LA Fire Department Memo: One-Third of Fires Involve the Homeless, Mayor Bass ‘Must be Held Accountable’

LA Fire Department Memo: One-Third of Fires Involve the Homeless, Mayor Bass ‘Must be Held Accountable’

A newly released memo from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) reveals that one-third of all fires the department has responded to over the past six years involve homeless individuals. The document stresses how the city’s homelessness crisis is increasingly straining emergency services and driving up public safety costs. The memo states that “rubbish fires” — half of which involve the homeless — have become the department’s top service call t…

LA County Asks for Public Input on New Homelessness Department Director

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is asking the public to weigh in on the selection of a new director to lead a forthcoming department focused solely on addressing homelessness.