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Category Archives: Homelessness
Somethings Not Working, LAHSA: Youth Needed Help
If you are homeless and need a place to stay don’t look for help from LAHSA on a weekend or holiday. One would think with Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) total revenue of $845,367,023, there would be an emergency … Continue reading
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Ordinance 41.18 Misunderstood by Some Councilmembers
City Ordinance 41.18, which was passed in 2021 by the City Council is now coming under fire from Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky and incoming Council President Marqueece Harris Dawson, who do not understand its purpose. This ordinance is not meant to … Continue reading
Posted in City, City Councilmember Park, County Supervisors, Homelessness
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Homelessness Crisis in LA and SF: Numbers Games Hide Policy Failures
(Editor’s note: The following column ran in CityWatch on June 3 and is reprinted with permission. On key takeaway: Putting all the L.A. homeless in housing by utilizing Inside Safe, would cost $2,686,110 per night. At that cost, the program … Continue reading
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The Effectiveness and Cost of Safe Parking
If you went into a restaurant, ordered a meal and then it was never delivered, would you still pay for it? Mostly like not. Homeless programs such as Safe Parking promise “meals” but often the table remains empty. The Los … Continue reading
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Current Asks “Why Are Homeless Housing Units Vacant?”
(Editor’s note: Westside Current printed the first of a three part series that documented of the number of buildings purchased to house homeless, 45 percent remain vacant. Part 2 asks why apartments purchased exclusively for the homeless remains vacant.) By … Continue reading
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Welcome to L.A., Where Boldness Equals Shamelessness
(Editor’s note: This story was first printed in City Watch on May 13 and is reprinted with permission.) By: TIM CAMPBELL If you’ve read anything about homelessness programs in the past year, you’ve no doubt encountered the word “bold” … Continue reading
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More than 1,200 City-Owned Homeless Housing Units Remain Vacant Two Years after $800 Million Buying Spree
By CHRIS LEGRAS, JAMIE PAIGE (Editor’s Note: This story, which ran today, May 14, in the Westside Current is printed by permission.) Many vacancies are in luxury buildings for which the City paid premium prices. It’s an odd location for … Continue reading
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The Homeless Keep Growing on the Streets Because of Building Mismanagement
“Unlike private developers, the builders of these government-funded projects actually make more money the more they spend, because their ‘developer fees’ are calculated as a percentage of the cost of building the project.” Westside Current CTN … Continue reading
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Safe Parking: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Hans Christian Anderson wrote a folk tale about an emperor who is obsessed with fancy new clothes, and spent lavishly on them at the expense of the state. Two con men, posing as weavers, offer to supply the emperor with … Continue reading
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A Member of the “A Team” Returns
Los Angeles Police Officers Adam Margin and Jose Bermudez used to be referred to as the “A Team” by past president of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, Sharon Kilbride. She said that the two, who were members of … Continue reading
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