Category Archives: Homelessness

(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....

  (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...

(Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and cc’d to Circling the News. It regards the policy of Harm Reduction, in which needles are given to drug users. April 30, CTN reported on Harm...

By TIM CAMPBELL The US Supreme Court handed down its decision on the Grants Pass case on June 28. The 6-3 decision rolled back the 9th Circuit’s Boise and related rulings regarding unhoused peoples’ rights to sleep in public spaces...

When the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LASHA) released the most recent point in count for the Homeless, the results also stated how many Hispanic, Black, Asian and White people were homeless. The specific ages of the homeless were also...

Castellammare neighbors are worried that a recent transient is illegally camping in a now-City owned home on Porto Marina Way. A young man, with a skateboard, who has been offered help by the Homeless Task Force on Homelessness, has allegedly...

(Editor’s note: The following article appeared in CityWatch on July 8 and is reprinted with permission.) TIM CAMPBELL When, LAHSA announced a nearly imperceptible reduction in homelessness at a public relations event on June 28, leaders from Dr. Va Lecia...

  A homeless individual found a spot in the Santa Monica Canyon flood control area, which feeds water to the ocean, and settled in – no air conditioning needed. Located under Amalfi and Entrada, a neighbor reported to the Pacific...