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Housing and Homelessness

The affordable housing crisis to grow in California. Learn about legacies of racist housing policy as well as gentrification and other causes of homelessness. Follow conversations on zoning, rent relief, city spending and housing trusts as the state grapples with this urgent issue.

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A homeless man sleeps on the sidewalk of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard
The Los Angeles City Council has authorized $2.9 million in additional funding for the demobilization of Project Roomkey, a housing program created during the coronavirus pandemic that is winding down.
An aerial view of a Southern California neighborhood where roofs of houses have solar panels
A California non-profit is retrofitting homes to make a "virtual power plant" — and fighting gentrification at the same time.
Los Angeles City Hall rises behind a sidewalk homeless encampment in Downtown Los Angeles.
At a disruptive meeting that resulted in one arrest, Los Angeles City Council voted to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.
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Los Angeles county approved an LA River Master Plan that will develop a variety of projects over the next several years, including a land bank to buy affordable housing along the river. The five supervisors backed the River and Land Bank plans despite environmental and community groups pulling their support for it the day before.
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California’s first-in-the-nation task force to identify reparations said business loans, housing grants, tuition, wage and job protections could provide redress for African Americans.
An exterior view of Angel Stadium of Anaheim before a game between the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels on May 22, 2022 in Anaheim, California.
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu resigned amid an FBI investigation alleging that he provided insider information to the Los Angeles Angels during a proposed sale of Angel Stadium.
A protestor speaks through a megaphone at a car caravan in Bell Gardens, California
When California Latinas for Reproductive Justice first started organizing for rent control, some policymakers didn't see the connection between housing and health. In Bell Gardens, the fight for housing stability is the fight to address the environmental determinants of health.
Protesters surround the Los Angeles Superior Court to prevent an upcoming wave of evictions and call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass an eviction moratorium.
State lawmakers are rushing this week to extend California eviction protections for hundreds of thousands of tenants waiting for rent relief. But some advocacy groups for landlords and tenants alike are unhappy with the bill.
Panorama of El Sereno homes
Roberto Flores, co-founder of the Eastside Café, saw a potential solution to the housing crisis in the vacant state-owned homes of El Sereno. He draws on lessons from Indigenous communities in Chiapas to organize for community control and stable, dignified housing.
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Data suggests 516,000 households in Los Angeles County suffered from food insecurity in 2018. Struggling to secure a meal makes it harder for people to address other priorities such as employment or mental health.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during his State of the State speech in Sacramento on March 8, 2022. He stands in front of a row of California and U.S. Flags.Photo by
Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a pep talk to Californians tired of COVID and worried about crime, homelessness and inflation. In his State of the State address, he pledged some relief from high gas prices, but mostly promoted the "California Way" of finding new solutions to big problems.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in front of a podium with a sign reading "the California Blueprint".
Gavin Newsom took office promising to tackle poverty. His administration has made progress on a number of fronts, but advocates say the state needs to do more to reduce inequality.
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