Letters to the Editor
Think $20 billion is too much to spend on ending homelessness? Look at how much is spent on glitzy arenas and football stadiums.
Sept. 19, 2024
Housing & Homelessness
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is warning that a ban on homeless shelters and other housing in the city of Norwalk is against the law.
Sept. 17, 2024
Step Up On Second Street helped inspire California’s Project Homekey to convert hotels into housing; now it denies responsibility for missing money and failed projects.
California
A ballot measure that would mandate “a new approach to expand programs that are proven to prevent homelessness and increase housing affordability” is a sales tax increase. But you wouldn’t know it from a flier arriving in mailboxes around the county.
Sept. 16, 2024
Homelessness spending in Los Angeles must more than double to $2 billion a year to end sleeping on the streets in the city, according to a draft report by housing officials
Sept. 13, 2024
Opinion
A judge’s ruling that VA had failed Los Angeles County’s homeless veterans by not building housing fast enough on its West LA campus should be the motivation for the government to get moving.
Sept. 11, 2024
In June, Burbank police officers were accused of ‘homeless dumping’ a man outside Paul Krekorian’s office in North Hollywood. But the Burbank police chief said they did nothing wrong.
Aug. 29, 2024
California officials announced a settlement with Elk Grove that requires the city to identify sites for low-income housing and pay the state’s legal fees.
Sept. 4, 2024
Black people represent only 8% of the city’s population but make up 34% of the unhoused. Centuries of American racism create the effects we see today.
Sept. 1, 2024
The proposal to revise the city’s outdoor camping ordinance comes in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has prompted cities through California to reconsider their homeless policies.
Aug. 31, 2024