Rates of death among the homeless in Los Angeles County are leveling off
The number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County has leveled off, with data showing a 1% mortality rate increase in ...
Los Angeles spends billions on homelessness with little accountability
The LAO’s report says the January 2024 point-in-time count found 187,000 people who are homeless in California, an all-time ...
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LA County supervisors to vote on pulling over $300M annual taxpayer dollars out of homeless services agency
The proposal comes after a pair of scathing audits about the L.A. Homeless Services Authority, known as LAHSA. If approved, the money would instead be directly overseen by the county.
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5 takeaways from LA’s troubling new homelessness spending audit
Here’s what you need to know about the long-awaited findings on what the city has accomplished with billions of dollars in ...
Los Angeles cannot track money spent on homeless programs, independent audit finds
An independent audit commissioned by a federal judge raised serious concerns about how Los Angeles city and county are ...
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How Long Beach plans to shrink its biggest, longest-standing homeless encampment, the LA River
The state recently awarded Long Beach $11 million to help pay for its most ambitious encampment resolution plan to date. Most ...
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Homeless deaths in L.A. County are leveling off but still nearly seven per day
“We know that people who are newly homeless can be at increased risk for overdose,” Tsai said. The sixth report on homeless mortality by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health ...
Court-ordered audit finds major flaws in L.A.’s homeless services
An audit of homeless services provided by Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority found them disjointed ...
How Entertainment Workers Are Finding New Careers in Homeless Services — With a Little Help From Keanu Reeves
LAURA Academy is training entertainment workers and others as case managers for L.A. homeless services organizations, with ...
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Rates of death among the homeless in Los Angeles County are leveling off
The number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County has leveled off, with data showing a 1% mortality rate increase in 2023 compared to an alarming increase of 56% from 2019 to 2021 ...