Rina Palta

Money is about to start pouring in to L.A. County's most ambitious (and expensive) effort yet to tackle homelessness. A 1/4 cent sales tax hike will fund the effort.

L.A.'s health chief, a longtime advocate for the county's poor and homeless, is leaving for New York. Dr. Mitch Katz will leave at the end of the year.

In preparation for what could be an affordable housing building boom in Los Angeles, a group of philanthropists has doubled a key loan program for developers.

A proposed mobile sewer service for homeless living in their RV's will get its first test Wednesday before the L.A. City Council's Homelessness and Poverty Committee.

A $3.9 million settlement for a teenage boy left with brain damage and paralysis after a fight inside one of L.A. County's juvenile halls is up for approval.

It's California's third-poorest county. Unemployment is nearly 25 percent. Homelessness tripled since the previous year. And children are even worse off, with one in three living in poverty.

With foster kids in Los Angeles experiencing high rates of homelessness, dropping out of school, and suicide, a new center aims to offer aid.

As L.A. County embarks on a massive effort to house tens of thousands of homeless people over the next few years, officials are looking to the data for help.

The vast majority of housing for low-income renters in Los Angeles has been built in the county's very poorest neighborhoods. The research says that's a problem.

As L.A. County embarks on a massive effort to reduce homelessness, a new report calls on lawmakers to take into account the specific needs of homeless women.

The push is on in L.A. to find help with rent for tens of thousands of homeless people the county has pledged to house over the next few years.

A lack of leadership and oversight has led to California's high prison suicide rate, the California State Auditor said in a report Thursday.