A ghostly chant of “Bill of Rights, Bill of Rights” drifted out of a sidewalk tent as the United Nations monitor on extreme poverty walked the streets of skid row as part of…
While many view it as community growth, revitalization and upgrades; others are frightened and organizing out of concern for gentrification. The Baldwin, Crenshaw, Leimert area is under serious re-development. You notice it on…
Los Angeles officials have debated for decades how best to provide for one of the most basic needs of homeless people. For those camped in the 50-block skid row district, the streets have…
Mayor Eric Garcetti and an assortment of city councilmen rolled out the proverbial red carpet for themselves on Monday in Skid Row, for the new opening of a brand-new “hygiene center.” The curiously…
A hygiene center opened Monday in downtown’s Skid Row as part of the city’s response to the outbreak of Hepatitis A in the area. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Council members…
An outbreak of hepatitis A is spreading through Los Angeles County after leaping from a large homeless contingent in San Diego, threatening thousands of people and fueling criticism that local officials have not…
A 33-story high-rise planned for the edge of Downtown LA’s Fashion District would be the highest ever built in the quickly evolving neighborhood. But activists and residents of the neighboring Skid Row area protested the project Friday,…
The downtown Los Angeles building boom is spreading into neighborhoods that haven’t seen new construction in years — and some homeless advocates aren’t happy with the move. The 35-story Perla skyscraper in the Historic…
Skid row residents have long feared that upscale development spilling over from other parts of downtown Los Angeles would spark rampant gentrification and pose a threat to their 50-block neighborhood, one of the…
Facing an audience of about 150 in a barnyard-sized building in South Los Angeles, a paper placard marked “Eric Garcetti” sat before an empty seat. The mayor had been invited to the public forum, hosted by the Democratic…
ForFor over a year beginning in 2011, Wallace Richardson lived in his truck in Los Angeles. During that time, with his means of getting around serving as his home, he took the bus every…
With the abundance of luxury apartments going up downtown, and rental prices higher downtown than in Bel-Air, Downtown L.A. has hit a 12 percent vacancy rate. This puts it at its highest since 2000, and three…