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“This is not what I call a sound bite day,” U.S. District Judge David O. Carter observed Thursday as elected officials shuffled in and out of a tent better equipped for a wedding than a federal court hearing.
And yet here they were, at the heart of L.A. s skid row, nearly a year into a court case seeking relief for homeless people in Los Angeles. Some offered specific remedies they’d like to see to help solve an ever-worsening homelessness crisis, while others spoke of the need for more collaboration and coordination.
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10:01 AM, Feb. 05, 2021An earlier version of this article identified the city’s deputy mayor for homelessness as Jose “Che” Garcia. His surname is Ramirez.
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People Assisting the Homeless, among the state's largest nonprofits working to end homelessness, announced today that it has received nearly $1 million in grants to increase awareness of its Los Angeles-based LeaseUp program.
By City News Service
Feb 4, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - People Assisting the Homeless, among the state s largest nonprofits working to end homelessness, announced today that it has received nearly $1 million in grants to increase awareness of its Los Angeles-based LeaseUp program.
LeaseUp launched three years ago with the support of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority enables property owners with vacant units to connect with service providers like PATH and with prospective renters. The program helps transition formerly homeless people into vacant units, benefiting renters and owners alike. Since 2018, LeaseUp said it has secured more than 4,000 units of subsidized rental units from more than 600 property owners and managers for Angelenos either experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
After a cold and wet week, federal court comes to skid row
U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter tours Los Angeles’ skid row with LAPD Officer Deon Joseph last April.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Feb. 3, 2021 12:58 PM PT
A wet week in Los Angeles that drenched the region’s homeless population has left a federal judge outraged by the conditions people on the street face and by the city’s apparent inaction.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter spent the weekend on skid row bringing tents to people who had nowhere to shelter and now wants elected officials and attorneys for the city and county to come there as well.