The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) recently announced that the 2012-13 Winter Shelter Program (WSP) will operate between Nov.1, 2012 and March 14, 2013.
The majority of shelters
CITY HALL — Local government and nonprofit service providers are shifting course in their efforts to address homelessness in Santa Monica in response to federal, state and county policy changes that
LOSANGELES — More than 1,000 chronically homeless people will be taken off the streets of Southern California and given permanent shelter under a $105 million program announced Thursday.
Government and
LOS ANGELES — A court date has been set to determine whether or not a man suspected of stabbing three homeless people in the back and leaving behind "death warrants&
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Two Santa Monica-area homeless men are scheduled to be arraigned today for the attempted murder of a female friend.
Arturo Perez-Argueta, 51, and Guillermo Gonzalez, 63, were
DOWNTOWN L.A. — The man suspected of stabbing three homeless people and leaving what police called "death warrants" at the crime scenes plead not guilty in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — A man suspected of attacking three homeless people in Santa Monica and Los Angeles was charged Monday with three counts of attempted murder, the District Attorney's
Gathered around a public bench in Venice Beach, three young men share a celebratory marijuana joint early one morning. Cody, who has just turned 20, takes a long drag and passes the joint to his friend Squirrel.
CIVIC CENTER — Teamwork was in full swing Wednesday night as a mostly volunteer crowd gathered at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to conduct an all night visual count of the homeless population.
DOWNTOWN — The number of homeless individuals in the United States decreased slightly between 2009 and 2011, but service providers in Santa Monica are concerned about the impacts a continued recession, reduction in government aid and return of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan might have on that nu
DOWNTOWN — Nearly $75 million is going to 225 regional programs that help homeless people and families deal with challenges such as mental illness, disabilities and domestic violence.
CLOVERFIELD BLVD — A new business selling eastern-influenced artwork has blossomed at a local homeless services provider, giving clients both self-esteem and community.
