Tag Archives: Los Angeles County
LA-area homelessness spike could get worse post-coronavirus
Preventing homelessness key to solving the current crisis
As California grapples with an unprecedented homelessness crisis, there has been much discussion about helping those currently on the streets, with far less focus on how we can prevent homelessness in the first place. Yet prevention is clearly a key piece of the puzzle, particularly as the number of Californians slipping into homelessness each year continues to outpace local efforts to Read More
California’s homelessness crisis — and possible solutions — explained
California’s most vexing issue is also its most shameful: the large and rising number of residents who lack a safe place to call home. In a state with vast amounts of wealth, more than 150,000 of its residents sleep in shelters, cars, or on the street. The United Nations compared the tent encampments of San Francisco to the slums of New Delhi Read More