Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority will count the homeless
Excludes Glendale, Pasadena and Long Beach
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A three-day count of the homeless population in much of Los Angeles County will begin tonight in the San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles.
What is billed as the nation's largest count of the homeless is conducted every two years and is headed by the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority.
Volunteers will count the homeless on streets and at hospitals, jails and foster care and mental health facilities, along with places not intended for people to live, such as cars, parks, sidewalks and abandoned buildings, according to Michael Arnold, executive director of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and City Council members Richard Alarcon, Jan Perry and Bill Rosendahl are among the volunteers who are expected to participate in the count.
The count will cover 4,000 square miles. It will exclude Glendale, Pasadena and Long Beach, where other agencies will count the homeless, Arnold said.
The count will be conducted in West Los Angeles and the South Bay Wednesday, the Antelope Valley Thursday morning and the San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Metro Los Angeles and South Los Angeles Thursday night.
"The count is just the first step in my eyes to getting to the real goal of moving people into permanent housing,'' Arnold said.
A more in-depth demographic survey will be conducted in February in order to secure key data aiding in properly allocating resources. The sub-population count will include data on gender, ethnicity, persons with ADIS or HIV-related illness, mental illness or are substance abusers, Arnold said.
The 2009 count found 42,694 homeless people, with 67 percent of the homeless unsheltered, Arnold said.
Most of the homeless were men and nearly half were Black, Arnold said.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—More than 51,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County, a 3 percent drop from 2009, according to a report released today.
The report, by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which counts the homeless once every two years, found that social service agencies and homeless prevention programs have helped keep the numbers level despite the economic downturn.
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which held meetings in Los Angeles City Hall last Thursday and in the Antelope Valley on Sunday, has a mandate is to redraw district lines, not to disrupt communities but to strengthen them. But how does the Commission accomplish its task when most community spokespersons appeared to be asking the body to maintain the status quo and keep their communities intact?
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Compton was ranked as the nation's eighth most dangerous city, but three in Orange County—Mission Viejo, Lake Forest and Irvine—ranked in the top 10 safest cities, according to a report released today.
The latest edition of City Crime Rankings is one of five annual reference works published by CQ Press that analyze and rank states and cities in various categories.
In the last several weeks local law enforcement officials have been involved in altercations with three African American males that have resulted in two fatalities and another young man clinging to life in a local hospital.
The first incident, involved 43-year-old Inglewood resident, Reginald Andre Linthicum, who according to his family had just been paroled from state prison in June after more than 11 years.
LOS ANGELES - The USC men's tennis team and men's and women's water polo teams and UCLA women's gymnastics and softball teams will be among more than 30 NCAA championship teams from the 2009-2010 academic year honored by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony today.
The Trojan men's water polo and tennis teams also won NCAA championships during the 2008-2009 academic year, but neither received invitations to the White House.
