Articles for Measure H

Editorial: Think twice before breaking up the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
1 week, 3 days ago

Editorial: Think twice before breaking up the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, left, now former City Council member Paul Krekorian and LAHSA Chief Executive Va Lecia Adams Kellum kick off the first night of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s 2024 homeless count in North Hollywood on Jan. 23. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is the closest the city and county have had to …

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Editorial: L.A. County voters agreed to another tax to reduce homelessness. Let’s make sure it does
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Editorial: L.A. County voters agreed to another tax to reduce homelessness. Let’s make sure it does

LA Times  

Los Angeles County got a gift from voters: They passed Measure A, a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax that will provide a billion dollars a year for services and housing for homeless people. It’s imperative that L.A. city and county officials and civic leaders use that money efficiently and transparently to get people the help and housing they need. The county made …

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L.A. County homeless tax ahead in early returns. Voters deadlocked on enlarging board of supes
2 months ago

L.A. County homeless tax ahead in early returns. Voters deadlocked on enlarging board of supes

LA Times  

L.A. County voters will decide the fate of Measure A, which would double the quarter-cent sales tax voters approved in 2017 for homeless services. A ballot measure aimed at enlarging the pot of money available for homeless services in Los Angeles County was ahead in early returns Tuesday night, while voters were deadlocked on another measure expanding the county Board …

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‘It’s close’: Half of voters polled favor L.A. County Measure A sales tax for homeless services
2 months, 1 week ago

‘It’s close’: Half of voters polled favor L.A. County Measure A sales tax for homeless services

LA Times  

Reynaldo Roman, left, tries to stay dry as he cooks a pot of beans in his makeshift home in Los Angeles in 2023. In the final weeks before the Nov. 5 election, a measure that would double the county’s quarter-percent homeless sales tax was closing in on the majority it needs to pass, a new poll of likely Los Angeles …

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Measure A homeless sales tax edges closer to the 50% majority needed for passage, poll shows
3 months ago

Measure A homeless sales tax edges closer to the 50% majority needed for passage, poll shows

LA Times  

A homeless woman walks with her belongings as city employees clean up homeless encampments along Hollywood Blvd on Aug. 15. A measure on the November ballot that would double the county’s quarter-percent homeless sales tax is edging closer to the majority it would need to pass in a new poll of likely Los Angeles County voters. The poll, conducted between …

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Endorsement: Yes on Measure A. The county sales tax hike is essential to ease homelessness
3 months ago

Endorsement: Yes on Measure A. The county sales tax hike is essential to ease homelessness

LA Times  

A co-living apartment building in Koreatown was developed with help from LA4LA — a government, philanthropic and private sector alliance — allowing the building to be completed and converted into homeless housing. And in 2017, county voters overwhelmingly passed Measure H, which added one-quarter of a cent to the sales tax to fund homeless services and rental assistance. L.A. County’s …

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Los Angeles County voters are lukewarm on tax hike for homeless services, poll says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Los Angeles County voters are lukewarm on tax hike for homeless services, poll says

LA Times  

A homeless woman walks with her belongings as Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program employees along with the Los Angeles Sanitation Bureau clean up homeless encampments along Hollywood Boulevard and Gower Street on Thursday in Hollywood. A measure on the November ballot that would double the county’s quarter-cent homeless sales tax is leading in an early poll of Los Angeles …

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L.A. County half-cent homelessness sales tax heads toward November ballot
6 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. County half-cent homelessness sales tax heads toward November ballot

LA Times  

L.A. County voters will decide in November whether to approve a new half-cent sales tax for homeless services across the region. Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to send a measure to the November ballot that would double the county’s homelessness sales tax to a half-cent to fund housing and homeless services. “There is no time to waste.” The money …

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Civic groups launch campaign to double L.A. County’s quarter-cent homelessness sales tax
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Civic groups launch campaign to double L.A. County’s quarter-cent homelessness sales tax

LA Times  

A man who is homeless stands among tents and makeshift enclosures on Wilde Street in Los Angeles in 2020. An alliance of civic groups is gathering signatures to place a measure on the November ballot that would double L.A. County’s homelessness sales tax to a half-cent to raise more funds for housing,prevention and services. The money would fund homelessness programs, …

