New East Hollywood government-run homeless encampment to offer emergency services, but it’s not cheap MORE This parking lot on Madison Avenue, off Beverly Boulevard, has been turned into a government-sanctioned homeless encampment that can accommodate about 120 people at a time in 12-foot by 12-foot spots. Photo courtesy of Urban Alchemy
Los Angeles has opened its first government-run homeless encampment on a quiet, commercial block beside the 101 freeway in East Hollywood. This comes one month after LA officials cleared what was one of the city’s largest encampments a makeshift community of nearly 200 tents, an outdoor food pantry and a shower stall that spanned the popular near-mile loop around Echo Park Lake just two miles away.
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Apr. 20, 2021Homelessness MORE Homeless encampments line a street by the freeway in downtown Los Angeles. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s spending plan for the next fiscal year includes nearly $1 billion to fight homelessness. Photo by Getty Images.
Mayor Eric Garcetti’s so-called “justice budget” for the next fiscal year includes nearly $1 billion to fight homelessness. That money would go towards renting, buying and building more housing. It would fund programs to keep housed residents from slipping into homelessness.
The eviction moratorium is ending soon and tenants should be aware of their rights
Apr. 17, 2021 at 6:00 am
The Santa Monica and state eviction moratoriums are scheduled to expire on June 30, and while non-payment evictions may soon resume, there are many resources available to help tenants stay housed.
Assuming the moratorium does not get extended again which remains a possibility landlords can use failure to pay full rent starting July 1 as grounds for filing an eviction.
In Santa Monica, a city with over 32,000 rental units, this poses a daunting picture for a potential tidal wave of evictions.
The City attorney’s office, however, assures residents that Santa Monica has particularly strong tenants’ protections and offers several programs to support renters, including a recently launched legal assistance initiative in partnership with the Legal Aid Foundation.