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The city is upping enforcement of its anti-camping ordinances and will cite people for setting-up encampments or sleeping in public.
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The ordinance is aimed at protecting Boyle Heights residents from displacement and gentrification.
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles sees a need for affordable homes. They have the land — and now, a new housing nonprofit — to make it happen.
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A recent RAND study found that after city authorities cleared encampments last year, there was a temporary drop in homelessness in Venice, Skid Row, and Hollywood that lasted two to three months.
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As wildfire risk increases in California, insurers are raising their rates. Landlords in turn are passing them along to tenants.
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Newsom cannot directly order local governments to remove tents from public places, but he can pull back state money by the tens of millions if they don’t.
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Unhoused Californians and activists say authorities are cracking down harder on encampments after getting the green light from the Supreme Court and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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The change comes after strict income eligibility rules prevented some disabled veterans experiencing homelessness from obtaining housing.
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People were served almost exclusively instant noodles, even though the providers are being paid to serve nutritious foods, according to officials.
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The vote by the city housing committee overrides language drafted by the city attorney’s office, which had stripped the word “right” from the city’s proposal for a “right to counsel.”
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A critical new federal audit calls out California for doing too little to prevent fraudulent spending of homelessness funds. Nearly $320 million was at risk.
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Other cities give free eviction lawyers to tenants as a right. But the city of L.A. is weighing a proposal that explicitly says that won’t be guaranteed.
