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Metro Seeking Applicants to Serve on Public Safety Task Force to Re-envision Transit Policing
Do you have what it takes to reimagine Metro public safety? Apply to volunteer on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee. Applications due November 13.
October 16, 2020
New Everyone In Video Shows Homelessness’ Disproportionate Harm To Black Angelenos
Everyone In tells stories of Black unhoused persons, and offers solutions, including funding from the November Reimagine L.A. ballot measure
August 18, 2020
Whittier Moves Forward on Homeless Navigation Center
Whittier's upcoming new homeless navigation center will provide 139 beds for people experiencing homelessness as well as access to resources to help them transition to more permanent housing
July 7, 2020
Thousands Housed in Project Roomkey in Los Angeles, but NIMBYism, Lack of Permanent Affordable Housing Blunt Progress
The Project Roomkey program temporarily houses unhoused individuals in hotel rooms during the COVID-19 crisis
June 19, 2020
Homeless Count 2020: Depressing but Not Surprising Rise in Number of Homeless. LAHSA Blames Racism, Lack of Affordable Housing
Late last night, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the results from this January's homeless count in Los Angeles County. As expected, the numbers were bad: more Angelenos fell into homelessness than the county can place in temporary, bridge or permanent housing. Homelessness in Los Angeles County rose by 12.7% compared to the 2019 count to a total of 66,433 people. The count, taken in January by volunteers, does not take into account any changes since the sheltering orders and economic recession caused by COVID-19.
June 12, 2020
Tormented by a Bandit, Unhoused Residents Just Want to Be Left in Peace
A few feet down from where the handwashing station lies on its side, El Abuelo Travieso - a name that translates to the Naughty Grandfather (though he told me with a giggle that it translates to Grandpa Tush) - is spraying his arms and hands down with a liquid from a disinfectant bottle.
May 9, 2020
Evicted During COVID-19: “I Have Been Homeless for 20 Days…What’s Going to Happen to Me?”
A true eviction moratorium might have kept Miguel housed and stable; now he fears for his mental health and his ability to get back on his feet
April 25, 2020
Bridge Housing Project Opens at the Brentwood V.A. This Saturday
The 50-bed project is for veterans experiencing homelessness
April 2, 2020
Video: Gardner Street Bridge Housing an Important Success Story
Though much of Los Angeles' attention has shifted to the coronavirus crisis, L.A.'s housing crisis remains. Bridge Housing is one important solution, improving many lives.
March 17, 2020
Bonin Takes the Lead on Protecting Low-Income and Unhoused Angelenos During Crisis
Councilmember Bonin is taking the lead using resources within his budgetary powers to provide washing stations for the unhoused throughout his district
March 12, 2020
