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Rina Palta
Stories by Rina Palta
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Three decades after Congress passed landmark legislation to ensure the rights of homeless students, schools are still struggling to help kids.
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A pilot program aimed at providing people who live in their cars in L.A. a consistent, secure place to park near restrooms has been slow to get off the ground.
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For decades, constructing any sort of large-scale affordable housing development on Native American land was nearly impossible. That could change.
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A bill that would make it easier for some people with criminal histories to become foster parents is making its way through the California legislature.
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As Los Angeles County kicks off its largest campaign ever to tackle homelessness, officials are also looking to stem the tide of those ending up on the streets.
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In a survey of L.A.'s community college students, over 18 percent reported experiencing homelessness at some point last year.
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A bill making its way through the California legislature would eliminate what L.A. County officials call a "major barrier" to helping homeless.
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A controversial proposal to turn an old motel near Temple City into housing for homeless will not go through. Facing delays and community opposition, the project was pulled.
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This year's California state budget drastically increases the number of families eligible for the earned income tax credit, advocates say, a boon for poor workers.
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The L.A. County Board of Supervisors have authorized broad investments in combatting homelessness totaling nearly $1 billion over the next few years.
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As L.A. County looks to expand services and housing for formerly homeless, a fight in the San Gabriel Valley may be a sign of the tough road ahead.
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Nearly $36 million will flow into L.A. County to fight recidivism over the next few years — money all saved through Proposition 47.
