Rates of death among the homeless in Los Angeles County are leveling off
The number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County has leveled off, with data showing a 1% mortality rate increase in ...
Los Angeles spends billions on homelessness with little accountability
The LAO’s report says the January 2024 point-in-time count found 187,000 people who are homeless in California, an all-time ...
Los Angeles cannot track money spent on homeless programs, independent audit finds
An independent audit commissioned by a federal judge raised serious concerns about how Los Angeles city and county are handling the billions of taxpayer dollars spent on the homelessness crisis.
Los Angeles Times7d
Homeless deaths in L.A. County are leveling off but still nearly seven per day
Los Angeles County health ... two years has leveled off. But homeless mortality remained persistently high with an average of 6.9 deaths daily in 2023, the year covered in the most recent report.
Long Beach Post1d
How Long Beach plans to shrink its biggest, longest-standing homeless encampment, the LA River
The state recently awarded Long Beach $11 million to help pay for its most ambitious encampment resolution plan to date. Most ...
Scathing audit finds L.A. homeless spending lacks oversight, accountability
Homeless programs funded by the city of Los Angeles are a virtual black hole when it comes to oversight and tracking of outcomes, a court-ordered, independent audit has found.
LAist7d
Nearly 7 unhoused LA County residents died each day in 2023
The mortality rate rose 1% in 2023 over the previous year. That’s about 2,500 deaths of unhoused people in Los Angeles County in 2023, 45% of which were caused by drug overdoses.
CBS News17d
Los Angeles County has cut homelessness, but wildfires threaten to erase that gain
The evacuees, many of whom were previously homeless ... housing placements across Los Angeles County. And while homelessness rose 18% nationwide from 2023 to 2024, according to the most recent ...
Press-Telegram7d
Rates of death among the homeless in Los Angeles County are leveling off
The number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County has leveled off, with data showing a 1% mortality rate increase in 2023 compared to an alarming increase of 56% from 2019 to 2021 ...