Rina Palta
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As L.A. County massively ramps up its systems for combatting homelessness, the United Way of Greater Los Angeles is launching a fellowship program to help fill the gap. -
A plan to place temporary housing for homeless in a lot near Olvera Street in Downtown L.A. moved forward Wednesday over the opposition of local merchants. -
Nonprofit service providers in L.A.'s family homeless system are seeing five times the number of new clients walk in their doors as they saw last year. -
L.A.'s annual homeless count, a census of who's living on the streets and in the county's shelters, kicks off Tuesday evening. -
First Assistant Chief Michel Moore and Assistant Chiefs Beatrice Girmala and Jorge Villegas would all be contenders if they choose to seek the top job. -
Los Angeles may make it easier for motels to convert into housing for homeless under an ordinance discussed by a city council committee Wednesday. -
A state bill that would allow California cities to expand rent control failed to pass out of its first committee Thursday. -
A decision to ban overnight parking of RV's near Echo Park Lake is the latest in a growing trend towards using parking restrictions to move homeless residents. -
The Los Angeles Fire Department has launched a new "sober unit" to pick up heavily intoxicated homeless people from L.A.'s streets. -
A new report finds Millennials had the lowest juvenile arrest rates of any generation. The shift follows a decades-long slide in youth crime and arrest rates.
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