LA County’s homeless count returns next week after wildfire-induced postponement
After being postponed because of the recent wildfires, the Los Angeles County Homeless Services Authority’s 2025 tally of ...
Street doctors bring health care to homeless people in Los Angeles
More than 700,000 Americans experienced homelessness last year. In addition to being unhoused, many are suffering from a lack ...
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Has homelessness changed under Mayor Bass? Here’s what you told us
While our readers had varying thoughts on how homelessness is affecting specific neighborhoods across L.A., a majority of the ...
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Homeless spending
Los Angeles’ top homeless services executive told LAist in December that she had followed state conflict of interest laws by ...
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Editorial: Out on the streets to count L.A.’s unhoused, volunteers learn far more than numbers can convey
In a little more than a week, legions of volunteers will fan out across Los Angeles County to count people who are homeless. Over the course of three nights (Feb. 18-20) volunteers will walk or ...
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Behind the arson arrests during the firestorm: Cases reveal L.A.’s burning problem
Authorities in L.A. County say the recent uptick in arson arrests was probably the result of increased public attention to ...
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After the fires, the mandate for Karen Bass remains the same: House the people of Los Angeles
In the end, Mayor Karen Bass will ultimately be judged by one metric: Did she house the people of Los Angeles?
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Should ‘aiding’ or ‘abetting’ a homeless camp be illegal? It might soon be a reality in this Bay Area city
As communities up and down California ban homeless encampments, one Bay Area city is trying to go a step further. The East ...
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Investors Cashed in on LA’s Eviction Crisis—Then Came the Wildfires
While Los Angeles recovers from the devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires, corporate landlords continue mass evictions.
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After the fires, the mandate for Karen Bass remains the same: House the people of Los Angeles
Los Angeles today faces a challenge comparable ... just to find shelter and housing for the city’s 45,000 or so homeless people but for the tens of thousands of people who lost homes in ...
I build 20ft tiny homes for homeless people (and they only cost £12,000)
The first is an emergency shelter, which is a simple, secure room without running water or electricity, while the others are full-sized tiny homes with multiple rooms that can cost anywhere from ...
For L.A.’s homeless population, the fires upend hard-earned stability
PASADENA, Calif. — Thomas Hutchinson moved into an Altadena apartment building using a Los Angeles County housing voucher in December. After years spent homeless or living in shelters and older ...