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In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness, Los Angeles tries harm reduction
A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...
A timeline of homelessness in Los Angeles
From the emergence of Skid Row to the housing crisis after World War II, a look at the major events and policies that made ...
The real story of how L.A. became the epicenter of America’s homeless crisis
The surprising story, in words and pictures, behind the homeless crisis in Los Angeles — a tale of law enforcement, housing ...
‘Chic’ California enclave sends homeless packing with free bus, plane tickets: ‘Don’t actually want to be here’
A group of residents and business owners in a tony California beach enclave that’s been overrun by homeless junkies is paying ...
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Results of LA region’s annual homeless count to be released
The point-in-time count, overseen by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, is the largest of its kind in the country.
In break with LAHSA, LA County Supervisors hire director to lead new homeless services department
There’s a new way of providing services to the homeless in the form of a new LA County department and new director, too.
A federal judge weighs turning L.A. city’s homelessness programs over to a receiver
After hearing seven days of testimony, a federal judge is deliberating on a request from a group of business owners, property ...
LA County's new homeless services department has a new head
The board formally appointed Sarah Mahin as director of the new Department of Homeless Services and Housing on Tuesday.
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Woman calls on LA city leaders to do more after she was viciously attacked by homeless man
A woman says Los Angeles city leaders need to do more to protect residents after she was viciously attacked by a homeless man ...
Attack by homeless man in L.A. leaves woman, 52, with broken nose, concussion
A woman brutally assaulted by an alleged transient in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood is calling on city officials to do ...
Judge orders overseer for LA’s 'failed' homeless programs
A federal judge ruled the city of Los Angeles is failing to meet its court-ordered agreement to provide another 12,915 new beds for the homeless by 2027. U.