Cities in the West can’t legally clear homeless camps unless they can provide adequate alternative shelter to the camp residents. But what, precisely, constitutes “adequate shelter?”
Is it one
During Tuesday’s City Council meeting, all seven councilmembers voted to approve the proposal from the Downtown Santa Monica Inc. (DTSM) board to hire a private security company to provide
But the vast majority of Newsom’s homelessness spending has been in one-time grants, which providers say makes it difficult to fund the kind of long-term programs that could make a noticeable dent in the crisis
With homelessness top of mind for residents across Los Angeles, visitors to the Promenade had mixed opinions about the impact homelessness has on their daily lives
