In Break with LAHSA, LA County Supervisors Hire Director to Lead New Homeless Services Department

Family reunification program to fly homeless out of Los Angeles, Santa Monica getting more than 200 calls

A new family reunification program is helping homeless people in Los Angeles and Santa Monica return to their families and hometowns.

In break with LAHSA, LA County Supervisors hire director to lead new homeless services department

There's a new way of providing services to the homeless in the form of a new LA County department and new director, too.

In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency

LOS ANGELES — Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction treatment. Others relaxed on shaded grass and charged their phones as an intake line for housing grew more crowded. The Skid Row Care Campus officially opened this spring with ample offerings for people living on the streets of this historically do…

In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness, Los Angeles tries harm reduction

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more lenient approach to drug use and addiction.