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Homelessness

Federal prosecutors have opened two criminal cases that reveal how millions of dollars meant to combat homelessness in California may have been siphoned into luxury spending and speculative real estate

When Councilmember Traci Park announced in her district newsletter that the 405 freeway underpass along Venice Blvd would soon receive a new mural, she framed the change as a triumph

Los Angeles has been celebrating small signs of progress on homelessness, but new research suggests its numbers are flawed. For the past two years, the city’s official Point-in-Time Count has

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 634, a landmark but hard-fought measure that will make it illegal for California cities to punish people or organizations for helping their unhoused

A coalition of 40 mutual aid organizations and unhoused residents is demanding answers from Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez after a violent encampment sweep in her district left dozens of people without

As federal immigration raids spread fear and economic turmoil across Los Angeles County, tenant groups and immigrant advocates are calling on the Board of Supervisors to declare a state of

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