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Rina Palta
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L.A.'s homeless census concluded with bad news Monday: There are more people sleeping on the streets and in their cars in the county than there were two years ago.
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Supervisor Hilda Solis is proposing incentives for county contractors to hire the formerly incarcerated, the same way they're now encouraged to hire vets.
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A biennial count report due out Monday is expected to show a rise in the homeless in Venice, where an unarmed homeless man was killed by police this week.
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State and local officials gathered in Sacramento to ask for more money for programs and call for a statewide summit to find new ways to tackle the problem.
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The agency is hoping to sell off 38 buildings, which house about 772 people scattered across the southern fringes of the county. The price: about $35 million.
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Some advocates say getting housing for homeless has been a system of "survival of the fittest." But that's changing in Los Angeles.
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The L.A. County Board of Supervisors has approved an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to address issues of racial discrimination in the Antelope Valley.
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L.A. county is trying to figure out what services to provide foster youth so they can avoid repeating their parents' mistakes.
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Some L.A. council members want to create a committee to develop a comprehensive homeless policy. Among the questions: whether L.A. should hire a homeless czar.
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Cities across the country are rushing to house all homeless veterans by the end of this year, a goal set by the Obama administration. Some are falling through the cracks.
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It's been a year since a commission declared a "state of emergency" in L.A.'s child welfare system and proposed dozens of reforms. How do we know if they're working?
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L.A.'s public safety leaders are considering a proposal to save the county's drug courts by offering higher level offenders an opportunity to participate.
