The housing crisis in Los Angeles is complex and multi-layered. Exploring the housing development terrain takes patience and effort. A group of students at USC spent close to 40 hours during the 2020 spring semester learning and producing a podcast on policy housing in Los …
Help Us Champion Housing as a Human Right
It is time to declare that housing is a human right and ensure access to this basic human need for all people. We know that lack of access to housing reduces life expectancy by an average of 20 years and harms health in multiple ways. It …
The New Ninth: South LA Opens the First Bridge Home Shelter in CD 9
Councilmember Curren Price, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and Supervisor Hilda Solis celebrated on Thursday, March 5 the completion of the first A Bridge Home shelter in District 9 called “Bringing Hope to Hope Street.” The facility at 2817 S. Hope St. is the twelfth to …
Safe Parking Program Available in Westlake and Glassell Park
Our Safe Parking Program in Westlake and Glassell Park in our district currently has openings. The lot is operated by the Shower of Hope under contract with the LA Homeless Services Authority and each lot can accommodate up to 20 vehicles nightly. We changed the contact number and added our new Mobile Laundry Truck service at each site …
Emotional farewell for Earl Paysinger who served as assistant chief for LAPD for 41 years
Paysinger retired from the LAPD in 2016 and went to work for the University of Southern California. He was diagnosed with cancer but kept it private. “We had no idea of this fight and struggle that he was in….it is classic Paysinger, a man who …
Annual Independent Evaluation of the Homeless Initiative Shows Los Angeles County is Making an Impact
Los Angeles County is housing more people than ever before as it confronts a large and growing homelessness crisis, a new independent performance evaluation shows. The annual performance evaluation assessed outcomes in fiscal year 2018-19, known as Year Three, of a comprehensive set of strategies …
Progress and Challenges for Homelessness
(USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work’s Bits & Bytes, June 1, 2018) My heart goes out to our 53, 195 (LAHSA 2018 Homeless Point-in-Time Count) homeless neighbors throughout Los Angeles county facing daily struggle, hopelessness, and desperation as they search for a safe place to …
It Takes a Village with an Army
By Brenda Wiewel, Director, USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness Is it a “just” a crisis or should our leaders officially declare a “state of emergency” on homelessness, one attendee at the recent USC Summit on Homelessness in Los Angeles wondered. The county homeless initiative dashboard shows …
L.A. County honored by National Alliance to End Homelessness
(L.A. County Chairman’s Office, October 27, 2017) The National Alliance to End Homelessness honored Los Angeles County at its 2017 Innovation and Excellence Awards in Washington D.C. The Alliance praised the County’s Homeless Initiative and Measure H, which over the next five years is expected to …
Obama, Garcetti headline summit aimed at ending veteran homelessness
(USC Price, July 16, 2014) First Lady Michelle Obama and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke about an aggressive plan to eliminate veteran homelessness citywide at the Unite for Veterans Summit, a partnership between the USC Price School of Public Policy, United Way of Greater Los …