Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin and others joined together on Tuesday to announce a $100 million proposal to combat homelessness. “We have really become, to our great shame, a city of tents…
Members of the Los Angeles City Council declared homelessness in the city an emergency Tuesday and said they would dedicate $100 million to fixing the crisis. “We wanted to send a message that…
It’s been a month since two ordinances went into effect that shorten the time homeless people have to clear out their belongings after being asked to move, but concern from some about how…
When controversial legislation cracking down on homeless encampments took effect last month, Los Angeles appeared to have settled on a strategy for dismantling unsightly tent cities that have formed in neighborhoods around the…
After a court hearing examining county inmate Trishawn Carey’s extensive medical and mental health history, a judge last month ordered her released to the care of a South Los Angeles residential treatment program…
Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer has announced a $270,000 program to wipe homeless people’s records clean of minor citations if they accept job training, drug and alcohol treatment or other social services…
Tractors lumber across a massive excavated plot in downtown Los Angeles. It’s the future home of the Circa complex, and part of the area’s boom in luxury apartments. When completed in 2017, two…
An officer dropped a nightstick during a struggle with a homeless man who was shot to death by police on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, and the woman who picked it up now faces an assault…
Faced this week with a choice between signing or vetoing controversial legislation that would crack down on homeless encampments, Mayor Eric Garcetti charted a complex middle course. Resorting to a peculiarity of Los…
Los Angeles officials want thousands of older apartment buildings to be reinforced against an earthquake, but haven’t figured out the best way to pay for it. Property owners have said they can’t absorb…
The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval Tuesday to an aggressive crackdown on street encampments, setting the stage for the first major homeless sweeps in the city in decades. Mayor Eric Garcetti…
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to make it easier for authorities to break up the encampments that have mushroomed across Southern California along with the rising homeless population. The council gave…