LA homeless crisis: Audit shows 1 in 4 shelter beds go unused Over a five-year period from 2019-23, one in four city-funded shelter beds went unused, costing Los Angeles taxpayers an estimated $218 million, the audit showed. December 11, 2024 5:22pm PST ...
There are close to 58 ,000 homeless people in Los Angeles county. That’s a shocking and tragic number for a region that’s home to some of the richest people in the world. At last, the problem became so acute--...
While slightly over 10% of the US population lives in California, over 25% of the nation’s homeless reside in the Golden State, and nowhere is that statistic more visible than in the City of Los Angeles (Howle, 2018). Quantitative data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAH...
The homeless crisis in Los Angeles is reaching a boiling point with 36,000 homeless people, a 16 percent increase over the last year, according to a population count released last week. L.A. residents are frustrated with Mayor Eric Garcetti and claim his inactions and failed leadership has ...
These encampment communities emerged in a critical moment when Los Angeles became the homeless capital of the nation while the demographics of the homeless became predominantly Black. The article shows the emergence of encampment communities as both a result of rising homelessness and as a necessity...
Despite a very notable 18% increase in homelessness across the entire United States, the numbers in Los Angeles have seen a decrease for the first time in seven years, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has been focused on addressing the city's homelessness crisis, getting people off the streets and into shelters that, up until now, did not exist. She's doing it by leveraging empty motels and city-owned properties.
A crisis outpacing current solutionsMajor funding increases to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the lead agency in the county’s continuum of care, have risen in parallel with rising homelessness in LA (Exhibit 3). In the 2014–15 financial year, LAHSA re...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Members of the Trump administration are visiting Los Angeles to get a firsthand look at the city's sprawling homeless encampments, while President Donald Trump has directed his staff to develop policy options to address the national c
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County leaders announced Monday a lawsuit settlement agreement that commits hundreds of millions of dollars to expand outreach and supportive services for homeless residents, marking the potential end of two years of litigation over the crisis of people living on the...