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Aaron Schrank
Health & Housing Reporter
What I cover
I cover the impact of the housing crisis on public health in Southern California and how where you live affects your well-being. My coverage focuses on homelessness.
My background
I’ve been a public radio reporter and audio producer for more than a decade, reporting on homelessness, religion and other topics for local and national audiences.
My goals
I want to track how public officials spend taxpayer money and whether they deliver on their promises to the L.A. region, especially to unhoused people and working families.
Best way to reach me
Please reach out to me with story ideas, questions or feedback. You can email me at aschrank@laist.com or call or text by phone or through the Signal app at 602-515-1699.
Stories by Aaron Schrank
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Hundreds of thousands of L.A. County residents are expected to lose Medicaid coverage under federal changes.
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Voters who approved the sales tax increase in 2024 were promised a new approach to the crisis.
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LA City Council to consider the Airbnb-backed proposals during the budget process.
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On the ballot June 2, Measure ER asks voters to raise L.A. County's general sales tax by a half-percent to backfill hospital and clinic budgets amid federal cuts to Medi-Cal.
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21% of unhoused survey respondents said they were injured during 2025's wildfires
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County will develop policy to give people in unincorporated areas priority access to affordable housing built in their neighborhoods
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The motion, from Supervisor Holly Mitchell, focuses on the community of Willowbrook, which has had four local typhus outbreaks since 2017, including one last year.
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The councilmember-turned-candidate announced her homelessness platform Tuesday.
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Officials seek new revenue streams amid federal, state and local reductions
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LAHSA executives blamed the delay on a “perfect storm” of leadership changes and competing priorities within LAHSA’s finance department
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Average life expectancy went down slightly compared to the previous study released in 2017.
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Drug overdose deaths dip, but six unhoused county residents die each day.
