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LAHSA Releases LA Homeless Numbers for 2022

Tue, 09/13/2022

Since 2020, Los Angeles County’s homeless population has grown 4.1% to a total of 69,144 people, according to the

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Research Finds Steep Decline in Housing After Switch to District-Based Elections

Thu, 09/8/2022

Cities across California have either switched or are preparing to switch from at-large to district-based elections. But could the transformation inadvertently be fueling the state’s housing crisis?

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San Francisco Could Face a Reckoning Over Housing Policies

Tue, 08/16/2022

The state's Department of Housing and Community Developing has launched an investigation into the city's housing policies.

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Sacramento’s Amended Ballot Measure on Homeless Encampments Pleases No One

Thu, 08/11/2022

“Here we are tonight looking to break the promise that was made to voters and reverse course,” said Daniel Conway with Safe and Clean Streets. “And basically tie the city’s leadership to a toxic relationship with the county.”

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Measure Would Force Hotels to Give Vacant Rooms to the Unhoused

Tue, 08/9/2022

Voters in Los Angeles will weigh in on a proposal that would require hotels to make vacant rooms available to homeless people.

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