L.A. city and county fend off a court battle over homeless services
Staving off a battle over control of homeless services, Los Angeles County has agreed in principle to let…
Joshua’s House offers hospice care in South Natomas
For people experiencing homelessness, dying alone on the streets can be a devastating reality. Dr. Marlene von Friedricks-Fitzwater…
L.A. city and county remain at odds over who will run key homeless systems
Los Angeles County will conduct future homeless counts and apply for federal grants on behalf of the region’s…
You don’t have to wait for the mayor’s permission to clean the streets
Sept. 30, 2026 5 AM PT To the editor: Who are the City Council members responsible for the…
Bass’ Inside Safe teams went to these places. But so did the homeless
Abigail Aguirre has been sleeping terribly. Too many times, she said, residents of a nearby homeless encampment have…
Homelessness in California is a national security problem, too
Angelenos were rightly alarmed to learn last month that the number of homeless people is rising again. But…
Over 3 years, homeless nonprofit paid more than $1.7 million to companies owned by its chief executive
In recent years, the nonprofit A Step to Freedom has grown rapidly, collecting millions of dollars from the…
Homeless arrests, citations spiked in Sacramento. Graphics tell the story
The city of Sacramento began citing and arresting far more homeless people during interactions with its homelessness “Incident…
Eviction averted for thousands of formerly homeless people losing housing vouchers
Thousands of formerly homeless people whose housing subsidies will expire in December are no longer at risk of…
Effort to exempt new apartment buildings in L.A. from ‘mansion tax’ moves forward
An effort to exempt new apartment buildings in Los Angeles from the so-called mansion tax moved forward Wednesday,…
Unfounded claims of homeless vote fraud: We go to Skid Row for answers
Since the Los Angeles mayoral primary election last week, unsupported conspiracy claims have flooded social media about how…
Commentary: Spencer Pratt could have been a real contender. His greatest enemy was himself
Spencer Pratt had a few things going for him when he launched an insurgent campaign to become Los…