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April 13, 2018
When will LA’s big homelessness strategy start paying off?
“I’m concerned that if we don’t get a hold of this soon, the same people who voted for all that money to go toward fixing homelessness are going to pass a new ballot measure that calls for the forcible removal of people off the streets,” Hayes says...
May 4, 2018
Garcetti Says He Wants More Money for Homeless Shelters
“If we are serious about saying that we are going to take this to the core and saying we will not allow these conditions to exist any more, let’s address those 2,000 people at Skid Row and increase the amount of the $20 million so that we reach the rest of the city,” Huizar told the Budget and Fiance Committee earlier this week...
May 1, 2018
Long Beach releases ‘grim’ report on senior care, provides hopeful vision for the future
In Long Beach—where one-quarter of all residents are 50 years of age or older—many seniors are getting displaced by high rents, either becoming homeless or being forced to move out of the city, the analysis said. And there are not nearly enough affordable housing units available to seniors.
In fact, during a December 2016 count of affordable housing in Long Beach, officials found 31 buildings listed as accepting Section 8 housing vouchers, Cantrell-Warren said. Of those, four no longer accepted vouchers—thus losing its “affordable” designation—and among the other 27, there were three apartments available.
Financially, seniors are also vulnerable, the study showed. Seniors are more likely than other age groups to be victims of scams, fraud, physical and emotional abuse, and neglect. But the resources available to protect seniors are lacking, according to the analysis. READ MORE...