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May 6

Homelessness isn’t huge in this part of L.A. — but it’s a huge campaign issue

    In Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley neighborhoods of Chatsworth, Porter Ranch and Granada Hills are about as far as you can get from skid row. Fewer people live without shelter in this suburban stretch of the city than in any other L.A. City Council district, according to the last available data from the homeless count. Yet homelessness has been a simmering ...
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Apr 22

Homelessness should be addressed alongside substance use

Homelessness in the U.S. has been a significant problem for decades and communities have struggled to find solutions. Co-occurring disorders and homelessness have become an epidemic in society. There has been an increase of deaths from overdoses in Maryland over the years. There has also been lack of housing for individuals who suffer from addiction. An article you posted in January ...
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Apr 19

End Section 8 housing discrimination

    For the homeless and those teetering on the edge of homelessness, housing vouchers are supposed to be a ticket into safe, stable housing. Federal Section 8 vouchers and other forms of rental assistance use public dollars to make up the difference between what a person can afford to pay and the rent they’re being charged. But at a time when cities ...
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Apr 18

Garcetti’s budget would spend more money on street repairs and homelessness

  Anticipating a rise in business and property tax revenue, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is looking to spend more money on homelessness, street repairs and police overtime next fiscal year. Garcetti on Thursday unveiled his $10.6-billion proposed budget for the city, a spending plan that relies on increased cannabis sales in Los Angeles and state money to help the city’s homeless ...
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Mar 4

Homelessness in L.A.: A national disgrace that must be fixed

  Good morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, March 3, 2018. Los Angeles is in the midst of only its third significant rain event since February 2017 — but it’s nothing compared with what’s howling through the Northeast right now. Let’s take a look back at the week in Opinion. Over the last week, The Times editorial board published a six-part series on ...
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Feb 24

High rents create a new class of hidden homeless in Los Angeles

  Kevin Recinos works full-time helping the homeless in Los Angeles as a Life Skills Coordinator, but when his rent increased by $200 per month, he himself became homeless. Now, he's one of the estimated 9,000 newly homeless in Los Angeles living out of their car. As he demonstrated how he gets his car ready for the night, Recinos lamented, "I realize this is ...
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Feb 1

Federal grants for homeless services are flowing again after government shutdown

    Acting quickly after the reopening of the federal government last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has renewed grants totaling nearly $172 million for the five-county Los Angeles area. The funding will go primarily to agencies that provide direct homeless services, including outreach, case management and shelters. Separately, HUD has resumed funding for thousands of federal rental subsidies, ...
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Jan 29

L.A. approves $120 million to encourage building faster, cheaper homeless housing

  Wanted: Fresh ideas to speed up the construction and lower the cost of housing for homeless people — without cutting quality. The Los Angeles City Council made that pitch formal on Tuesday, voting 14-0 to set aside $120 million, a substantial slice of the Proposition HHH homeless housing bond, for a pilot program that will ask developers for strategies to change ...
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Jan 9

L.A. needs a homelessness czar

When the next major earthquake strikes, we’ll have the leadership we need. A top official from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will aggressively oversee the federal response to the crisis, coordinating closely with local leaders. Why aren’t we addressing our homelessness crisis with the same degree of urgency?Granted, pervasive homelessness is a complex and deeply nuanced problem, one that is often ...
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Dec 13

APLA Health and Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Cut Ribbon on New Community Health Center

  Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and APLA Health cut the ribbon on Los Angeles County’s newest community health center. APLA Health – Olympic Health Center will offer people living and working in West Hollywood, Hollywood, Miracle Mile and Central Los Angeles access to quality primary medical and mental healthcare; HIV specialty care and support services, as well as HIV and STD screening ...
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