From the emergence of Skid Row to the housing crisis after World War II, a look at the major events and policies that made and defined Los Angeles’ homeless crisis.

Los Angeles' homelessness crisis was created by a century of political choices, including the criminalization of poverty, the dismantling of mental health institutions, and the construction of luxury ...

A new study finds promising early results from a program that tries to find and assist those most at risk of becoming ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...

A new report from the California Policy Lab at UCLA shows promising early results from Los Angeles County's Homelessness ...

UCLA's California Policy Lab report shows LA's Homelessness Prevention Unit helped reduce shelter use by 71% for enrollees, with an 86% housing retention rate post-program.

D espite an 18% spike in nationwide homelessness in 2024 compared with last year, Los Angeles and several other cities bucked the national trend — LA posted a 5% drop in unsheltered homelessness ...

Find out why vehicle-dwelling declined in Venice, as detailed in the latest study by RAND Corporation on the city's homeless ...

In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences over the past year as camping ban enforcement has increased. This story was originally published by ...

The spending plan amounts to more than double the funds that the City Council allotted for the previous fiscal year.

Ad Policy A homeless man and woman quickly pick up their belongings as Urban Alchemy crews begin their daily cleaning of the streets in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco on January 26 ...

A Los Angeles business owner has found a novel way to keep homeless people from camping near his building: playing a children’s song on an annoying loop. “They played ‘Baby Shark’ all ...