Rina Palta
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Where your tax dollars are going in LA's fight against homelessness
With homelessness on the rise, county supervisors approve plans to spend $400 million in the next fiscal year. Spending on shelters will increase. → Read More
Audio: Rats, roaches, bedbugs, mold: Why thousands of LA's homeless shelter beds sit empty each night
Every night, some 43,000 people sleep on the streets of Los Angeles County in tents, cars and makeshift structures. So why do thousands of beds run by the biggest homeless agencies also sit empty each night? → Read More
Audio: Rats, roaches, bedbugs, mold: Why thousands of LA's homeless shelter beds sit empty each night
Every night, some 43,000 people sleep on the streets of Los Angeles County in tents, cars and makeshift structures. So why do thousands of beds run by the biggest homeless agencies also sit empty each night? → Read More
Audio: LA Mayor's new homelessness plan: more shelters, more enforcement
The mayor is betting that the prospect of cleaner streets and sidewalks free of homeless encampments will override L.A.'s history of NIMBYism. → Read More
Audio: The lower LA River is pretty ugly. Imagine if it looked like this instead
The 19-mile stretch from Vernon to Long Beach winds along a treeless corridor marked by pollution, poverty, and according to local officials, great opportunity. → Read More
Audio: Why LA County could lose $3 billion worth of affordable housing
Some 11,000 currently affordable apartments are at risk of soon being priced at the market rate. Add that to snags in the funding of new construction for low-income and homeless people and a bad situation might be getting worse. → Read More
LA needs tens of thousands of rentals for homeless, report says
L.A. County needs over 30,000 new supportive housing units and rental vouchers to functionally end homelessness, according to a report released Tuesday. → Read More
LA's historic Olvera Street may get homeless shelter
A plan to place temporary housing for homeless in a lot near Olvera Street in Downtown L.A. moved forward Wednesday over the opposition of local merchants. → Read More
Audio: Families flooding LA's homeless system at five times the rate of last year
Nonprofit service providers in L.A.'s family homeless system are seeing five times the number of new clients walk in their doors as they saw last year. → Read More
Audio: Families flooding LA's homeless system at five times the rate of last year
Nonprofit service providers in L.A.'s family homeless system are seeing five times the number of new clients walk in their doors as they saw last year. → Read More
Motels could shelter thousands of LA's homeless
Los Angeles may make it easier for motels to convert into housing for homeless under an ordinance discussed by a city council committee Wednesday. → Read More
LA Fire unit to pick up intoxicated homeless in Skid Row
The Los Angeles Fire Department has launched a new "sober unit" to pick up heavily intoxicated homeless people from L.A.'s streets. → Read More
Homeless deaths rise in Los Angeles in 2017
The number of homeless people dying on L.A. County's streets rose in 2017 for the fifth year in a row. Accidents were the most common cause of death. → Read More
Audio: LA officials increasing outreach to homeless encampments in fire prone areas
Officials in L.A. County are stepping up their outreach efforts to homeless encampments after learning the cause of the Skirball Fire. → Read More
Audio: GOP tax plan could sharply cut California's low-income housing funding
The Republicans' tax cut plan would have a "devastating" impact on California's efforts to address affordable housing and homelessness, experts say. → Read More
California's low-income housing crisis could get worse under GOP tax plan
The Republicans' tax cut plan would have a "devastating" impact on California's efforts to address affordable housing and homelessness, experts say. → Read More
Audio: LA officials struggle with options for homeless with mental illnesses
L.A. County officials want more help for homeless people with mental health issues. As for those who refuse treatment, the options are imperfect. → Read More
Affordability crisis hits LA's trailer parks
L.A. County officials say rising rents and low vacancy rates are hitting the region's mobile home parks. The Board of Supervisors will consider rent control Tuesday. → Read More
Audio: A new approach to getting homeless off LA's trains
The L.A. Metro system is trying a new approach to dealing with homeless who use trains as shelter: instead of police, outreach teams approach people sleeping on trains. → Read More
Audio: 12,000 youth are homeless in California. Politicians say they want to change that
"You want to stop chronic homelessness? Solve youth homelessness," says one advocate. But that requires money and effort. → Read More