Los Angeles County officials warned that a federal executive order ending support for ‘housing first’ policies directly threatens the region's homelessness strategy and could eliminate more than $150
A pair of homeless individuals were arrested this month for unrelated attacks on residents involving boxcutters.
Most recently, Elizabeth Watkins was arrested near St. Monica's Church on California
Clearing an encampment is one of the most complicated and fraught tasks any California city can take on when responding to homelessness.
How they handle that challenge varies widely.
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California state and local leaders are in the midst of a dispute over who deserves credit for recent declines in homelessness and what should happen next, as counties warn that
The City of Santa Monica is recruiting for a new Director of Housing and Human Services, seeking what it calls a visionary leader to tackle the community's most
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 24 titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets," launching a federal crackdown on homelessness that prioritizes
While homelessness decreased throughout Los Angeles County last year, the City of Santa Monica failed to keep up with the regional trend, instead reporting an increase in homeless individuals found
Homelessness in Los Angeles County has declined for the second consecutive year, according to preliminary estimates from the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. But while officials on Monday hailed
After years of soaring rents, increasingly out-of-reach home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis that touches every corner of the state, California is finally creating a state agency exclusively focused
Santa Monica's new diversion program, SaMo Bridge, has successfully connected 37 people to housing and supportive services in its first month of operation since opening in May.
The
The unsheltered homeless population in Venice declined by 22% in 2024, with 165 fewer people living on the streets compared to the previous year, according to a comprehensive study released
For three decades, the city and county of Los Angeles managed California’s biggest homelessness crisis together.
They had equal say in big funding decisions, and worked in tandem to
