Brian Peterson paints portraits of people experiencing homelessness in Santa Ana, California, using the proceeds from the sales to give back to the subjects.
06/14/2018 04:51 pm ET Updated Jun 15, 2018; by James Michael Nichols 6 Homeless LGBTQ Youths Share Their Stories When photographer Letizia Mariotti began meeting homeless LGBTQ youth in New York City, she felt a duty to help spread their stories. She began photographing the queer youth she encountered at LGBTQ gathering places and interviewing them about […]
The Associated PressPublished 7:07 a.m. ET June 29, 2018, Photo: Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP The interactive report ranks how states provide services such as housing and mental health for homeless youth based on a variety of criteria, including access to hormone therapy for transgender people and testing for sexually transmitted diseases. It is a joint project between Lauper’s […]
While some of us can tune political divisiveness out by turning off our televisions and radios there are others who are the real victims of this discord; the homeless. The left/right divide halts action and in this instance, has the unfortunate outcome of people continuing to sleep on our streets. Just this past week Housing […]
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City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 17, 2017.; Credit: Daryl Barker/KPCC KPCC StaffA $9.9 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year was approved Monday by the Los Angeles City Council. The budget now heads back to Mayor Eric Garcetti for a …
L.A. County’s five supervisors celebrated the first year of Measure H Tuesday and announced how they’ll spend $400 million on homelessness in the fiscal year beginning July 1.; Credit: Rina Palta/KPCC Rina PaltaThe L.A. County Board of Supervisors …
By DAILY NEWS | and ELIZABETH CHOU | echou@scng.com | PUBLISHED: April 11, 2018 at 6:44 pm | UPDATED: April 12, 2018 at 6:43 pm LA approves fast-tracked plan to build homeless housing, convert motels into temporary shelters. The Los Angeles City Council gave the green light to new rules aimed at speeding up the construction of permanent housing for the homeless, and to convert […]
Recuperative care facilities offer a safer and ultimately cheaper alternative. By Anna Almendrala; HEALTH 04/24/2018 01:24 pm ET LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, Sherolyn Scott lost the apartment she had been living in for 16 years due to rising rent costs. She took the money from her security deposit and started sleeping in motels, but […]
In this file photo, a homeless woman sleeps on a pile of belongings on the street near the Los Angeles Mission, hosting its annual Christmas meal for the homeless on Dec. 22, 2017 in Los Angeles.; Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images APAn aud…
