Matt Tinoco

California's next state budget includes $550 million for purchasing hotels currently being used by Project Roomkey.

Everybody agrees that "cops aren't social workers." So why are they often the first ones called?

It's part of a plan to move homeless people away from L.A.'s freeways

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.

A dismaying result in a dismaying time; this year's annual homelessness count in L.A. County shows another rise.

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?

Officials will now have until September to relocate homeless people from areas near freeways.

The plans include expanding access to so-called "tiny homes," safe parking, and "safe sleep" sites.

A judicial consent decree could be the outcome of a federal lawsuit alleging negligence in how L.A. deals with homelessness. And that could upend how we deal with the crisis going forward.

The city attorney's office will negotiate the decree to settle a federal lawsuit that claims L.A. has been negligent in its handling of homelessness.

You lost your job. You can't pay your rent. Your landlord is threatening to kick you out. Here's what they can (and can't) do.

L.A. county officials announced Wednesday a mammoth effort to shelter thousands of homeless people in up to 15,000 hotel rooms.