Category: Measure H

Los Angeles County Declares Local Emergency on Homelessness

January 10, 2023
Janice HahnKaren BassKathryn BargerLindsey HorvathLocal NewsLos Angeles County Board of SupervisorsLos Angeles Housing and Services AuthorityMeasure HMeasure HHHRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
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Following in the footsteps Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass put forth last month, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Jan. 10 to declare a local state of emergency on homelessness. Authored by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Janice Hahn, the motion aims to address this “critical crisis” through the expansion of its response…

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Los Angeles to Spend up to $3 Billion in Settlement of Homelessness Lawsuit

April 1, 2022
LA Alliance for Human RightsLocal NewsLos AngelesLos Angeles CountyMeasure HRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
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LOS ANGELES—The City of Los Angeles will spend up to $3 billion over the next five years to develop as many as 16,000 beds or housing units for the homeless, enough to accommodate 60 percent of the homeless population in each of the 15 City Council districts, under terms a settlement announced Friday of a…

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LA County Approves More Than $500 Million in Homeless Spending

July 14, 2021
Affordable HousinghomelessnesshousingLocal NewsLos AngelesLos Angeles CountyLos Angeles County Board of SupervisorsMeasure Hpermanent housingRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on July 13 approved $527.1 million in funding for strategies to battle homelessness in fiscal year 2021-22, while expressing frustration over the rising numbers of people living on the street. Despite the massive inflow of cash from Measure H and dozens of carefully crafted initiatives that…

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