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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.  

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.

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.

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.

A seven-year-old boy from Maryland led an effort to make 1,000 lunches for the homeless in his community.

A New York City Real Estate CEO is spearheading an effort to ask Mayor Bill de Blasio to restore law and order in the city.

A New Jersey man has San Diego on his mind a lot, so much so that he views a webcam of Ocean Beach every morning to watch the two homeless men clean up the beach for free.

Community members came together recently to help a man whose home in Miami, Florida, was demolished while he was still inside.

A string of moving trucks was spotted in Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Saturday, according to Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.

Chicago police are searching for a man who allegedly stabbed four homeless people, killing one in a recent series of attacks.

New York City officials will soon start the process of removing homeless people from the city’s hotels, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) promised Monday.

A homeless encampment in New York City has thrived on a street corner in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, despite Mayor Bill de Blasio learning about the encampment three weeks ago and vowing to take action “right away.”

The Guardian Angels met with residents of the Upper West Side neighborhood in the wake of thousands of homeless being placed in NYC hotels.

San Francisco is using $100 million of the $550 million CA got from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to put homeless people in hotels.

A teenager in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, is using his artistic talent to support homeless veterans in need across the country.

A homeless encampment in Manhattan’s East Village is growing despite New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to break up such groups.

A homeless camp in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is causing problems for neighbors who pledged to avoid calling the police into their community following the death of George Floyd.

Homelessness rose by 13% in Los Angeles County, and 14% in the City of Los Angeles itself, over the year ending in January, according to the annual homeless count released on Friday.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti blamed “institutional racism” for homelessness, though liberal California is entirely responsible for the nation’s rise in homelessness.

Citizens of Austin, Texas, located and donated to a homeless man whose only belongings were destroyed by rioters on Friday.

Deaths have soared among the homeless population in San Francisco during the coronavirus, but not due to the virus directly.

The City of San Francisco opened its first officially-sanctioned homeless camp this week, located outside City Hall.

Half of the 15,000 hotel rooms leased under Operation Roomkey, California’s program to provide emergency housing to the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic, are empty.

The first temporary sanctioned tent encampment opened this week in San Francisco, California, to give the homeless somewhere to go during the health crisis.

Homeless men slept crowded in a shelter hallway Tuesday after being transferred from subway stations as part of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to get them help.

Phillip and Paul Hamilton were arrested on May 1 for a physical altercation resulting from their refusal to wear masks in a Van Nuys Target.