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Category Archives: Homelessness
Governor Newsom Homeless Accountability: From the Wall Street Journal
( Editor’s note: On Wednesday, October 2, the Wall Street Journal ran “Newsom’s Homeless Accountability Veto” on its opinion page. For residents, who may not have seen the piece, it is below. Sunshine may be the best political disinfectant, … Continue reading
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70 Percent of Project Homekey Homeless Rooms Remain Vacant
The County bought 2,157 units, of which 1,538 are empty, at a cost of $550 million. (Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of an ongoing Westside Current investigation into the challenges and failures of Project Homekey. It is reprinted with … Continue reading
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CARE Act Supposed to Help Mentally Ill
“Thousands of Californians are suffering from untreated schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders, leading to risks to their health and safety and increased homelessness, incarceration, hospitalization, conservatorship and premature death,” the legislative counsel wrote about SB-1338, the Community Assistance, Recovery and … Continue reading
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How to Fix the Homelessness in Los Angeles: Deal with Drug Addiction
A reader said she was tired of hearing about the homeless in Los Angeles (amen, to that), with no one offering any solutions. This editor accepted the challenge and will examine the issue in three parts. The first step to … Continue reading
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Palisades Task Volunteers Clean Up Homeless Site
An abandoned homeless campsite located off Pacific Coast Highway between Potrero Canyon and Temescal Canyon was cleaned up on August 27. The campsite, which had a firepit, firewood and cigarette butts scattered in the area was located in the Very … Continue reading
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Waiter Assaulted by Homeless Man
A homeless man named Joshua kicked an Angelini waiter in the chest, knocking the waiter to the ground, where the server hit his head. The incident happened in the Ralphs parking lot, today August 15, shortly after 4 p.m. The … Continue reading
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Viewpoint: Homeless California Gold Rush: Nonprofits Panning for Money
During the California Gold Rush, there were 624 miners for every 1,000 people. But, it wasn’t the goldminers that made millions, it was the businessmen providing services. The 1850s millionaires included Samuel Branan, a journalist and businessman, who opened supply … Continue reading
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When Is Homelessness Funding Enough?
By TIM CAMPBELL One of the most common criticisms of the concentration of the nation’s wealth into the hands of a few uber-wealthy people is that there never seems to be enough to satisfy their needs. How many mega-yachts does … Continue reading
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L.A.County Supervisors Vote for Status Quo for Homeless
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on July 31 and is reprinted with permission. With two homeless dying on the streets every day, one wonders about the Supervisor’s lack of urgency in dealing with this problem. … Continue reading
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President of Venice Stakeholders Association Disputes Rand Assumption
(Editor’s note: July 29, 2024 – An article in the Los Angeles Times this week highlighted a RAND Corporation study claiming that homeless encampment cleanups don’t lead to a reduction in the number of homeless in an area. Mark … Continue reading
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