The Los Angeles City Council voted Thursday to limit homeless people’s belongings to 60 gallons worth, roughly the size of a large recycling bin. Property in excess of that could lead to a…
The Los Angeles City Council approved a law Wednesday to rein in the tent-and-tarpaulin encampments whose dramatic spread has raised the political stakes of handling one of the nation’s worst homeless crises. The…
In January, California State Senator Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge) introduced a bill that aims to protect the right of California’s homeless to “rest” in public spaces. Senate Bill 876 would de-criminalize homelessness by…
Los Angeles leaders are poised to pass new rules Friday restricting how much property homeless people can keep on the streets. Current law limits homeless people to as much property as they can…
A federal civil rights lawsuit filed Monday accused the city of Los Angeles of endangering homeless people by seizing and destroying their tents and bedding and then releasing them from jail into the…
A group of homeless people and their advocates filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the city of Los Angeles and police alleging the wrongful seizure of people’s property. Plaintiffs include four homeless individuals…
Los Angeles Police Department officers ramped up their use of Tasers by 35 percent last year, but the weapon was only effective half the time, according to a department report released this week.…