As Santa Monica grapples with an exploding homeless population that has impacted nearly every park, library branch and sidewalk, the City is moving forward with a comprehensive approach to homelessness
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Meeting on aiding the homeless
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is holding a community information session to discuss the current state of homelessness in Los Angeles
City Manager Rick Cole is requesting a new, fulltime staff member dedicated to working on the city’s growing homeless problem.
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, manager Cole will
The Daily Press will publish a series of stories, editorials and columns in the coming weeks focused on homelessness. These stories will include news, features, editorials and columns about the
City Hall wants to tackle the city’s homeless problem and while a specific plan has yet to be unveiled, the recent Downtown Santa Monica Inc. meeting provided an opportunity
More people are living on the streets in Santa Monica than at any time since the City started conducting a yearly count of the homeless in 2009, according to new
A letter arrives from the Los Angeles Coroner’s office. My chest tightens, the mind focuses. Letter open, the words jump out, “Gary” . . . death, eyes turn away, childhood memories surface.
Measure H may present the best of both worlds to Santa Monica voters: a sales tax to support homelessness that they don’t have to pay for (at least, not
Santa Monica is known for it’s iconic Pier, the famous Third Street Promenade and the countless number of homeless people that walk through the city.
In 2016 the City
For the first time in its history, the Santa Monica Homeless Count had to close registration early because of a flood of volunteers who wanted to help with the annual
The teens at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica’s Keystone Club are gathering for the second time, for the Hearts for the Homeless Sleepout.
“We want to
By Kate Cagle
City leaders will be carefully watching the numbers from 2017’s upcoming homeless count to see how the new Expo Line is changing Santa Monica’s homeless
