Posted on 02/10/2023 LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today issued Executive Directive 3 to maximize the use of City-owned property for temporary and permanent housing as she moves Los Angeles forward with an urgent and strategic approach to addressing the homelessness crisis. “I am making sure that the City of Los Angeles holds nothing back …
January 23, 2023 Bianca Barragán, Southern California With a Jan. 31 deadline looming, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved significant renter protections including one instituting universal just-cause eviction protections, making the city’s apartment stock the second-largest collection of regulated housing in the country. Though the momentum for these protections has picked up over the last year, it kicked into …
Ethan Ward Capital & Main (Editor’s note: The first of a three-part series from Capital & Main.) Beneath a glaring porch light over her grandmother’s driveway, Sarah Fay is on her smartphone, searching once again for a place to sleep for the night. As is often the case when she needs a place and has not …
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Mayor Karen Bass takes questions last week after declaring a state of emergency on homelessness. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says one of the reasons there isn’t enough housing for the homeless in the city is because of all the hurdles facing developers. It can take years to get started even if you have the funding. In Boyle Heights, the Lorena Plaza – a 49-unit housing development …
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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued an alert highlighting resources for financially distressed homeowners and warning homeowners of mortgage-related scams. As Californians continue to face financial hardship due to the impacts of COVID-19, many families have sought assistance in order to avoid foreclosure. In today’s alert, Attorney General Bonta shares resources for …
Mayor Karen Bass’ first day in office didn’t start at City Hall but down the street at the Emergency Operations Center where, flanked by elected officials, she declared the homeless crisis a state of emergency.
That move, which will require approval of the City Council, gives her the ability to expedite the process of creating new interim housing and making a plan to get the most vulnerable Angelenos off the streets as winter weather sets in. Bass met with the general managers of city departments and challenged them to bring her solutions to make the government more efficient and responsive when addressing homelessness.
December 3, 20225:00 AM ET DANIELLE KAYE Martha Escudero in the kitchen of her home in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif. on Nov. 20, 2022. Stella Kalinina for NPR LOS ANGELES — Tenant protections in Los Angeles County that have kept families housed throughout the pandemic are set to end Dec. 31, …
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by: Iman Palm Posted: Nov 22, 2022 / 04:47 PM PST Updated: Nov 22, 2022 / 08:26 PM PST Some Californians are getting help from the state to help pay their overdue utility bills. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that the state would release $647 million in funding to help more than 1.4 million households pay overdue energy bill …
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BY LIAM DILLON STAFF WRITER After nearly three years of COVID-19 emergency restrictions, landlords will once again be allowed to evict tenants who have fallen behind on their rent, the L.A. City Council decided Tuesday. The unanimous vote allows the eviction protections, some of the longest-lasting in the country, to end starting Feb. 1. The restrictions have prohibited …
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