Los Angeles Homeless

Is Posting Contact Info of Homeless Advocates Online Bullying?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 04.25.2012

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Joel John Roberts

Property owners created blogs, and listed the names, addresses, and phone numbers of community leaders who support homeless people's rights. If you are going to live on the streets, they say, go live near the people who advocate for you.

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WATCH: LA's Homeless Belt Out To Karaoke

Posted 04.04.2012

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This is where LA's homeless get a voice. The kind of voice you belt out from deep within you. It's karaoke in the heart of Skid Row, as KPCC's Mae ...

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Kathleen Miles

PHOTOS: Beautiful New Apartments For Silver Lake's Homeless

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.30.2012

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Jamie Hill slept on the street for the first time when she was 12 years old. Over the years, she went from sleeping in motels with her mother to foste...

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Photographer Sheds Light On Homeless With Camera Lens

lightbox.time.com | Posted 01.29.2012

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In 2008, accountant and amateur photographer Lee Jeffries was in London to run a marathon. On the day before the race, Jeffries thought he would wande...

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WATCH: Public Enemy Brings Block-Rocking Beats To Skid Row

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 01.17.2012

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As home to the largest homeless population in the country, Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles really is the most appropriate venue for hip-hop artists t...

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What's The First Thing LA Homeless Teens Spend Money On?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 12.21.2011

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What's the first thing homeless youth in Los Angeles spend their money on? Food, shelter, clothes? No, a cell phone. According to a USC study publi...

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City Struggles To Deal With Possessions Of The Homeless

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 12.29.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Everything from toasters to typewriters is piled high on a Skid Row sidewalk under the watchful eye of a woman who calls herself M...

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Matt Sledge

Homelessness In Los Angeles Drops -- But Rises 24 Percent Among Veterans

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 08.16.2011

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Homelessness in Los Angeles was on the decline over the last two years, even in the teeth of the recession -- but at the same time, homelessness among...

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Report: LA's Homeless Population Drops 3%

Toluca Lake, CA Patch | June 14, 2011 | Posted 08.15.2011

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More than 51,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County, a 3 percent drop from 2009, according to a report released Tuesday....

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What Can I Do? An Artistic Campaign to Help the Homeless

Rachel Fleischer | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Art, Social Justice, Lili Cuzor, Ramis Kim, Homelessness, Without a Home, Chris Chinn, Zach La Roc, Gregory Siff, Without a Home Movie, Jessica Fleischer, Los Angeles Homeless, What Can I Do?, La Impact, Los Angeles News
Rachel Fleischer

In my quest to continue to help the homeless, I have created a new campaign called What Can I Do?, a movement that will raise awareness and compassion about homelessness through art and social action.

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Local Business Helps Battle Unemployment, Poverty In LA

The Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 07.03.2011

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According to the California Employment Development Department, the state's current unemployment rate is around 12%. One organization, Chrysalis, is fi...

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Skid Row Mission To Charge For Shelter Beds

latimes.com | Sandy Banks | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the Union Rescue Mission, director Andy Bales has beefed up security and is changing residence requirements, in part to deal with those concerns. B...

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Giving Women And Children A Second Chance At Hope Gardens

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, as HuffPost and AOL unite to launch the Huffington Post Media Group, we're celebrating by making a statement about the importance of giving bac...

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Los Angeles Confronts Its Homelessness Reputation

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a time when cities across the country have made significant progress over the past decade in reducing the number of homeless, in no small part by b...

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1,000 Volunteers Still Needed For Los Angeles Homeless Count

Posted 05.25.2011

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Every two years, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) holds a countywide tally of all homeless residents. It's a daunting task that pla...

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Tonic, Peter Samuelson Team Up To Raise $5,000 To House Homeless Angelenos

Posted 05.25.2011

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After interviewing homeless Angelenos about their needs, T.V. producer Peter Samuelson decided that a transportable roof would help each individual ha...

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Los Angeles Unveils Plan To End Chronic Homelessness By 2016

Posted 05.25.2011

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In the Los Angeles area, 50,000 homeless people line the streets at night. Now, the city's business leaders are turning their attention to addressing...

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Social Worker Hits The Streets Of L.A.

Posted 05.25.2011

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With approximately 25,000 homeless people on the streets every night, it's no wonder why Los Angeles is sometimes referred to as the 'Homeless Capital...

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Skid Row Homeless To Be Unconditionally Housed By City Of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Times | Christopher Goffard | Posted 05.25.2011

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The searchers, a couple dozen volunteers and Los Angeles County workers, had orders: Interview everyone living on these streets. Find out how long the...

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A Day With L.A.'s Homeless

Los Angeles Times | HECTOR TOBAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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I spent a day with Salinas and his team this week, driving through Inglewood and Westchester in search of homeless people underneath the flight path o...

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Cold Nights on the Boardwalk

Judy Ranan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judy Ranan

There aren't many places for homeless kids to go when it rains in L.A. StandUp For Kids wants to build an outreach center in Venice to help these poor children who deserve a much better life.

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Changing the World One Family at a Time

Michael Hubbard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Hubbard

I've been working with homeless families since I was very young. One thing I've learned is that making a personal connection is just as important as opening your wallet.

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Homeless Marketing: Helpful Or Offensive? (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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David Permut is a film and television producer from Los Angeles. He's partially responsible for the cinematic entries "Captain Ron" and "Farce of the ...

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