L.A. vowed to remove 9,800 encampments. But are homeless people getting housed?

Report Suggests Rose-Colored Glasses Look At L.A.'s Homeless Efforts

YouTube @ FOX 11 Los Angeles A report suggests Los Angeles city leaders are looking at homelessness reduction efforts through rose-colored glasses. In a settlement with the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights, the city agreed to remove 98-hundred homeless encampments. The L.A. Times reports while the city is counting each encampment dismantled, a number of those clean-ups are leaving the homeless person still on the street. The alliance strongly obje…

L.A. vowed to remove 9,800 encampments. But are homeless people getting housed?

Faced with a June 2026 deadline, city officials have been counting tents that are tossed during cleanups, even when the occupants did not get housing.