Homelessness

Unhoused people say city cleanups destroy what they need to survive. But the movement against them has fractured.

from KCRW Features

LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman discusses a new scathing audit of LAHSA.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A fraction of people in temporary shelters end up in permanent housing, according to CalMatters’ year-long investigation. Conditions are squalid. Fraud is rampant.

‘They're just warehousing people’: Abuse in CA homeless shelters

A fraction of people in temporary shelters end up in permanent housing, according to CalMatters’ year-long investigation. Conditions are squalid. Fraud is rampant.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The San Clemente City Council voted down a ban on giving food to strangers in public, including unhoused people.

San Clemente rejects proposal to ban feeding unhoused people

The San Clemente City Council voted down a ban on giving food to strangers in public, including unhoused people.

from KCRW Features

KCRW collected a list of volunteer opportunities across the Los Angeles area for those who’d like to offer a helping hand this Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving in LA: Where to give back this turkey season

KCRW collected a list of volunteer opportunities across the Los Angeles area for those who’d like to offer a helping hand this Thanksgiving.

from KCRW Features

A new LA City controller audit has found that less than $600 million was spent to fight homelessness in the last fiscal year.

City of LA only spent half of its $1.3 billion homelessness budget. Why?

A new LA City controller audit has found that less than $600 million was spent to fight homelessness in the last fiscal year.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Measure A – on LA County ballots this November – asks voters whether or not to approve a sales tax hike to fund homeless services and affordable housing.

Another sales tax for homeless services: LA voters to decide

Measure A – on LA County ballots this November – asks voters whether or not to approve a sales tax hike to fund homeless services and affordable housing.

from KCRW Features

San Francisco’s political landscape is shifting as the mayoral race approaches. A once-liberal city is leaning centrist on crime and homelessness.

San Francisco politics change from progressive to centrist

San Francisco’s political landscape is shifting as the mayoral race approaches. A once-liberal city is leaning centrist on crime and homelessness.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The LA-based nonprofit Step Up On Second Street received grant money to quickly house Californians experiencing homelessness.

CA granted $114M to homeless nonprofit, now they want it back

The LA-based nonprofit Step Up On Second Street received grant money to quickly house Californians experiencing homelessness.

from KCRW Features

As LA officials ramp up operations to clear RV encampments from city streets, RV dwellers parked on one Sun Valley street wonder where to go next.

RV sweeps: ‘I don’t know where they think we’re going to go’

As LA officials ramp up operations to clear RV encampments from city streets, RV dwellers parked on one Sun Valley street wonder where to go next.

from KCRW Features

A blistering decision by a federal judge on Friday could lead to housing for thousands of homeless veterans in Los Angeles.

Judge rules West LA VA is ‘turning its back’ on homeless veterans

A blistering decision by a federal judge on Friday could lead to housing for thousands of homeless veterans in Los Angeles.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Mayor Karen Bass returned from Paris to LA on Monday, bringing the official Olympic flag with her.

LA Mayor Karen Bass on ‘no-car’ 2028 Olympics, homelessness

Mayor Karen Bass returned from Paris to LA on Monday, bringing the official Olympic flag with her.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is clearing the city’s largest encampments. People who refuse shelter could be arrested for living in public.

San Francisco is clearing encampments. Where do unhoused people go?

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is clearing the city’s largest encampments. People who refuse shelter could be arrested for living in public.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The governor announced new efforts to clear encampments on state land, and issued guidelines to California cities to do the same. Critics say the policy is unlikely to fix the problem.

Newsom orders new homeless sweeps across California

The governor announced new efforts to clear encampments on state land, and issued guidelines to California cities to do the same. Critics say the policy is unlikely to fix the problem.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow cities to ban people from sleeping outdoors presents a major shift in the perception of poverty and homelessness in the U.S.

The Supreme Court criminalizes being homeless

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow cities to ban people from sleeping outdoors presents a major shift in the perception of poverty and homelessness in the U.S.

from Scheer Intelligence

LA Mayor Karen Bass says the Supreme Court’s decision to allow bans on homeless encampments could lead to mass incarceration. Will it change the city’s strategy?

Will LA homelessness change after SCOTUS’ Grants Pass ruling?

LA Mayor Karen Bass says the Supreme Court’s decision to allow bans on homeless encampments could lead to mass incarceration. Will it change the city’s strategy?

from KCRW Features

The Supreme Court recently ruled that cities have the right to break up encampments of unhoused people under anti-camping ordinances. What does the Grants Pass v.

CA cities expected to crack down on homeless camping, following SCOTUS ruling

The Supreme Court recently ruled that cities have the right to break up encampments of unhoused people under anti-camping ordinances. What does the Grants Pass v.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The number of Orange County’s unhoused population surpassed pre-pandemic levels, according to the Point in Time Count , as the county pushed for more federal funding.

OC leaders strategize after report shows homelessness spike

The number of Orange County’s unhoused population surpassed pre-pandemic levels, according to the Point in Time Count , as the county pushed for more federal funding.

from KCRW Features

A proposed half-cent sales tax would replace Measure H’s quarter-cent tax for homeless services in LA County, approved by voters in 2017.

Do LA voters want another sales tax to fight homelessness?

A proposed half-cent sales tax would replace Measure H’s quarter-cent tax for homeless services in LA County, approved by voters in 2017.

from KCRW Features

A Ninth Circuit case has limited how LA responds to homelessness. If the Supreme Court tosses out that decision, the city could ban camping in more places.

SCOTUS homelessness ruling could shift LA policy

A Ninth Circuit case has limited how LA responds to homelessness. If the Supreme Court tosses out that decision, the city could ban camping in more places.

from KCRW Features