Nearly $200 million in grant money will go to California cities and counties to move homeless people from encampments into housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday while also pledging increased
I started using methamphetamine and PCP in the 1980s after surviving an abusive childhood, and continued to use them for more than 35 years. Throughout that time, I fell into
Union rallies at district offices to demand more staffing, better pay
Union SEIU Local 99, which represents many Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District employees, held a rally outside the district
When Sacramento changed its plan to demolish a homeless encampment on a vacant lot on Colfax Street, instead offering the homeless occupants a lease, activists and camp residents celebrated it
For many people, living on the streets of California is a death sentence. That’s according to a recent study that took the first deep look into mortality rates in
On Feb. 23, Amazon Head of Community Engagement (West) David Ambroz spoke to the Rotary Club of Santa Monica about his new book A Place Called Home: A Memoir, during
Thousands of volunteers fanned out across California this week, peering down alleyways, into parked cars and along creek beds in a mass effort to count the state’s homeless population.
While locals in Santa Monica were readying up for the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count on Wednesday evening, volunteers gathering in Venice took to the streets on a similar
Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began this week — a crucial part of the region’s efforts to confront the crisis of tens of thousands of people
Arguably, this year could be considered a make or break in terms of tackling the homeless crisis. Here in Santa Monica, it’s impossible to not see some evidence of
How much difference will a March ballot measure make when it comes to fighting California’s massive homelessness crisis? That’s the question before voters as they weigh in on
For years, the Guadalupe River Trail — a winding path that snakes through the heart of downtown San Jose — had been home to hundreds of people living in tents and make-shift
