As immigration enforcement actions intensify across Los Angeles and the nation, the question of solidarity between Black communities and immigrant groups has become a topic […]
Tag: Skid Row
Homeless still suffer despite billions spent in California
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Beneath a skyline etched with wealth and power, the shadows of Los Angeles’s tallest skyscrapers stretch toward […]
Nonprofit distributes backpacks for homeless on Skid Row
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Tamara G. Lewis remembers the incident as if it happened yesterday. “I had just attended a business […]
Meth, Death and Abuse
Inside the Private Security Forces Patrolling the Homeless Public agencies are funding private security guards in homeless shelters and on the street, opening a new […]
Judge to rule on homeless program audit March 22
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — More time is needed to finalize details of an audit before a judge can give final approval of city […]
Once homeless woman starts nonprofit to help others off streets
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — It takes grit, guts and plenty of determination to escape Skid Row and start your own nonprofit […]
Los Angeles agrees to settle homelessness lawsuit
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The city will spend up to $3 billion over the next five years to develop as many as 16,000 […]
Judge orders settlement conference in homeless suit
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — An exasperated federal judge has ordered a mandatory settlement conference in a long-running lawsuit demanding the city and county […]
Lawsuit accuses Ed Buck of causing two overdoses
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A man who survived two overdoses from drugs allegedly supplied by Ed Buck is suing the former Democratic donor, […]
City, county argue homeless crisis isn’t about race
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A federal judge’s focus on systemic racism as the driving force behind the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles is […]