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All Los Angeles Skid Row homeless must be offered housing by October, federal judge orders
By Fred Shuster
Anger over rise in homelessness prompts bid to recall Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
A group of residents upset over the rise in homelessness in the city will formally begin a drive Wednesday to recall Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, an effort a mayoral spokesman called an unfortunate political stunt.
LOS ANGELES - Fed up by what he considers government inaction, bureaucratic paralysis and a lack of accountability, a federal judge on Tuesday suddenly ordered the city and county of Los Angeles to offer housing to the entire homeless population of downtown s Skid Row area by October.
Mayor Eric Garcetti pledges $1 billion to fight LA homelessness. Will it be enough? Written by Danielle Chiriguayo, produced by Angie Perrin and Rosalie Atkinson
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.
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Floyd case: A partial victory that shows promise of justice system
Sporadic celebrations broke out across California on Tuesday after the verdict was delivered in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was charged with murder in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, second-degree murder and third-degree murder in the death of Floyd.