Westside Current on MSN22h
Frustration Mounts for Los Angeles Contractor Battling Bureaucracy and Homelessness Crisis
LOS ANGELES - Rick Dreyfus hosted a BBQ lunch on Friday outside his construction site on Barrington Avenue, a project he ...
LAHSA is a project of gross incompetence. Taxpayers must fight back.
The city’s homelessness response is broken—not because of a lack of funding, but because of a government that refuses to be ...
Davis Vanguard19hOpinion
Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Is a Policy Choice – It’s Time to Make a Better One
California’s housing crisis is not an accident. It is not the unavoidable result of market forces, population growth, or even ...
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 ...
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 ...
How Entertainment Workers Are Finding New Careers in Homeless Services — With a Little Help From Keanu Reeves
LAURA Academy is training entertainment workers and others as case managers for L.A. homeless services organizations, with ...
Rates of death among the homeless in Los Angeles County are leveling off
The number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County has leveled off, with data showing a 1% mortality rate increase in ...
LAist on MSN10h
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, the money would instead be directly overseen by the county.
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LAHSA exit vote
The vote was announced Thursday by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. The motion from Horvath and Supervisor Kathryn Barger would yank the funding from LAHSA and instead have the county oversee the spending.
Santa Monica Daily Press6d
Drugs and alcohol remain leading killer of LA’s homeless population
Drug and alcohol overdoses continued to be the leading cause of death among Los Angeles County's homeless population in 2023, ...
KCAL Uncovers Records Showing Dangerous Spike in Homeless Fires
A KCAL News investigation has found a troubling connection between the county's homeless population and a growing amount of fire-related incidents in recent years.
Westside Current on MSN3dOpinion
Column: Scrap LAHSA-The Homeless Crisis Can't Afford More Failure
LOS ANGELES - Before you read any further, let me be clear. The Los Angeles Homelessness Services Authority (LAHSA) needs to ...