LOS ANGELES—Following its Jan. 10 declaration of a countywide homeless emergency, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Feb. 7 authorized its largest-ever annual budget allocation for the county’s Homeless Initiative—$609.7 million. “Budgets reflect priorities and I’m pleased this year’s allocation includes funding our city partners so they have adequate resources to do their part,”…
LAHSA Announces Changes to 2023 Homeless Count
LOS ANGELES—Following some criticism over the accuracy of its annual homeless count, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced some changes Jan. 11 for its count this year. The changes include a new app to count unsheltered people, built by a “new vendor with years of experience developing apps” for similar counts, according to…
LAHSA Announces Changes to 2023 Homeless Count After Criticism Over Accuracy
LOS ANGELES—Following some criticism over the accuracy of its annual homeless count, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced some changes Jan. 11 for its count this year. The changes include a new app to count unsheltered people, built by a “new vendor with years of experience developing apps” for similar counts, according to…
Here’s How LA’s CD 11 Candidates Plan to Tackle Homelessness: Election
Municipal law attorney Traci Park says she has a plan to alleviate homelessness and cut back on what she calls arbitrary outreach programs in her bid to represent Los Angeles City Council District 11, which encompasses the westside communities of Brentwood, Del Rey, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa del Rey, Playa…
Homeless Outreach Employee Shot After Garcetti Proposes $8 Million Contract
An employee for a nonprofit homeless outreach group was shot in San Francisco Friday just two weeks after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed an $8 million contract extension with the group, which replaces law enforcement responding to homeless-related 911 calls with its unarmed “street ambassadors.” An employee with Urban Alchemy—which hires formerly incarcerated or…
LA City Not Backtracking on Urban Alchemy, Despite Recent Violence Against Their Workers
An employee for a nonprofit homeless outreach group was shot in San Francisco Friday just two weeks after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed an $8 million contract extension with the group, which replaces law enforcement responding to homeless-related 911 calls with its unarmed “street ambassadors.” An employee with Urban Alchemy—which hires formerly incarcerated or…
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