When homeless shelters allow people to stay with their dogs and other pets, more unhoused people become more willing to stay in a shelter. That’s what my team at the University of Southern ...

Karen Bass likes to tout LA’s progress in reducing homelessness. Last July, for example, she claimed that the city’s annual ...

Lawmakers have called in recent days for an audit for the state’s homelessness spending. Roughly $24 billion of California taxpayers’ money has been spent on trying to curb the ...

A leftist woman trying to help the "unhoused" found out not all of these people are sensible and decent when she received a ...

A hotel near Venice Beach that the city bought to transform into homeless housing remains empty after years of drawn-out ...

“Get me off this merry-go-round from hell.” That’s what Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez told the Housing and Homelessness ...

LA County homeless deaths fell 10% in 2024 to 2,208 fatalities, the first decrease since tracking began in 2014, driven by 21% fewer overdose deaths.

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If you’re homeless, every night is tough, every night a struggle to stay warm and dry and safe. But Sunday night — Dec. 21, the official start of winter, the longest night of the year — might be one ...