Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Only about half of the 15,000 hotel and motel rooms that California has leased for mostly homeless people to slow the spread of the coronavirus are now occupied, a review of state records by The Times shows.More than a month into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s program to get homeless people off the streets, the occupied rooms account for — at most — less than 5% of the 151,000 people who sleep on street corners, under bridges and in emergency shelters across California.As of Monday, 7,919 hotel rooms had guests and another 7,700 were vacant,...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Only about half of the 15,000 hotel and motel rooms that California has leased for mostly homeless people to slow the spread of the coronavirus are now occupied, a review of state records by The Times shows.More than a month into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s program to get homeless people off the streets, the occupied rooms account for — at most — less than 5% of the 151,000 people who sleep on street corners, under bridges and in emergency shelters across California.As of Monday, 7,919 hotel rooms had guests and another 7,700 were vacant,...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Mayor Eric Garcetti’s top advisor on homelessness has told her colleagues she will be resigning at the end of the month, The Times has learned. This comes as to grow and being spent to house people and keep them from returning to the street. To help respond to the pandemic, the city is awash in federal dollars that are being directed towards homelessness. Deputy Mayor Christina Miller on the subject since she was appointed in December 2018. She had previously worked on homelessness issues for Garcetti as a senior project manager for...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Mayor Eric Garcetti’s top advisor on homelessness has told her colleagues she will be resigning at the end of the month, The Times has learned. This comes as to grow and being spent to house people and keep them from returning to the street. To help respond to the pandemic, the city is awash in federal dollars that are being directed towards homelessness. Deputy Mayor Christina Miller on the subject since she was appointed in December 2018. She had previously worked on homelessness issues for Garcetti as a senior project manager for...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he its use of rubber bullets when dealing with peaceful protesters.“I think that we’ve seen less of any of those tactics and I hope that we can see the most minimal if not zero of those tactics,” he said.He mentioned that an officer suffered a fractured skull and that officers needed to make peaceful protesting possible.“Those tactics will sometimes be out there, but it is my direction to minimize those and if we can to not use those [tactics] at all especially if there’s peaceful...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he its use of rubber bullets when dealing with peaceful protesters.“I think that we’ve seen less of any of those tactics and I hope that we can see the most minimal if not zero of those tactics,” he said.He mentioned that an officer suffered a fractured skull and that officers needed to make peaceful protesting possible.“Those tactics will sometimes be out there, but it is my direction to minimize those and if we can to not use those [tactics] at all especially if there’s peaceful...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A federal judge overseeing a sprawling lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles ordered the city and county Tuesday to offer some form of shelter or housing to the entire homeless population of skid row by October. granted a preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiffs in the case last week and now is telling the city and county that they must offer single women and unaccompanied children on skid row a place to stay within 90 days, help families within 120 days and finally, by Oct. 18, offer every homeless person on skid row...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A federal judge overseeing a sprawling lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles ordered the city and county Tuesday to offer some form of shelter or housing to the entire homeless population of skid row by October. granted a preliminary injunction sought by the plaintiffs in the case last week and now is telling the city and county that they must offer single women and unaccompanied children on skid row a place to stay within 90 days, help families within 120 days and finally, by Oct. 18, offer every homeless person on skid row...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Mayor Eric Garcetti is planning to spend nearly $1 billion to combat homelessness in the coming budget year, tapping huge new sources of state and federal aid and finally ramping up construction of homes for the unhoused. Garcetti’s spending proposal, which will be discussed during his State of the City address on Monday, reflects the growing pressure he and others at City Hall are under to make significant headway on a crisis that has left tens of thousands of people living in squalor in streets, parks and beaches. Cities across the...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Mayor Eric Garcetti is planning to spend nearly $1 billion to combat homelessness in the coming budget year, tapping huge new sources of state and federal aid and finally ramping up construction of homes for the unhoused. Garcetti’s spending proposal, which will be discussed during his State of the City address on Monday, reflects the growing pressure he and others at City Hall are under to make significant headway on a crisis that has left tens of thousands of people living in squalor in streets, parks and beaches. Cities across the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The Los Angeles City Council appears to be heading toward a settlement of by agreeing to provide new housing or shelter for thousands of homeless people, while being able to use anti-camping laws to clear anyone remaining on the streets. The new beds would be spread across the city, based on the number of homeless people estimated to be living in each City Council district in 2020, and could require every council member to find locations for hundreds of new beds.It’s not clear how much the city might have to spend to fund this...