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FULL COVERAGE: Homeless in America
Complete L.A. Times coverage on the issue of homelessness, the current reality and possible solutions.
Soldiers returning from the Middle East end up on the street and have trouble coping with a return to civilian life.
Reports from Malibu, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and the region
Loving friends and family embrace Eddie Dotson, who lived on an L.A. sidewalk
New apartment complexes in downtown L.A.'s skid row offer homes that feel safe, encourage healing and look good.
The new Step Up on Fifth apartment complex is a beacon of hope for the city's homeless, offering its tenants a 'protective internal environment.'
Volunteers redesign apartments for each new family.
He testifies that he nearly fell victim to two women on trial in the deaths of homeless men.
Prosecutors say the Mercury station wagon was the murder weapon two elderly women used in a life insurance scheme.
SCOTT GOLD | Out There
One afternoon a week, police remove the drug detritus from a skid row park so kids can play
The Union Rescue Mission's bank system was a haven for some of L.A.'s poorest. Now their money is gone.
City, usually a supporter of the downtrodden, will hire monitors to report inappropriate behavior to police and social agencies.
THE STATE
Rebuffing Villaraigosa, the council rejects a plan to let the homeless sleep on sidewalks at night.
More talks are slated in an effort to resolve a suit over arrests of homeless who camp on sidewalks.
EDITORIAL
The ACLU is blocking a deal while downtown just gets worse.
As revitalization efforts for downtown move forward, advocacy groups say the homeless are being swept away.
OUR SO-CAL LIFE
A trip to the mass graves of Evergreen Cemetery.
FINDING A WAY HOME
The most heartbreaking homeless problem has some of the freshest solutions.
LAPD's Chief Bratton wants the city attorney to challenge a court decision barring the arrest of homeless who sleep on sidewalks.
STEVE LOPEZ /POINTS WEST
I'm hoofing it east on 2nd Street in downtown Los Angeles and bump into a young man named Donald who's got crazy ideas in his head, a crack pipe in his hand and a knack for eluding police who have stepped up their crackdown on the skid row drug trade.
L.A. County gets first funds to be distributed under a 1% tax on the wealthiest Californians. Potential recipients will be reviewed next week.
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