Los Angeles spends billions on homelessness with little accountability
The LAO’s report says the January 2024 point-in-time count found 187,000 people who are homeless in California, an all-time ...
Housing Authority official says LA could see rise in homelessness after Section 8 changes
An official with Los Angeles' Housing Authority said the city could see more people struggling with homelessness after the ...
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LA County supervisors to vote on pulling over $300M annual taxpayer dollars out of homeless services agency
The proposal comes after a pair of scathing audits about the L.A. Homeless Services Authority, known as LAHSA. If approved, ...
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LA County Supervisor proposes consolidating homeless services under new department
Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath on Thursday proposed creating a new county department to consolidate ...
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Searing audit finds city of LA has failed to properly track billions in homelessness spending
Many of the problems identified were at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the public agency known as LAHSA.
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Audit Reveals L.A.’s Failure to Track Billions in Homelessness Spending, Raising Accountability Concerns
A new audit exposes L.A.’s failure to track $2.4 billion in homelessness funds, sparking accountability concerns.
A homeless woman struggles to say goodbye to the home she raised her kids in
Nearly five years after seizing a publicly owned, vacant home she used to live in, Maria Merritt is saying goodbye to the ...
Keanu Reeves helps entertainment workers transition to homeless services
Reeves backed a training program for those looking to become case managers and frontline workers in the fight against ...
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How California homeless programs are helping people get fit and off the streets: ‘It’s the bike’
Biking in San Diego or running in L.A. and San Francisco — workout groups specifically for homeless Californians show promise ...
Fentanyl testing devices distributed to LA County community colleges, homeless organizations
The single-use device is small enough to fit in a pocket and contains all of the materials necessary to conduct a fentanyl ...
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How Long Beach plans to shrink its biggest, longest-standing homeless encampment, the LA River
The state recently awarded Long Beach $11 million to help pay for its most ambitious encampment resolution plan to date. Most ...
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Los Angeles spends billions on homelessness with little accountability
It’s working perfectly. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, for example, responded to a scathing new report assessing L.A.’s homelessness spending by saying, “This audit validates our work to ...