Feb 24, 2023 | No Comments

The Metro board meeting focused mostly on issues related to transit system security and homelessness. Also - brief updates on East San Fernando Valley light rail, ridership, and more.

L.A. City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez holds up his rental contract during council discussion of renter protections. Photo via city meeting video

L.A. City Council Approves Significant New Renter Protections

By Joe Linton | Jan 20, 2023 | No Comments

Tennant protections represent an important, though incomplete, victory for L.A. tenants and for the council's growing progressive cohort

L-R: Jackalyn Jung and Jordan Guitron, mental health crisis response workers from L.A. CADA, working with SGV CARE. Credit: Chris Greenspon/SBLA

Mental Health Crisis Response pilot debuted by SGVCOG

By Chris Greenspon | Oct 28, 2022 | No Comments

Clinicians and peer support specialists may be called to assist first responders with incidents involving unhoused residents, drug induced episodes, and other behavioral issues

United to House L.A. proponents in front of the US Bank tower in DTLA. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

United to House L.A. Proponents Rally For Resources To End Homelessness

By Joe Linton | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

If passed, "Measure ULA" would enact a new tax on the sale of high value property in L.A. City; tax revenues would be dedicated to projects and programs to end homelessness.

The Coachella Valley food recovery organization Hidden Harvest distributes food. Photo courtesy of Christine Tran

SGV Puts $250k Toward Diverting Surplus Food to Homeless Shelters

By Chris Greenspon | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments is making the investment as a two-pronged effort to support the unhoused and fight climate change… but is the right infrastructure in place?

In 2019, Jermaine Petit and his mother, Charlotte Blackwell, sat down with ABC7's Carlos Granda to talk about his mental health issues and the many run-ins he'd had with law enforcement before he was able to get help and access to supportive housing. Petit was shot by LAPD at Bronson and King on July 18.

LAPD Describes Car Part as Resembling “Nonfunctioning Firearm” During Contentious Town Hall on Leimert Park Shooting

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 29, 2022 | No Comments

Jermaine Petit was unarmed when shot by LAPD, but LAPD remains reluctant to admit that

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