Supervisors push to shift homeless funding from LAHSA to new LA County department
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote April 1 on whether to shift hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars ...
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LA County supervisors to vote on pulling over $300 million 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, the annual spend of taxpayer money would instead be directly overseen by the ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fentanyl testing devices distributed to LA County community colleges, homeless organizations
The single-use device is small enough to fit in a pocket and contains all of the materials necessary to conduct a fentanyl ...
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Homeless deaths in L.A. County are leveling off but still nearly seven per day
Los Angeles County health officials reported a second consecutive year of moderate increases in homeless deaths, adding evidence that a surge that raised the mortality rate 56% over the previous ...
Long Beach Post4d
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...