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 […]
HuffPost Mari Kate Mycek HuffPost13 March 2018 Like many women, I am heartened by the Me Too movement and the spotlight it has put on sexual assault and harassment. It makes me want to fight harder to tell the stories of those whose voices are still going unheard ― especially those of women experiencing homelessness. As […]
by: By Julia Poe and Daniela Silva 04/14/2018 While struggling to find stability, homeless queer youth face an additional battle — one for their own identities. LOS ANGELES ― On her first night without a home, Kaityanna Phillips cried herself to sleep on a sidewalk in front of a Shell gas station in north Hollywood. She had […]
Will the promise of cleaner streets persuade more L.A. neighborhoods to allow homeless shelters in? L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti hopes so.; Credit: David McNew/Getty Images Rina PaltaCould the prospect of cleaner streets and sidewalks free of homeless …
L.A. is embarking on a massive effort to combat homelessness. But along with that, there are growing pains for the entities tasked with the job.; Credit: David McNew/Getty Images Rina PaltaAbout a year ago, L.A. County voters approved a new sales t…
Yun Kang, Guest Writer, Huffington Post, March 1st, 2018 It’s 5 a.m. The phone alarm blares, vibrating every little crevice of the car my family is forced to call home. It’s still pitch black outside, but the clock is ticking. We have exactly two hours to find another place to park our car and sneak […]
File: 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 APMayors from Californ…
“When people are struggling so much just to afford their homes, they’re suffering in a multitude of ways.”
The housing affordability crisis in LA is worsening, and officials are looking at easing some regulations and adding others to try to beef up the housing stock.; Credit: Mitch Diamond/Getty Images Rina PaltaL.A. County officials, looking to address…
; Credit: John Osborn D’Agostino, CALmatters Matt Levin | CALmattersNo one has the exact same definition of the California dream. Ask the 39 million current Californians about what the dream should be, and aside from most of us agreeing that the da…
