This Friday, LAHSA announced yet another staggering increase in homelessness. From 2019 to 2020, the City of Los Angeles’ unhoused population increased by 14.2%, from 36,165 to 41,290. The total number of people experiencing homelessness in LA County is 66,433. Read more…
When: Wednesday, May 6 at 10:00am Watch the livestream at: https://www.lacity.org/government/follow-meetings/city-council-meetings Agenda: Council Agenda To submit public comment, click on the agenda item number, which takes you to the council file. Then click on the “NEW!” button. To participate in public comment during Read more…
When: Wednesday, April 22 at 10:00am Watch the livestream at: https://www.lacity.org/government/follow-meetings/city-council-meetings Agenda: https://ens.lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/clkcouncilagendas3139951_04222020.html To submit public comment, click on the agenda item number, which takes you to the council file. Then click on the “NEW!” button. To participate in public comment during the Read more…
When: Friday, March 27 at 11:00am Watch the livestream at: https://www.lacity.org/government/follow-meetings/city-council-meetings Agenda: https://ens.lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/clkcouncilagendas3139754_03272020.html To submit public comment, click on the agenda item number, which takes you to the council file. Then click on the “NEW!” button. To participate in public Read more…
SIGN THE PETITION This COVID-19 pandemic impacts the health, safety, and livelihood of every Angeleno, and Los Angeles needs a City Council President we can rely on to lead us through these difficult times. On March 23, 2020, Los Angeles Read more…
The homelessness crisis and its solutions are directly tied to the decisions that are made by Los Angeles Local governing bodies. On March 3rd, Los Angeles will be holding elections that will determine the future of City Council, the County Read more…
To: Mayor Eric GarcettiCity Council President Nury Martinez CC:Councilmembers Gil Cedillo, Paul Krekorian, Bob Blumenfield, David E. Ryu, Paul Koretz, Monica Rodriguez, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Curren D. Price Jr., Herb J. Wesson Jr., Mike Bonin, John Lee, Mitch O’Farrell, Jose Huizar, Read more…
By Mike Dickerson Picture this: you’re an unhoused person living in Los Angeles, and you’ve found a spot to bed down for the night. It’s quiet, it’s grassy, you feel somewhat safe there, even if just for the night. Then, Read more…
Anti-homeless rhetoric is nothing new to us. As a community organization that initially formed to counter protestors of a proposed shelter, we have seen a range from healthy skepticism of the bridge home initiative to outright bigotry. But none of Read more…
Last summer, the organization that would become Ktown for All was founded to fight for a Bridge Home Shelter in Koreatown and to counter the vitriolic voices against it. As the group evolved, we relied on the voices of our unhoused Read more…