Judge in LA homeless case orders mayor, council president to be available for mediation

The court is seeking to resolve an impasse in a settlement between the city and a coalition of downtown residents and ...

Homeless LA woman escapes 5-months of drug-fueled hell just in time for Christmas

For five months, Susan Ercolino says she was afraid to close her eyes. Night after night, she stayed half-awake in and around MacArthur Park — flinching at footsteps, jolting at voices, scanning ...

Mayor Bass got some of LA’s homeless people indoors. Will it matter to voters?

Homelessness numbers in Los Angeles are down but not enough for many voters to notice. It's also no longer the main issue of ...
WGBH

Homelessness in LA drops for the first time in years, bucking a nationwide trend

Los Angeles released new estimates of the region’s unhoused population earlier this month. The estimates show that after years of increases, the numbers in LA have gone down, despite the fact that ...

While LA torches $27 million at drug-addled MacArthur Park, one man buys the homeless an exit, one ticket at a time

While Los Angeles hands out crack pipes, John Alle is doing the opposite — walking straight into MacArthur Park to pull ...
LAist

HUD pauses controversial limits on spending of homelessness funding. Where things stand in LA

Under legal challenge, federal housing officials backtrack on changes that L.A. officials say affect thousands getting rental ...