Category Archives: Homelessness
Raman and Horvath Supported LAHSA, Until they Didn’t. LAHSA’s Audit
(Editor’s note: This article What Does LAHSA’s Latest Audit Tell Us? first appeared in the April 27 edition of CityWatch and is reprinted with the author’s permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL According to a recently completed annual audit of LAHSA’s fiscal...
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Nithya Raman – No Need to Clear Venice Rose Ave. Encampment
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current “Mayoral Hopeful Nithya Raman Votes No on Venice Anti-Camping Crackdown – Councilmember’s Push Back” on April 16 and is reprinted with permission.) By RACHAEL GAUDIOSI Rose Avenue was back before...
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19th Century Typhus Spreads in Los Angeles
(Editor’s note: This piece first ran in Sam Quinones Dreamland Newsletter on April 12 and is printed with permission (1) 19th Century Typhus Spreads in Los Angeles. People can subscribe for free at samquinoes.cubstack.com) No better barometer exists of shoddy...
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Possible Funding Cut for LAHSA by Feds
In the 92-page Budget of the U.S. Government for the Fiscal Year 2027, it reported “At the end of the Biden Administration, HUD reported that street homelessness increased 20 percent since 2020, hitting the highest level ever recorded despite an...
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LAHSA Missed Its Federal Audit Deadline
The Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority (LAHSA), which has a projected $829 million budget has missed its Federal Audit Deadline. On March 25, CTN received a message from LAHSA Communications Director, Ahmad Chapman about a Viewpoint, which featured thoughts by...
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What Does Los Angeles Get for Its $1 Billion?
(Editor’s note: After listening to Nythia Raman, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Adam Miller speak at the Palisades Democratic Mayoral Forum on Sunday about the need for more affordable housing to help the homeless, Tim Campbells March 30 post on...
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Beachside Living for Homeless
For the past few days, individuals living underground in storm drains have been making the news. One woman said she called 311 repeatedly for years about the encampments near her home. She said she reported fires, trash and, last year,...
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Viewpoint: This Can’t Go On . . .LAHSA Misses Federal Audit Deadline
By HANK WRIGHT This is a city that has learned to look past certain things. The tents. The riverbeds. The on-ramps at dusk. You drive past them on the 101 and you think: someone is handling this. Someone, somewhere in...
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City Committee Fine with Homeless Status Quo
In a March 10 L.A. County Public Health statement, it noted that instead of seven homeless dying on the street daily, now it’s only six (mostly due to alcohol and drug overdose).click here. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass touted improvement. At...
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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...
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