VENICE, Calif.—After months of trying to get city officials’ attention, residents finally gained enough support to get a violent homeless encampment cleared outside of the Abbot Kinney Memorial Library in Centennial Park this week. The encampment, which popped up sometime after Thanksgiving last year, was adjacent to million-dollar apartment buildings across the street on S….
Southern California Community Convinces Officials to Clear Homeless Encampment
Early Bids for Final Charity Lunch With Buffett Top $3 Million
OMAHA, Neb.—Bidding for a final, private lunch with Warren Buffett, an event that has raised tens of millions for a California charity, has already topped $3 million. It will be the first private lunch offered with the billionaire since a record-setting bid in 2019. The past two auctions were called off due to the pandemic…
Homeless Boy and Mom Get Emotional Over Their New Home
This boy is crying tears of joy checking out his new bedroom. …
Peter Stockland: It’s Urban Mental Illness That Needs Media Attention, Not a Few Cases of Monkeypox
Commentary Having grasped the COVID pandemic’s lucrative lessons in making money from fear, mainstream media is now pushing a tale of fright featuring a bug called monkeypox. Before the long weekend, one news network reported a staggering three cases of the mysterious malady in Quebec, bringing the national total to a knee-buckling five. Another tabloid-headlined…
A Simple Solution to LA’s Out-of-Control Homeless Problem
Commentary There is an easy explanation for Los Angeles’ out-of-control homeless encampments: The city’s leaders allow them. They instructed the LAPD years ago to stop enforcing its no camping laws, which had prevented tents or sleeping on city sidewalks, in parks, beaches, and other public spaces. Incredibly, it also instructed police that such tents must…
Fountain Valley Cuts Park’s Homeless Population by 80 Percent: City Councilman
May 6, 2022
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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.—After years of rising homelessness, Fountain Valley Police have teamed with a local non-profit to clear encampments and offer services which resulted in a 80 percent decline of homelessness in the city’s Mile Square Park, said Councilman Michael Vo during a May 3 council meeting. The city partnered March 1 with City Net—a…
World’s Richest Man Is Homeless? Yes, Elon Musk Says He’s Sleeping at Friends’ Houses
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk says he doesn’t own a home and has been sleeping on spare beds at the homes of his friends. What Happened During a recent interview, Musk said, “I don’t even own a place right now, I’m literally staying at friends’ places.” Musk added that he stays with friends around the San Francisco Bay…
Good Samaritans Build House for Homeless Man in Romania
Thanks to all the good people for giving this old man a new home just in time before winter. …
Los Angeles County Fears RV Encampments May ‘Spill Over’ Into Unincorporated Areas
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is concerned that homeless people from vehicle encampments in the City of Los Angeles will spill over into unincorporated county areas after the city resumed its parking enforcement policies earlier this month. During a board meeting on April 19, the supervisors passed a motion that will…
LA Community Colleges Will Spend $1.5 Million to House Homeless Students
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) approved more than $1.5 million to fund a pilot program that helps provide housing for students experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity, the district announced on April 18. The Board of Trustees voted last week to dedicate more than $1,540,408 to house more than 100 students through a pilot…
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