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Complete L.A. Times coverage on the issue of homelessness, the current reality and possible solutions.
Authorities are accustomed to finding homeless encampments around downtown Los Angeles.
Homeowners aren't the only victims of the housing crunch.
Local elections: Los Angeles County supervisor
The Times is asking the two major candidates competing to succeed Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke about some key issues in the 2nd District, which stretches from Mar Vista through South Los Angeles and into Compton and Carson.
Members of the faith-based nonprofit Welcome INN were threatened with arrest under a law that regulates assembling in California state parks.
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.
When a mental health service wanted to move into their Little Tokyo building, loft residents cried 'not in our lobby.'
SCOTT GOLD | Out There
One afternoon a week, police remove the drug detritus from a skid row park so kids can play
Starting small on skid row might just work.
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.
An agreement to allow sleeping on the sidewalk during certain hours is good, but the city should commit to housing them, too.
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.
A patient released from a Kaiser hospital is shown wandering outside a downtown L.A. rescue mission.
Lawsuit says hotels force poor residents out after 28 days to prevent them from gaining legal rights as tenants. Operators deny wrongdoing.
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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