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Nithya Raman, Kevin De León got more homeless people off the street. Will that sway voters?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Nithya Raman, Kevin De León got more homeless people off the street. Will that sway voters?

LA Times  

Incumbent Los Angeles City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Nithya Raman have had success in getting homeless people off the street in their districts. Raman, who chairs the council’s homelessness committee, said the work by her team shows that the city “can actually address street homelessness, which is what most Angelenos are concerned about, far more effectively than we have …

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As she pushes for new homeless housing, Yaroslavsky shifts gears on no-camping zones
1 year, 4 months ago

As she pushes for new homeless housing, Yaroslavsky shifts gears on no-camping zones

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. Six months ago, Los Angeles City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky took a firm stand on the city’s law regulating homeless encampments, saying she would not support the creation of any new no-camping zones until she had received a written report analyzing the law’s effectiveness. Yaroslavsky promised to …

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Inside the financial ties between a controversial housing nonprofit and Kevin de León
1 year, 9 months ago

Inside the financial ties between a controversial housing nonprofit and Kevin de León

LA Times  

In summer 2020, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation was ramping up its fight with the city of Los Angeles over housing homeless people. City staff would respond differently depending on who makes the ask.” Political ethics experts said that De León’s relationship with the foundation and failure to disclose his financial ties raise a potential conflict-of-interest concern. This is really unethical.” …

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Mayor’s new emergency order runs up against an unresolved problem: chaos at City Hall
2 years ago

Mayor’s new emergency order runs up against an unresolved problem: chaos at City Hall

LA Times  

Mayor Karen Bass takes questions from the media at the city’s Emergency Operations Center after declaring a state of emergency over homelessness. Ricci Sergienko, co-founder of the activist group known as the People’s City Council, pointed out that even President Biden called for De León’s resignation after the secretly recorded conversation became public. Reedy’s attorney called that account untrue, saying …

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Once seen as a trailblazer, Kevin de León tumbles after leaked racist tape
2 years, 2 months ago

Once seen as a trailblazer, Kevin de León tumbles after leaked racist tape

LA Times  

City Councilmember Kevin de León faces calls to resign after a leaked recording revealed his participation in an offensive discussion with political allies. “Kevin is not a racist,” said Fabian Núñez, the former Assembly speaker who has been close to De León since their teenage years. “You don’t know if what he’s saying in public is how he actually feels.” …

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Column: Nury Martinez divided L.A. with racism. Can the next mayor help us heal?
2 years, 2 months ago

Column: Nury Martinez divided L.A. with racism. Can the next mayor help us heal?

LA Times  

For one last time before ballots start arriving in mailboxes for the November election, mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso will meet on stage for a televised debate Tuesday night. For much of that, we can blame Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera. It’s …

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The fall of Nury Martinez: A blunt talker undone by her words
2 years, 2 months ago

The fall of Nury Martinez: A blunt talker undone by her words

LA Times  

When Nury Martinez was growing up in Pacoima, the child of immigrants from the Mexican state of Zacatecas, she watched politicians from afar. … He’s with the Blacks.” California Photos: High emotion at first City Council meeting following leaked audio of Nury Martinez’s racists remarks The City Council struggled to begin its meeting Tuesday as Angelenos flooded the chambers and …

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Los Angeles homeless count raises doubts about accuracy. Is it time for a new way?
2 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles homeless count raises doubts about accuracy. Is it time for a new way?

LA Times  

Jose Luis Camargo washes a skillet outside his camp under an elevated ramp linking the 110 to the 105 Freeway in Los Angeles. “I just don’t think a point-in-time count makes sense of really helping people,” said Connie Brooks, a Venice resident who participates in the unofficial counts that consistently show more than 200 homeless people in the area. “I …

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Bass and Caruso have talked big on homelessness. Now they’re offering some details
2 years, 3 months ago

Bass and Caruso have talked big on homelessness. Now they’re offering some details

