Matt Tinoco
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The money will be used to buy hotels and convert them to permanent housing, lease apartments and houses and subsidize rents. -
It's the 16th shelter opened under Mayor Garcetti's "A Bridge Home" program.
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California's next state budget includes $550 million for purchasing hotels currently being used by Project Roomkey.
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Everybody agrees that "cops aren't social workers." So why are they often the first ones called?
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It's part of a plan to move homeless people away from L.A.'s freeways
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With 13% more homeless people this year - on top of a rise the year before that - one social worker is skeptical about politicians' assurances that voter-approved money will make a difference.
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A dismaying result in a dismaying time; this year's annual homelessness count in L.A. County shows another rise.
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The bold plan to move thousands of homeless people quickly indoors has fallen short of its 15,000 goal, but more than 9000 are now in hotel rooms. What's next?
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Officials will now have until September to relocate homeless people from areas near freeways.
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The plans include expanding access to so-called "tiny homes," safe parking, and "safe sleep" sites.
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