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Category Archives: Homelessness
LAHSA’s Chronic Financial Mismanagement
(Editor’s note at the Council District 11 Candidate Forum on March 1, the candidates were asked about LAHSA and all expressed concern about the effectiveness of this large agency in helping the homeless. It seemed timely this article appeared in … Continue reading
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Importing Addicts across the Country for Rehab, Then Homeless in LA
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on February 18 and is reprinted with permission. Because of the sensitive nature of these issues, all last names have been withheld. ) BY RACHAEL GAUDIOSI When Hailey and Chandler … Continue reading
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VIEWPOINT: Another PIT Count, Another Year of Questionable Numbers
(Editor’s note: In a four block area, I counted five homeless on January 19, walking dogs in the Marina around 7:30 a.m. ) By TIM CAMPBELL January 20 was the start of LAHSA’s three-day 2026 Point in Time (PIT) … Continue reading
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Internal Homeless Corruption Needs to be Dismantled
By TIM CAMPBELL A common reaction to the many scandals surrounding homelessness in LA is that they reflect the corruption that permeates the entire system. Terms like “homeless industrial complex” are used to describe the web of interconnected leadership that … Continue reading
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Wright Told He’ll Have to Move Along
If you have lived in the Gladstone Parking Lot for the past decade or so, L.A. County is saying that it will no longer be allowed. Today, numerous accumulated objects were cleared by the county by the vehicle of well-known … Continue reading
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Who’s in Charge of Homelessness in Los Angeles?
(Editor’s note: Campbell’s October 13 column is particularly enlightening because this editor like so many probably didn’t or don’t understand why City Controller Kenneth Mejia can’t audit the homeless projects and why an outside source needs to be brought in. … Continue reading
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7,900 Missing from LAHSA’s Homeless Count
LAist released an October 15 story “LA’s Official Homeless Tally Increasingly Undercounts People on the Streets, RAND Study Finds,” noting that RAND researchers also found the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) annual count decreased in accuracy over the past … Continue reading
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Zero Tolerance Rings Hollow as Feds Expose Homekey Fraud City Hall Ignored
(Editor’s note: This story is reprinted with permission from the Westside Current.) By JAMIE PAIGE Mayor Karen Bass says her administration has “zero tolerance for corruption.” But for two years, the Westside Current — and many of the communities we cover — … Continue reading
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LA and Homelessness: Your Tax Dollars at Work
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared on September 29, in CityWatch and is printed with the author’s permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL Normally, I defer to fellow columnist and local budget guru Jack Humpreville when it comes to discussions of LA’s … Continue reading
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Bonin Points Fingers: Not My Fault
(Editor’s note: This viewpoint “COLUMN: Bonin Points Fingers, Yet the Ramada Boondoggle Began on His Watch” first appeared in the Westside Current 24 and is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR Behind every failure, there is finger-pointing. Consider, for example, … Continue reading
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