LA Times  

The Los Angeles mayor’s race has been defined by candidates’ sweeping promises to get homeless people off the streets — with the most ambitious talk coming from the top two finishers in the June primary. Rep. Karen Bass, who leads developer Rick Caruso in polls, said she would place 15,000 people in tiny homes, motels, hotels, apartments and other forms …

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L.A.'s anti-camping law is a patchwork of compliance
2 years, 7 months ago

L.A.'s anti-camping law is a patchwork of compliance

LA Times  

The posted deadline for every tent and shanty to be gone arrived on a Monday. Yet by noon, life continued at its desultory pace as people began to stir in the dozen structures pressed against the guardrail over the 101 Freeway in downtown L.A. “Tomorrow,” said Harvey Hernandez, 58, a longtime denizen of downtown streets who displayed his awareness of …

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Column: Critics of tiny homes wail. But Eagle Rock village is better than tents and offers hope
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: Critics of tiny homes wail. But Eagle Rock village is better than tents and offers hope

LA Times  

When it was time for my daughter to learn how to drive, I took her to an empty parking lot on Figueroa Street, across from the Eagle Rock Rec Center. “It’s going to be three meals a day, psychotherapeutic services and drug addiction services.” In his speeches, De León likes to ask, “in what parallel universe” is it better to …

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L.A. to clear homeless camp in Little Tokyo, sparking mixed reaction
2 years, 9 months ago

L.A. to clear homeless camp in Little Tokyo, sparking mixed reaction

LA Times  

Phillip Lomeli, left, and girlfriend Samantha Campos leave a homeless encampment Thursday morning in the Little Tokyo area of downtown Los Angeles. Tommy Miller, 39, leaves a homeless encampment at Toriumi Plaza in Little Tokyo area of downtown Los Angeles on their way to housing provided by Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority on March 17. Sarah Perry and her dog …

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Column: Spending $800,000 for a single unit of homeless housing is a red flag for L.A.
2 years, 9 months ago

Column: Spending $800,000 for a single unit of homeless housing is a red flag for L.A.

LA Times  

Stephen Smith stands in his doorway at Chandler Street Tiny Home Village in North Hollywood in 2021. “It isn’t what Angelenos voted for six years ago,” said former city and county executive Miguel Santana, who cited multiple bureaucratic hurdles and worried that public frustration will make it difficult to win needed support for future investments in housing for homeless people. …

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Kevin de León, working to clear encampments, wages an escalating fight with activists
2 years, 11 months ago

Kevin de León, working to clear encampments, wages an escalating fight with activists

LA Times  

L.A. City Councilman Kevin de León says the city moved more than 90 homeless people off the sidewalks near El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, home to Olvera Street. Rep. Karen Bass unveiled her plan last week for removing street encampments, which says the city cannot tolerate “open air drug trafficking” and violence that’s “hidden behind tents.” Last week, …

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L.A.’s mayoral candidates agree homeless encampments need to go. The question is how
3 years ago

L.A.’s mayoral candidates agree homeless encampments need to go. The question is how

LA Times  

Facing an enormous public outcry to solve homelessness in Los Angeles, nearly all of the leading candidates for mayor in 2022 agree on at least one thing: The problem of thousands of people sleeping in tents and RVs across the city is a crisis deserving of a disaster-level response. They said the city also needs to continue building permanent housing …

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L.A. sets goal of 25,000 new housing units for homeless people
3 years, 4 months ago

L.A. sets goal of 25,000 new housing units for homeless people

LA Times  

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a goal of building 25,000 new housing units for the city’s homeless population. Facing an acute housing crisis and rising public anger over tents in public spaces, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved an ambitious goal of building 25,000 units of new housing for homeless people by 2025. Housing & …

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Councilman Kevin de León wants 25,000 housing units for homeless people by 2025
3 years, 11 months ago

Councilman Kevin de León wants 25,000 housing units for homeless people by 2025

LA Times  

When the Los Angeles City Council opens its 2021 term on Tuesday, Councilman Kevin de León will introduce a range of motions with the goal of creating 25,000 new housing units for homeless people by 2025. In an interview, De León was light on details about how the city might generate enough housing to almost double the number of units …

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