Category: homeless

NYC Mayor Pushes to Remove Homeless People in Subway System

NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Eric Adams is making an aggressive push to try to remove homeless people from the city’s sprawling subway system, announcing a plan to start barring people from sleeping on trains or riding the same lines all night. The new mayor, at one point, likening homelessness to a “cancerous sore,” said…


LA Voters Have “Complete Lack of Faith” in Government to Handle Homelessness: Survey

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Nearly every Los Angeles resident encounters homelessness on a day-to-day basis. Encampments line neighborhoods, parks, and outside of businesses. The fire department said 54 percent of fires reported in Los Angeles were started in homeless encampments last summer. And voters are fed up, according to a new survey. LA voters say they do…


LA Residents Have “Complete Lack of Faith” in Government to Handle Homelessness: Survey

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Nearly every Los Angeles resident encounters homelessness on a day-to-day basis. Encampments line neighborhoods, parks, and outside of businesses. The fire department said 54 percent of fires reported in Los Angeles were started in homeless encampments last summer. And residents are fed up, according to a new survey. LA residents say they do…


LA City Extends State of Emergency, Eviction Protections

LOS ANGELES—The City of Los Angeles extended its COVID-19 state of emergency for another 30 days, while community members expressed concerns over the simultaneous extension of eviction protections and of the moratorium on parking enforcement—which some claimed to have encouraged homeless vehicle encampments. On Feb. 1, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11–2 to extend…


LA City Extends State of Emergency, Delaying RV Parking Restrictions

LOS ANGELES—The City of Los Angeles extended its COVID-19 state of emergency for another 30 days, while community members expressed concerns over the simultaneous extension of eviction protections and of the moratorium on parking enforcement—which some claimed to have encouraged homeless vehicle encampments. On Feb. 1, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11–2 to extend…


San Clemente to Adopt Shopping Cart Theft and Personal Belonging Ordinance

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—San Clemente officials are preparing to formally adopt a new ordinance on Feb. 1 concerning shopping cart theft and unattended personal property. Previously, city officials said, locals had free reign to take a shopping cart from businesses and leave the basket on wheels anywhere in the city unless business owners pressed charges for…


Los Angeles City, County Ordered to Come Up With Solutions to Homeless Crisis

LOS ANGELES—The city and county of Los Angeles were ordered this week by a federal judge to come up with a feasible strategy to address the homeless crisis that has been decried by local residents, activists, and business owners alike. The LA Alliance for Human Rights, a diverse group of community representatives, sued the county…


Struggling Woman Asked Stranger for 50 Cents To Buy Meal

There are so many hurting people in the world. May the Lord bless them and may we always be willing to lend a hand of love to help them.


Man Gives Coat off His Back to Homeless Man

Thank you for giving warmth to the homeless.


New Yorkers Remember Michelle Go, Who Was Pushed to Her Death in Front of a Subway Train

Scores of people gathered on Tuesday for a vigil in Times Square to honor Michelle Go, who was pushed to her death on subway tracks on Saturday. The family of Go, who was an executive with Deloitte, have said they are still in shock at losing their daughter in a “senseless act of violence”—as they…