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Faced with another bad homelessness count, L.A. reacts with frustration
1 year, 6 months ago

Faced with another bad homelessness count, L.A. reacts with frustration

LA Times  

L.A. leaders have thrown themselves into the fight against homelessness in recent years, spending an ever-growing amount of money on programs meant to pull the city’s neediest residents back from the brink. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, center, with City Council President Paul Krekorian, left, and actor Danny Trejo in North Hollywood during the homelessness count in January. Councilmember Nithya …

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L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated

LA Times  

More than a year after it was secretly recorded and a month after it was leaked, a backroom conversation among three Los Angeles City Council members and a prominent union president continues to shake city politics. Julia Wick, reporter “Curren” This refers to Curren Price, a political ally of Martinez’s and a two-term L.A. City Council member who represents Council …

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Tax proposed on L.A. property sales over $5 million to fund homeless housing
3 years ago

Tax proposed on L.A. property sales over $5 million to fund homeless housing

LA Times  

In an ambitious effort to address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, a coalition of housing advocates, labor unions and progressive activist groups plans to file paperwork Thursday for a ballot measure that would increase taxes on real estate transactions in the city to fund permanent housing for homeless people and those at risk of ending up on the street. …

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L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds

LA Times  

Los Angeles County voters broadly support a legal right to shelter for all but offer tepid backing for new taxes that might pay for it, a new poll finds. The new poll, conducted by the Los Angeles Business Council Institute in cooperation with The Times, found that a significant majority of voters, 58%, said they believed the region can solve …

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As efforts collapse to place homeless in hotels, L.A. officials propose new, $800-million plan
4 years, 6 months ago

As efforts collapse to place homeless in hotels, L.A. officials propose new, $800-million plan

LA Times  

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic is slashing tax revenue across the board, officials Tuesday unveiled an $800-million plan to house Los Angeles County’s homeless people who are most vulnerable to the disease. The three-year program proposed by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority would employ a combination of bridge housing, rental subsidies and rehousing services, all leading to permanent placements …

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It took three years of blown deadlines, but L.A. opens its first homeless housing project
5 years ago

It took three years of blown deadlines, but L.A. opens its first homeless housing project

LA Times  

Miah Ayala, 2, plays in the courtyard of the first housing development built using money from Proposition HHH. For months, the wooden frame rising at 88th and Vermont stood as a constant reminder of the unfulfilled promise of Proposition HHH, the $1.2-billion bond for homeless housing that Los Angeles voters approved more than three years ago. “This is just the …

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Desperate to build more homeless housing, L.A. County seeks help from the private sector
5 years, 1 month ago

Desperate to build more homeless housing, L.A. County seeks help from the private sector

LA Times  

In a move meant to speed up the development of homeless housing with help from the private sector, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors has approved a motion that directs county departments to identify sites for both short-term and long-term housing, along with cost estimates and timelines for completion. “I’m going to finally say what I think needs to be …

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L.A. could have 30 new homeless shelters, but the county is refusing to pay for them
5 years, 1 month ago

L.A. could have 30 new homeless shelters, but the county is refusing to pay for them

LA Times  

It took months to get off the ground, but Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s plan to build a homeless shelter in every City Council district has taken off. Those shelters and programs would have to be scaled back, however, without Measure H funds from the county, an official in the city administrative office said. The county staff report also pointed …

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95% of voters say homelessness is L.A.’s biggest problem, Times poll finds. ‘You can’t escape it’
5 years, 1 month ago

95% of voters say homelessness is L.A.’s biggest problem, Times poll finds. ‘You can’t escape it’

LA Times  

An exclusive poll done for the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Business Council Institute found that 95% of respondents believe homelessness is either a serious or very serious problem. As people living in tents, RVs and makeshift shelters become a fact of life in neighborhoods far and wide, homelessness is now an all-consuming issue in Los Angeles County, with …

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L.A. spent $619 million on homelessness last year. Has it made a difference?
5 years, 8 months ago

L.A. spent $619 million on homelessness last year. Has it made a difference?

LA Times  

Los Angeles officials are bracing for the release of a report that’s likely to show little or no progress in reining in homelessness, despite the $619 million they spent last year to grapple with the crisis. Peter Lynn, executive director of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, told the L.A. County Board of Supervisors that the region is unlikely to …

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