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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 ...
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Skid row skeptical of order on homeless people and shelters - Los Angeles Times
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter’s order to Los Angeles officials to sweep homeless people off skid row into shelters or housing is grounded in his conviction that a wrongheaded focus on ...
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Los Angeles homeless: Court rules LA not required to provide shelter for people living on Skid Row - CNN
Los Angeles will not be required to provide shelter or housing to homeless people living on the city’s Skid Row, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, effectively vacating another court’s ...
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Los Angeles’ Skid Row: All homeless people must be offered housing by fall, judge orders - CNN
All homeless people living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row must be offered housing by October 18, a federal judge ordered Tuesday. The order comes in response to a federal lawsuit filed last year by ...
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Los Angeles To Allow Skid Row Homeless Residents To Keep An Unlimited Amount Of Personal Items | LAist
After months of closed-door negotiations, the city of Los Angeles has agreed not to put a ceiling on the how much property homeless people can keep on skid row and adjoining streets. After months ...
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Sale of massive Skid Row homeless housing portfolio approved by judge - Los Angeles Times
The sale of one of Los Angeles’ largest collections of homeless housing was approved by a judge Wednesday, marking a final step in averting a catastrophic loss of permanent shelter in Skid Row ...
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Skid Row Doctor Says Health Risk Fear Over Homeless Isn't What it Seems - NBC Los Angeles
Skid Row’s street doctor says there should be shame around how California treats those ... Dr. Susan Partovi is the medical director for the non-profit Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, ...
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LA City Councilman Requests $14M For Skid Row Homeless Shelters - CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Los Angeles City Councilman introduced two proposals Tuesday that would help provide additional shelter for homeless people living on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles ...
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Homeless hearing on Skid Row: Millions spent, but no improvement, officials say - ABC7 Los Angeles
SKID ROW, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- There are almost 59,000 homeless people in Los Angeles County as of this year, and the numbers continue to grow. Even as 123 people get off the streets every day ...
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SKID ROW HELP: Volunteers feed the homeless with 1,000 burritos - ABC7 Los Angeles
Volunteers make 1,000 burritos in Lincoln Heights to feed the homeless in Skid Row. They are part of the Burrito Project, an organization that has chapters across the U.S. and Canada.
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LA push to develop Skid Row prompts new clashes in California's homeless crisis | Fox News
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city lawmakers appear fully aware that Skid Row has become the epicenter of a homeless crisis flaring across major California cities – specifically ...
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All homeless people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row must be offered housing by the fall, judge orders - News Channel 3-12
All homeless people living on Los Angeles' Skid Row must be offered housing by October 18, a federal judge ordered Tuesday.The order comes in response to circle-arrow Play Button ...