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LA’s new bureau to oversee homelessness spending: What’s next
The City Council created the bureau to monitor spending and improve coordination amid rising concerns about transparency.
LA City Council OKs $14B budget, keeps $7K per homeless per month
The Los Angeles City Council passed a $14 billion budget that reduced citywide layoffs by cutting police hiring and fire ...
Letters to the Editor: Why has it taken so long for L.A. to make progress on its homelessness crisis?
An L.A. Times reader asks, 'Isn't it time to be more creative in coming up with more realistic and potentially effective ways ...
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Why California’s biggest local effort to fight homelessness is starting all over again
Explore the challenges cities and counties face in addressing homelessness together, as exemplified by the recent shakeup in ...
Failure of Skid Row landlord ‘canary in the coal mine’ for other homeless housing in Los Angeles, report says
A new report analyzing the 2023 collapse of Skid Row Housing Trust found problems throughout L.A.'s homeless housing system.
L.A. has now laid a real foundation to address homelessness
A new set of ambitious but achievable goals could break the longstanding pattern of overpromising and underdelivering.
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LA City Council votes to address homelessness data problems
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to address inconsistent and fragmented data issues within the city’s homeless ...
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L.A. County Invests $10 Million to Fight Food Insecurity
By Brian Hews Los Angeles County has announced a second round of funding totaling $10 million through the LA Food Equity Fund, supporting 31 nonprofits working to improve food access ...
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L.A. County Invests Additional $10 Million to Advance Food Equity
Los Angeles County’s Chief Sustainability Office and local nonprofit intermediary Community Partners have announced a second tranche of $10 million in community grants to alleviate food insecurity and ...