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Homelessness in Los Angeles county declines for second straight year

LA reports 72,308 people as unhoused, a 4% decrease from last year, as California pushes to break up encampments

The Guardian - US

Feds to investigate potential fraud involving homeless funds in Southern California

The new U.S. attorney for Los Angeles and surrounding areas says he will investigate potential fraud and corruption involving funds intended to alleviate homelessness in Southern California

The Independent UK

Los Angeles moves to take control of homelessness agency, citing audits that found reckless spending

Los Angeles officials have moved to take control of hundreds of millions of dollars in homelessness spending after two scathing audits found the government agency currently responsible for that money has spent it recklessly and without transparency

The Independent UK

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More than 75,000 people unhoused in Los Angeles county, but officials see progress

Officials say the number of people living outside has slightly decreased for the first time in years

The Guardian - US

Number of homeless residents in Los Angeles County jumps by 9% in annual count

The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County has spiked again, increasing by 9% since last year

The Independent UK

Los Angeles unhoused population reaches 75,000 amid humanitarian crisis

Annual government count shows 9% increase, sharper than last year’s 4%, in country’s most populous county

The Guardian - US

Homelessness continues to soar, jumping 9% in LA County, 10% in the city

Homelessness continued to rise dramatically, increasing by 9% in Los Angeles County and 10% in the city of Los Angeles last year, in a stark illustration of the challenges faced by officials trying to reduce the number of people living on the streets.

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Oscars glitz and glamour sits within heartbreaking contrast of Hollywood's homeless

On a damp and cold day in Hollywood, just hours before the Oscars kicks off, homeless people must fight through another day to a backdrop of light rigging, sound testing, curtain hanging, prop prepping - and try not to become a statistic

Daily Mirror

In L.A., Unhoused People Say City Sweeps Leave Them Vulnerable to Hypothermia

Since January, the city has cleared nearly 600 encampments.

Capital & Main

Rand survey finds homelessness up 18% in LA hot spots where the official count recorded decreases

LOS ANGELES — In a bit of welcome news that was immediately met with skepticism, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported last summer that homelessness appeared to be leveling off.

Los Angeles Times

Pandemic eviction protections, direct payments kept homelessness in check, study shows

LOS ANGELES — Eviction moratoriums and cash income from extended unemployment insurance and stimulus payments helped thousands of economically vulnerable people in Los Angeles County avoid becoming homeless during the pandemic, a new study has found.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles agencies returned $150 million in federal funds to house homeless people

LOS ANGELES — Nearly $150 million worth of federal grants to the three main housing agencies working to reduce homelessness in Greater Los Angeles went unspent between 2015 and 2020, as the number of unhoused people soared.

Los Angeles Times

LA homeless count raises doubts about accuracy. Is it time for a new way?

LOS ANGELES — When the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority this month published a spreadsheet breaking down its homeless count by every census tract in the county, those with knowledge of Venice were incredulous.

Los Angeles Times

‘We hurt those already hurting’: why Los Angeles is failing on homelessness

After her dramatic resignation, a top official discusses systemic flaws in the response to one of the country’s worst humanitarian crises

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9 months after adoption, LA's anti-camping law is a patchwork of compliance

LOS ANGELES — The posted deadline for every tent and shanty to be gone arrived on a Monday.

Los Angeles Times

LA County Board of Supervisors votes to create super agency on homelessness

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a new office or department that would coordinate the county's response to the homelessness crisis in the region.

Los Angeles Times

LA's homelessness crisis boils over: Pain, confusion, anger and a congressional F-bomb

LOS ANGELES — The nonprofit advocacy group had planned three events at a South Angeles office to help unhoused people obtain emergency shelter. Nothing more. Nothing less.

The Guardian - US

One year after LA evicted the unhoused from a park, few are in stable housing

Revealed: county data and interviews with displaced residents of Echo Park Lake suggest that many ended up back on the streets in worse conditions

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Greater Los Angeles homeless count resumes after pandemic-related hiatus

LOS ANGELES — After a yearlong hiatus during the pandemic, thousands of volunteers will fan out across Los Angeles County this week to conduct the annual count of the region's homeless population.

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