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Residents of the 11th District of the City of Los Angeles served notice on City Council member Mike Bonin on Tuesday that he is the subject of a recall effort, after growing backlash against his proposal to move homeless people to the beach.

Los Angeles residents have launched an effort to recall City Council member Nithya Raman after just six months in office, after her support for squatters at a local park and her alleged refusal to respond to constituents about their concerns.

A veteran in California was reunited with his lost canine companion Sunday after he went missing for several days.

Homeless people have taken over an underground pedestrian walkway in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz, and some residents want it to be filled with concrete.

Los Angeles residents are signing petitions for the recall of city council member Mike Bonin, as public outrage against his efforts to house the city’s homeless at the beach continues to grow.

A woman named Cathy Boone died homeless while living on the streets of Astoria, Oregon, although she had inherited a small fortune.

A homeless man charged with a hate crime for allegedly punching an Asian woman in Manhattan’s Chinatown on Monday has 17 previous arrests, police said.

L.A. City Council member Mike Bonin pushed for his plan to build temporary homeless shelters at a beach parking lot on Tuesday evening — even as firefighters continued to battle a wildfire nearby that was allegedly set by a homeless arsonist.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office charged a homeless man, Ramon Santos Rodriguez, 48, on Tuesday with arson in connection with a large brush fire that erupted in the hills above Los Angeles and threatened the Pacific Palisades and Topanga.

The Los Angeles Fire Department is using the Will Rogers State Beach parking lot as a staging area as it battles a wildfire above the Pacific Palisades neighborhood — the same lot L.A. City Council member Mike Bonin wants to use for homeless shelters.

Some Oakland residents have decided to try and combat the city’s growing housing crisis by building a “community center” at a homeless camp under a highway overpass.

Jaden Smith — the son of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith — is opening his first restaurant, which will serve “free” vegan meals to the homeless. But given nothing is actually “free,” non-homeless customers will have to cover the cost of the free meals, by paying more for their own.

The growing homeless population in LA County accounts for 54 percent of fires responded to in the first quarter of 2021.

Residents of West Los Angeles are furious at City Council member Mike Bonin over his plan to move homeless people to “temporary” shelters at local beaches.

The Los Angeles City Council’s Homeless and Poverty Committee voted 4-1 Thursday to authorize a study for a controversial proposal by Councilmember Mike Bonin to build temporary shelters for the homeless at local beaches, among other sites.

California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan Tuesday to spend $12 billion on homelessness in his state as part of his $100 billion “California Comeback Plan,” promising to solve the problem of “family homelessness” within five years.

President Joe Biden’s progressive deputies are spending $3 billion to help many poor migrants get into U.S. cities, even as other pro-migration groups complain that current illegal migrants are going homeless in those high-rent cities.

With an overwhelming vote reinstating a ban on public camping, Austin, Texas, one of the most left-wing cities in the country, proves Woketardery has its limits in real life.

Several veterans are getting some much-needed assistance thanks to generous community members in Temple, Texas.

The Oscars are a day away and are already coming under fire. The city of Los Angeles is being accused of hiding the homeless as Hollywood prepares to toast itself ahead of Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards ceremony. One man told local news he was told to either move or have his things demolished.  

U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday ordering the city and county of Los Angeles to ensure that every homeless person living in the notorious Skid Row district has housing by October 18 this year.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) boasted Saturday that President Joe Biden is adopting his state’s policies on homelessness as the nationwide model by moving homeless people into hotel rooms and buying the hotels.

Dr. Drew Pinsky has been nominated to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, thanks to his vocal warnings that the crisis is primarily a problem of mental illness and drug addiction, not housing. But his nomination is proving controversial.

Fox & Friends’ Lawrence Jones reported Wednesday that Seattle parents “have just had enough” with the city’s handling of the homeless population.

A national veteran support organization is bringing its next mini-neighborhood to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Officers arrested a homeless man who allegedly attacked an Asian woman in Philadelphia’s Center City area over the weekend.

A little league in Seattle, Washington, said it is no longer safe for kids on the ballfield due to nearby homeless encampments. 

The San Diego Convention Center will be used to house thousands of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) who have entered the U.S. illegally.

A 19-year-old homeless woman was found dead and wrapped in plastic Saturday in an abandoned warehouse in New York City, according to police.

Biden’s transgender HHS nominee recommended “accelerating” cross-sex hormones for homeless teens suffering from gender dysphoria.

A Utah homeowner is allowing the homeless to camp in his front yard, use the restroom in his house, and volunteer at a community garden that he runs.

A veteran in Boothbay, Maine, is helping fellow veterans struggling with homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic.

A former homeless man recently received a special musical gift from an anonymous donor and a police officer in Fairfield, California.

Homeless advocates reported this week that the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the New York City shelter population to record numbers, according to CBS New York.

A police officer took time out of his day recently to buy a special gift for a homeless man in Carrollton, Texas.

A woman is alive after a man allegedly pushed her onto the subway tracks at Manhattan’s Union Square station on Thursday.