Last May, in Los Angeles’ coastal Venice neighborhood, Adam Smith noticed a series of planter boxes in the middle of a familiar sidewalk. Affixed near the intersection of Third and Sunset avenues, mere…
The reasons someone may end up on Skid Row are as varied as the people who inhabit the community. In a city where rents are skyrocketing and major income disparity, it’s easier than…
Will Measure HHH—the ballot initiative approved overwhelmingly two years ago to build 10,000 units of housing for homeless residents—achieve the goals promised to voters? Money raised through the ballot measure could subsidize fewer than…
The Los Angeles Community Action Network, a nonprofit to assist people in poverty, is “actively discussing” suing Santa Clarita in response sweeping new policies outlawing sleeping in any public space, said Pete White,…
SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA) — Santa Clarita is about to launch a big crackdown on its homeless population. As CBSLA’s Crystal Cruz reports, the City of Santa Clarita has approved an ordinance making it illegal to use…
A neighborhood movement to install bike lanes through a portion of Skid Row picked up steam today, with the Los Angeles City Council voting unanimously in favor of considering adding bike lanes on Fifth and Sixth…
Members of the local Black Lives Matter organization today criticized Mayor Eric Garcetti’s selection of Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Michel Moore as the department’s new chief, saying he is too closely…
Activists on Friday lashed out against a city proposal to develop skid row, saying L.A.’s “gentrification” plan threatens one of the last bastions of housing for the very poor and disregards the fate…
After months of bureaucratic red tape, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to approve the placement of portable toilets and handwashing stations in Venice Beach to primarily serve the area’s homeless…
Members of the local Black Lives Matter organization Tuesday criticized Mayor Eric Garcetti’s selection of Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Michel Moore as the department’s new chief, saying he is too closely…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s unveiling of the first new public bathrooms on skid row in more than a decade was seen as a possible turning point for the homeless enclave, which remains…
Business and property owners have traditionally opposed calls to install more public toilets on Skid Row, says Greg Spiegel, former homelessness policy director for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and who is now…