Billions of dollars spent on services for homeless people in Los Angeles are unaccounted for, after a court-ordered audit conducted by Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to withhold aid from cities that do not follow his homeless policies — while arguing at the same time that it would be wrong for the federal government to withhold aid from California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) defended spending $50 million to fight President Donald Trump’s policies while also asking the federal government for $40 billion in fire relief, saying it was necessary to defend state programs.
Funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have been allocated to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to house homeless victims of the Palisades Fire — though there are very few.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that there is a massive connection between California’s homelessness issue and elevated fire risk. While speaking with former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, Maher stated, “I’ve heard people
Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) is “failing at its most basic mission,” President-elect Donald Trump’s HUD nominee Scott Turner said during his opening statement at Thursday’s hearing.
On Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” NPR National Correspondent Jennifer Ludden stated that the report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development that found a record number of homeless people is “widely considered an undercount.” And, according
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is two-thirds short of the housing goal he set when he took office in 2019, while homelessness continues to rise across the state.
The illegal alien accused of setting a woman on fire and then fanning the flames to kill her in New York City’s subway has now been charged with first and second-degree murder.
A formerly homeless Chicago man who dreamed of one day becoming a father and a police officer has accomplished his goals.
Los Angeles County voters have chosen to pass Measure A, which will raise sales taxes by a quarter of a percent to fund homeless services.
Voters in Los Angeles are expressing skepticism of Measure A, a ballot initiative that would raise sales taxes in the county to provide more services to the homeless, expanding Measure H, which was passed by referendum in 2017.
The United States is reportedly on pace to hit another record in 2024 regarding the homeless population.
On Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said that California has the amount of homelessness it does “because of our own policies and neglect” and the issue boils down to not building enough housing
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vowed to “redirect money” from communities in the state that do not work to clear homeless encampments.
The situation has reached a boiling point for neighbors of a homeless camp in Southeast Portland, Oregon.
More working Americans are going homeless amid “Bidenomics,” says a July 28 report in the Washington Post, which also noted that policy experts admit the homeless crisis is being made worse by the Democrats’ pro-migration policies.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is set to sign an executive order to push state officials to start dismantling homeless encampments.
A family in Concord, New Hampshire, is at a loss of what to do about a growing homeless encampment that is directly behind their historic house.
Homelessness has declined in Los Angeles for the first time in six years, according to the results of the latest homeless count, conducted earlier this year.
Los Angeles reported seeing a decrease in the city’s homeless population for the first time in six years after the city had gone through countless efforts to address the homelessness situation.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday that it is not “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment to remove homeless people from encampments and to imprison them for repeatedly violating anti-camping laws.
A new high-rise residential tower for the homeless that cost $600,000 per unit to build opened Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles.
A taxpayer-funded luxury apartment building is set to open in Los Angeles’s Skid Row neighborhood to provide hundreds of homeless people with housing and high-end amenities.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) promised in 2023 to deliver 1,200 “tiny homes” to help shelter the homeless in several California cities — but none has opened yet, according to a report in CalMatters.
Two bodies and a white powder, later determined to contain fentanyl, were discovered in a “human-dug cave” in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Doctors in Oregon are reportedly seeing a rise in pregnant women using fentanyl, which is ultimately causing newborns to begin their lives struggling with withdrawal symptoms.
Santa Monica approved construction for a $1M per unit apartment building for the homeless after an audit found the state lost $24 billion.
A homeless Los Angeles man has garnered attention for constructing a house, with a front door and electricity, on the side of the freeway.
Model Kristen Gaffney says she is leaving California for Tennessee after Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass asked the wealthy to pay for housing for the homeless in the city.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass implored wealthy residents of the city to donate money to purchase property that can be used to house the city’s homeless population, which has continued to grow.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration lost track of $24 billion it spent over the past five years on the homelessness crisis, an audit found.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill Wednesday that addresses homelessness and its impact on the community and defended it against critics.
Residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district have taken legal action to remedy the troubling problems facing their neighborhood.
The Seattle homeless man facing charges for carving out a hillside in a city park now appears to be homesteading there.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism from Hollywood residents as homeless encampments are returning despite her efforts to move people from the streets into hotels and motels.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) recently boasted of the millions of dollars given to minority-owned businesses to feed illegal aliens.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Kansas City, MO Mayor Quinton Lucas (D) stated that migration is one issue causing a rise in homelessness and “we all thought after 2020 and 2021 and COVID, you would see numbers go
On Thursday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” NBC News Correspondent Stephanie Gosk reported on homelessness among students in Los Angeles and stated that increases in the cost of living “and a migrant crisis” are two key factors in a spike
California is experiencing a rise in the number of homeless women, among a general rise in homelessness on the streets of its major cities.
