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Sep 24
Affordable Care Act: Homeless, but not without care on Skid Row
Denise Scott shouts angrily over the way America has forgotten her.“We don’t need no more illegals comin’ over here!” she screams from a Skid Row sidewalk littered with chicken bones, paper plates and discarded clothes.“Fix the problems in this country! I need a place to live!”
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Sep 17
Senate OKs condom handout in California prisons to cut disease, despite ban on sex behind bars
The California Senate approved a plan Monday that would require the state to hand out condoms at adult prisons, despite a ban on having sex behind bars.
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Sep 10
Helping homeless veterans remains a challenge
During a mental health summit organized by the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System last week, groups met to discuss what can be done to help homeless veterans and their mental health needs.
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Sep 9
Norwalk to approve affordable housing zone changes
The City Council is expected to meet in a special session Thursday for final action on a zone change for two sites, one on Studebaker Road and the other on Pioneer Boulevard, designated for possible affordable rental units.
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Sep 3
CVS- FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS
Los Angeles area events are held every Thursday, Friday and Saturdays in September from 2pm-6pm. No appointment necessary.
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Aug 12
L.A County's Housing Goal is 179,881 New Units by 2021.
As part of a state required process, every eight years cities and counties must updates their Housing Element plans, which requires them to account for how they will build the enough housing to meet the estimated needs of California's growing populations.
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Aug 9
Officials Pledge More Housing Vouchers, Outreach to Homeless Vets
The country's top veterans affairs official has committed to ramping up funding to help Los Angeles County's more than 6,000 homeless veterans, local elected officials announced Aug. 1. U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki made the commitment at a meeting with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky last week ...
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Aug 1
Los Angeles public housing residents to receive digital literacy training, low-cost computers and WiFi access
The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) is investing $300,000 with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) and non-profit organizations to develop a model to connect Los Angeles public housing residents to WiFi, provide bilingual digital literacy training and offer low-cost computers to residents, according to a press release.
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Jul 9
South Gate uses federal funds for affordable housing units
SOUTH GATE — The City Council has allocated federal housing funds to two developers for the construction of affordable living units. Community Development Director Steve Lefever said the projects are the South Gate Senior Villas, 9927 San Antonio Ave.; and 8457 California Ave. TELACU/Pacific Development plans to add four one-bedroom affordable units at the San Antonio site, already occupied by a three-story,74-unit ...
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Jul 6
Do new HIV therapy guidelines go far enough?
The World Health Organization’s new recommendation that people with HIV begin treatment with antiretroviral drugs sooner rather than later doesn’t go far enough, according to a prominent immunologist at the University of California, San Francsico Medical Center.
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