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The Los Angeles City Council appears to be heading toward a settlement of by agreeing to provide new housing or shelter for thousands of homeless people, while being able to use anti-camping laws to clear anyone remaining on the streets. The new beds would be spread across the city, based on the number of homeless people estimated to be living in each City Council district in 2020, and could require every council member to find locations for hundreds of new beds.It’s not clear how much the city might have to spend to fund this...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The last two holdouts of a homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake were arrested Friday morning, bringing an apparent close to a more than yearlong saga that saw as many as 200 people living in one of the city’s most scenic and beloved parks, building what they said was a better community for those without homes in Los Angeles.Organizers with the group Ground Game LA, which advocates for homeless people, said they were informed by a Los Angeles Police Department officer that two residents of the park, Ayman Ahmed and David Busch-Lilly,...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The last two holdouts of a homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake were arrested Friday morning, bringing an apparent close to a more than yearlong saga that saw as many as 200 people living in one of the city’s most scenic and beloved parks, building what they said was a better community for those without homes in Los Angeles.Organizers with the group Ground Game LA, which advocates for homeless people, said they were informed by a Los Angeles Police Department officer that two residents of the park, Ayman Ahmed and David Busch-Lilly,...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Citing concerns about the budget, Los Angeles County officials said they don’t plan to expand the number of hotels they’re renting to shelter homeless people who are at risk of contracting COVID-19. As of late last month, the county was renting 12 hotels with 1,350 rooms through a program known as Project Roomkey, according to a this week. It plans to keep 11 of those 12 sites open through September, at the latest. The majority of these , but a change in how the federal government reimburses the costs associated with the hotels meant...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Citing concerns about the budget, Los Angeles County officials said they don’t plan to expand the number of hotels they’re renting to shelter homeless people who are at risk of contracting COVID-19. As of late last month, the county was renting 12 hotels with 1,350 rooms through a program known as Project Roomkey, according to a this week. It plans to keep 11 of those 12 sites open through September, at the latest. The majority of these , but a change in how the federal government reimburses the costs associated with the hotels meant...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The city of Los Angeles has not received millions of dollars in federal aid it may be owed for housing homeless people in hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic because, nearly a year into the crisis, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s administration hasn’t asked for the money yet. Local, state and federal officials say the city hasn’t requested reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for portions of the estimated $59 million it has spent on Project Roomkey, which has been sheltering homeless people in hotel rooms since shortly...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The city of Los Angeles has not received millions of dollars in federal aid it may be owed for housing homeless people in hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic because, nearly a year into the crisis, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s administration hasn’t asked for the money yet. Local, state and federal officials say the city hasn’t requested reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for portions of the estimated $59 million it has spent on Project Roomkey, which has been sheltering homeless people in hotel rooms since shortly...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement An executive order signed by President Biden last week changed federal funding rules in a way that could potentially lift thousands of homeless Angelenos off the streets as the coronavirus continues to rage.Local elected officials hope a shift in how the Federal Emergency Management Agency reimburses municipalities will breathe new life into an effort to rent hotel rooms for homeless people who are vulnerable to the virus and struggle to isolate. “This is a huge opportunity. This is like manna from heaven,” said Councilman Mike...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement An executive order signed by President Biden last week changed federal funding rules in a way that could potentially lift thousands of homeless Angelenos off the streets as the coronavirus continues to rage.Local elected officials hope a shift in how the Federal Emergency Management Agency reimburses municipalities will breathe new life into an effort to rent hotel rooms for homeless people who are vulnerable to the virus and struggle to isolate. “This is a huge opportunity. This is like manna from heaven,” said Councilman Mike...WW…