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LAFD: Nearly 1/3 of Los Angeles fire calls linked to homeless population
This week, interim LAFD chief Ronnie Villanueva released a memo, indicating that nearly a third of fires in LA over the past ...
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LA County restores $5.6 million in funding for homeless youth
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a motion to restore $5.6 million for homeless youth and key ...
Wildomar residents outraged as RVs from LA County homeless encampment arrive in their neighborhood
Residents of one Wildomar neighborhood are outraged after dozens of RVs that once made up a homeless encampment in Los ...
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What’s next after LA homeless officials withheld public records on $800K in whistleblower payouts?
As LAist revealed earlier, LAHSA leaders and their attorneys at the County Counsel’s Office have repeatedly refused to ...
LA says homeless involved in one-third of fires, one in nine ambulance calls
One-third of fires responded to by the Los Angeles Fire Department over the last six years involve the homeless, according to ...
Lancaster mayor’s remedy for homelessness: ‘Free fentanyl’ and ‘a purge’
The mayor of Lancaster, Rex Parris, has ignited a controversy after musing during a council meeting that one approach to ...
San Jose Considers Arresting Homeless People Who Refuse Housing
The mayor of the Silicon Valley city has proposed arresting people who don’t accept offers of shelter. It’s the latest sign ...
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LA homeless agency refuses to release records on $800,000 in payouts for wrongful termination claims
The government agency known as LAHSA settled wrongful termination claims with two former executives of the agency last month ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass expected to talk about fire recovery, $1B deficit in State of the City speech
The mayor could also address homelessness and the city’s response to a federal crackdown on immigration and “sanctuary cities ...
Southern California mayor says he wants to give homeless people ‘all the fentanyl they want’
A Southern California mayor facing a recall effort is coming under fire after his suggestion to ending his city’s homelessness issue was “giving them all the fentanyl they want.” ...
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Nearly a third of LA's fires last six years involved homeless people, new report shows
A memo details that nearly a third of all fires the LAFD responded to in the last six years involved a member of the homeless ...