Both programs were set to expire in June.
The decision to extend the programs, on a combined vote this week, also included a review of both initiatives, during which Redondo Beach revealed the results of its first independent count of those living on the streets.
Los Angeles County has spent years trying to solve its homeless crisis by building shelters and investing in various services, such as job training and mental health care, to help people get and stay off the streets. It also annually counts the number of folks living on the streets or in shelters, which in 2020 was about 66,400 people.
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LA REAL ESTATE The property Jordan Mazer bought in December is the classic Venice beach house in more ways than one.
The $2.225 million clapboard house is close enough to a local surf break that Mr. Mazer, a 33-year-old human-resources executive for a videogame company, can run to it with his surfboard tucked under his arm. Another thing that makes his property emblematic of the neighborhood: He paid $213,000 less than the buyer in 2018, and $450,000 less than the buyer in 2016. The home, for which he paid over $1,000 a square foot, is near the beach but also near the Venice boardwalk, where scores of homeless people are now living.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ St. Joseph Center – a Los Angeles non-profit dedicated to serving people dealing with poverty, homelessness, and health insecurities – announces four new members to its Board of Directors. St. Joseph Center is leading the charge to increase diversity and equity amongst its advisory board, including members with lived experience in navigating the social services system for homeless programs. The newly elected members are esteemed women of diverse backgrounds and professions that will help St. Joseph Center make a positive difference into 2021 and beyond.
New board members include LaRae Cantley, Co-founder of the Housing Justice-LA Podcast, Diana Cárdenas, Vice President and Senior Project Manager in Affordable Housing at U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation (USBCDC), Ashley Fumiko Dominguez, Associate Director of Federal Relations within UCLA s Government & Community Relations, and Kimber