By Clayton Guse From New York Daily News A man believed to be homeless was found dead aboard a subway train in Brooklyn Monday morning, the NYPD said The man was found unresponsive at the Jay St.-MetroTech station around 7:25 a.m., said police. Metropolitan Transportation Authority sources said the man was found aboard an uptown…
LA City to Verify Signatures for Bonin Recall Campaign This Week Amid Growing Homeless Population
January 17, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The signatures collected by the recall campaign against Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, whose district includes Venice Beach and West Los Angeles, are expected to be verified on Jan. 18. Venice Beach residents Nico Ruderman and Katrina Schmitt initiated the recall campaign in June and submitted 39,188 signatures—well over 27,400, the number required…
Nurse Attacked Near Union Station Dies In Hospital She Served At For 38 Years
January 17, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A 70-year-old nurse died Jan. 16 among her colleagues at the hospital where she had worked for nearly four decades, succumbing to injuries suffered days earlier in an attack by a homeless man while waiting for a bus near Union Station to make her morning commute. Sandra Shells was attacked about 5:15 a.m. Thursday…
Woman Found Fatally Stabbed in Hancock Park Store
January 14, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A woman was killed Thursday afternoon in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, and police found her body inside a boutique furniture store on La Brea Avenue. Brianna Kupfer, 24, of Pacific Palisades was found inside the store in the 300 block of North La Brea Avenue about 1:50 p.m. Thursday, the Los…
Gov. Gavin Newsom Visits Homeless Encampment in San Diego to Talk Solutions, COVID-19
January 12, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a homeless encampment in downtown San Diego Wednesday morning, Jan. 12, to highlight his California Blueprint, a plan to tackle “existential threats,” including the housing crisis, through a proposed $286.4 billion budget. That proposed budget includes $6 billion over several years to purchase and build 55,000 new units of housing…
Critics Respond to Proposed Property Sales Tax to Fund Homeless Housing
LOS ANGELES—A group of labor unions and affordable housing advocates have proposed an initiative to appear on the November ballot that would tax property sales above $5 million in Los Angeles to fund permanent supportive housing units for the homeless in the city. The local initiative—United to House L.A.—would implement a 4 percent tax on…
Critics Respond to Proposed Property Sales Tax to Fund Homeless Housing in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES—A group of labor unions and affordable housing advocates have proposed an initiative to appear on the November ballot that would tax property sales above $5 million in Los Angeles to fund permanent supportive housing units for the homeless in the city. The local initiative—United to House L.A.—would implement a 4 percent tax on…
Homeless Deaths in Orange County Remembered During Memorial Service
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—An interfaith memorial service was recently held at Christ Cathedral in remembrance of hundreds of homeless people who died on the streets of Orange County in 2021, some never to be identified. The 6th annual Homeless Persons’ Inter-Religious Memorial Service was organized by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, based at Christ Cathedral,…
Australian Charities Rally to Feed Homeless, Lonely on Christmas
For many people Christmas is a day filled with joy, family and good cheer. But for others it is the loneliest day of the year. “It’s a time of year that many people feel a real sense of absence and loss and despair,” Wayside Chapel chief executive Jon Owen told AAP. But that’s something charities…
Los Angeles Neighborhood Fears Proposed Homeless Shelter Too Close to Daycare, Elementary Schools
Some Los Angeles residents fear a new homeless shelter may soon be coming to their neighborhood with elementary schools and a daycare nearby, according to city documents obtained through a public records request made by the residents. Community members in Westchester and Playa del Rey say they discovered city officials requested information on two properties…
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