Housing & Homelessness

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Homelessness rises in Long Beach for second year in a row

The city reported a 3.7% increase in Long Beach’s homeless population in spite of its investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in shelter beds and programs.

SoCal cities made landlords pay when rent hikes pushed out tenants. Then courts stepped in

A "for rent" sign hangs near a discarded mattresses outside an apartment building in the city of Los Angeles.

In failing to plan for new housing, Costa Mesa finds itself in state’s legal crosshairs

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LA used to jail people for sleeping on the street. A case changed the city’s lens on homelessness

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Newsom signs law to reduce costs of building affordable housing

Morning sun hits a construction site of a new residential housing project.

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Measure A increased LA County’s sales tax. What has it accomplished?

Voters who approved the sales tax increase in 2024 were promised a new approach to the crisis.
Long Beach residents can apply for emergency rental aid starting today. Here’s how to do it

Long Beach will try to keep people from falling into homelessness when they hit financial hardship, using a new source of county money.
Airbnb claims proposal included in mayor’s budget will bring tax revenue to LA ahead of Olympics

LA City Council to consider the Airbnb-backed proposals during the budget process.

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Measure to overturn LA’s ‘mansion tax’ heads to ballot. Here’s what voters should know for November

California has cleared an initiative aiming to cancel Measure ULA and similar taxes across the state. But it might not be November’s only “mansion tax” measure.

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A plan to cut a California tax is going to voters. Why LA’s ‘mansion tax’ is at the center of it

A Howard Jarvis-backed measure that would gut local transfer taxes and target L.A.'s mansion tax is officially headed to California's November ballot.
California blocks Trump administration from withholding homelessness funds

California for now has prevented the Trump administration from changing priorities in homelessness funding to favor temporary shelters rather than long-term housing.
LA homeless agency has ‘significant’ problem with inaccurate financial statements, auditors find

The issues surround poor bookkeeping and accounting of taxpayer money at the agency — which spent over $800 million in public funds last fiscal year.
LA homeless agency to lay off 284 employees

Interim CEO says the public agency is “restructuring” after withdrawal of county funds.
Long Beach’s new homeless shelter still hasn’t opened as fight over billing unfolds

Since its grand opening, the youth shelter in West Long Beach has been sitting unused. It's now at the center of a legal dispute.
Most unhoused Angelenos say LA wildfires endangered their lives, study finds

21% of unhoused survey respondents said they were injured during 2025's wildfires
Key LA city leaders call for shifting homelessness spending away from LAHSA

Changes would come in the upcoming fiscal year, if recommendations from the City Council homelessness committee are adopted by the full council.
Cities scramble to comply with or fight major state housing law

The final version of SB 79 offered local governments plenty of wiggle room over the law. Cities across California are starting to wiggle.

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