The three main homeless service and housing agencies in Los Angeles failed to spend almost $150 million in federal housing grants between 2015 and 2020, according to a newspaper report. The unused funds were returned to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Los Angeles Housing Services Authority (LAHSA)—the lead agency servicing both…
Los Angeles Homeless Agencies Fail to Spend $150 Million Federal Funding
October 1, 2022
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LAPD: Mental Health Response Team Handling Just 32 Percent of Related Calls
September 29, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Less than one-third of calls to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) involving people experiencing a mental health crisis is being handled by a co-response team that includes a mental health clinician alongside a sworn officer, Police Chief Michel Moore told the Board of Police Commissioners Sept. 27. The LAPD instituted a program last…
San Diego County Supervisors Declare Homelessness a Public Health Crisis
September 29, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Sept. 27 to declare homelessness a public health crisis, directing the county chief administrative officer to work with city governments and the Regional Task Force on Homelessness on a regional approach to tackling the issue. Officials have discussed the lack of affordable housing for decades,…
LA City Officials Seek Third-Party Homeless Count, Audit of Previous Counts
September 23, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Some City Council members are calling for options to have a third party conduct a count of Los Angeles’ unhoused population and a multi-year audit of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) previous counts, according to two motions filed Sept. 20. LAHSA has conducted point-in-time homeless counts every year since 2015—with the exception…
PREMIERING NOW: Homeless Man Caught on Video Throwing Feces at LA Business Owner | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 64
A Los Angeles homeless man has been captured on video hurling his own feces at a business owner, who blasted city officials for “not caring” about the growing crisis. Watch Larry Elder interview Paul Scrivano, the owner of the Blue Dog Beer Tavern in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, who shared footage of…
Homeless Man Caught on Video Throwing Feces at LA Business Owner | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 64
A Los Angeles homeless man has been captured on video hurling his own feces at a business owner, who blasted city officials for “not caring” about the growing crisis. Watch Larry Elder interview Paul Scrivano, the owner of the Blue Dog Beer Tavern in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, who shared footage of…
Electric Bills Rising Across America; Denver to Give Homeless Thousands in Cash | NTD Business
World leaders and members of the British royal family pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II, as ten days of mourning come to an end. Winter is coming, and electricity prices are soaring; what’s causing the increases all across America? Denver aims to tackle homelessness by giving out thousands of dollars in cash and…
Gov. Newsom OKs CARE Act to Put Severely Mentally Ill People Into Treatment
September 15, 2022
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act into law Sept. 14, creating California’s first court-mandated mental health and substance abuse treatment program for those with severe mental illness or drug addiction. “With folks that are struggling with [being on the] schizophrenia spectrum, with psychosis disorders, they need help, they need…
Despite More Spending, Homelessness Continues to Rise in Los Angeles
September 8, 2022
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The number of homeless individuals in Los Angeles County rose 4.1 percent since 2020, counting over 69,000 homeless countywide and 42,000 in the City of LA, according to the latest point-in-time tally released Sept. 8 by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). The homeless count, which took place from Feb. 22–24, determines how much…
Political Parties Pour Money Into Close Oregon Congressional Race
September 1, 2022
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A Congressional race on Portland’s outskirts is becoming an expensive one that both parties deem worthy of significant investment. Democrat-allied groups just put $3.8 million into backing civil servant Jamie McLeod-Skinner in the District 5 race extending southeast of Oregon’s largest city. And Republicans have put more than $3 million into backing her opponent, Lori…
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