The Root28d
Social Worker Who Worked on Skid Row Is Now Homeless After CA Wildfires And Asking For Help
A California man who worked tirelessly to help homeless people get back on their feet now finds himself trying to rebuild after the LA-area wildfires destroyed his home along with many of his most ...
Editorial: Out on the streets to count L.A.’s unhoused, volunteers learn far more than numbers can convey
Volunteers arrive at about 150 deployment centers, where they get flashlights and maps and assemble into small groups for the ...
Opinion
Column: After years of helping the homeless, he’s one of them after Altadena fire destroys his house
Days after losing his home in the Eaton fire, social worker Anthony Ruffin's 'day off' looks like many of his other days off: he's helping the homeless ...
LA Times on MSN15d
Surge in Immigrants Contributed to Rising Homeless Counts
Homelessness rose last year by 18 percent, but much of the increase took place in a handful of states that had received lots of immigrants. Some experts say their increase during a HUD census inflated ...
Forbes23d
How The Future Communities Institute Is Tackling Homelessness In Los Angeles
Its mission is to build the capacity of the 8,000-strong Los Angeles County homeless workforce—today and in the future. Szlasa highlighted a recent pilot program in Skid Row, which trained a ...
Daily Mail1mon
Kind-hearted homelessness campaigner is now living on streets himself after wildfires burned his home
A kind anti-homelessness campaigner is himself now living on the streets after his family's home was razed by the Los Angeles wildfires ... currently works on Skid Row for the County Department ...
AOL1mon
Two homeless men fatally shot near downtown L.A.'s Skid Row
Two homeless men were fatally shot early Saturday morning on a downtown L.A. street near Skid Row, police said. The shooting occurred about 12:50 a.m. in the 500 block of South Los Angeles Street ...