L.A. Homeless Count Drops 2.2%; First Decrease in 6 Years
Homelessness has declined in Los Angeles for the first time in six years, according to the results of the latest homeless count, conducted earlier this year.

Homelessness has declined in Los Angeles for the first time in six years, according to the results of the latest homeless count, conducted earlier this year.

Los Angeles reported seeing a decrease in the city’s homeless population for the first time in six years after the city had gone through countless efforts to address the homelessness situation.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday that it is not “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment to remove homeless people from encampments and to imprison them for repeatedly violating anti-camping laws.

A new high-rise residential tower for the homeless that cost $600,000 per unit to build opened Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles.

A taxpayer-funded luxury apartment building is set to open in Los Angeles’s Skid Row neighborhood to provide hundreds of homeless people with housing and high-end amenities.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) promised in 2023 to deliver 1,200 “tiny homes” to help shelter the homeless in several California cities — but none has opened yet, according to a report in CalMatters.

Two bodies and a white powder, later determined to contain fentanyl, were discovered in a “human-dug cave” in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Doctors in Oregon are reportedly seeing a rise in pregnant women using fentanyl, which is ultimately causing newborns to begin their lives struggling with withdrawal symptoms.

Santa Monica approved construction for a $1M per unit apartment building for the homeless after an audit found the state lost $24 billion.

A homeless Los Angeles man has garnered attention for constructing a house, with a front door and electricity, on the side of the freeway.

Model Kristen Gaffney says she is leaving California for Tennessee after Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass asked the wealthy to pay for housing for the homeless in the city.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass implored wealthy residents of the city to donate money to purchase property that can be used to house the city’s homeless population, which has continued to grow.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration lost track of $24 billion it spent over the past five years on the homelessness crisis, an audit found.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill Wednesday that addresses homelessness and its impact on the community and defended it against critics.

Residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district have taken legal action to remedy the troubling problems facing their neighborhood.

The Seattle homeless man facing charges for carving out a hillside in a city park now appears to be homesteading there.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism from Hollywood residents as homeless encampments are returning despite her efforts to move people from the streets into hotels and motels.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) recently boasted of the millions of dollars given to minority-owned businesses to feed illegal aliens.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Kansas City, MO Mayor Quinton Lucas (D) stated that migration is one issue causing a rise in homelessness and “we all thought after 2020 and 2021 and COVID, you would see numbers go

On Thursday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” NBC News Correspondent Stephanie Gosk reported on homelessness among students in Los Angeles and stated that increases in the cost of living “and a migrant crisis” are two key factors in a spike

California is experiencing a rise in the number of homeless women, among a general rise in homelessness on the streets of its major cities.

The number of homeless veterans rose more than 7 percent from 2022 to 2023 — the largest yearly jump since the government began tracking the metric more than a decade ago, according to a recently released government study.

The number of homeless Americans rose by 12 percent to a record level in 2023 as President Joe Biden invited several million legal and illegal migrants into homes and jobs.

Buster Posey has claimed that current baseball star Shohei Ohtani declined a contract with the Giants due to SF’s poor reputation as a city.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that during his debate earlier in the week with 2024 Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) raised statistics like what share of

A San Francisco business owner is facing “financial ruin” after “widespread drug use, violence and filthy streets” destroyed the area.

It took a Chinese dictator to get the city of San Francisco, California, cleaned up after five years of deterioration.

Barricades have been erected in San Francisco as the city cleans up its homeless population ahead of Joe Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping.

A Massachusetts judge shot down activists’ demands for courts to force state officials to stop putting applicants on a waitlist for housing.

A homeless convicted pedophile camping in front of a San Francisco Catholic grade school caused concern with his brazen advertising of “free fentanyl 4 new users.”

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that President Joe Biden’s approval ratings are low “Because it just doesn’t feel good when you see tents everywhere on the street. It just doesn’t feel like the country’s

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Portland City Commissioner of Public Safety Rene Gonzalez stated that he posted that people shouldn’t call 911 unless their life was in danger, a crime was in progress, or there was a chance

Most Americans believe homelessness is a severe problem, and they feel it has gotten worse over the past two years, according to a survey.

The nation’s homeless population is growing at a record pace, newly published data reveals, just as President Joe Biden seeks hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars to fund a massive housing development plan for illegal aliens across the United States.

Los Angeles County reported the first deaths from flea-born typhus in nearly three decades last year, as concerns continue about the effects of persistent and growing homelessness on public health.

During a portion of an interview with CNN National Correspondent Nick Watt aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Jason Elliott, who serves as an Adviser to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on homelessness, defended the state spending $17.5

Seattle city officials sent crews to Seattle’s SODO neighborhood this week to clear homeless camps ahead of the MOPL All-Star Game next week

During an interview with the Fox News Rundown podcast released on Tuesday, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones responded to a question on whether problems in major cities are due to Democratic leadership and policies by stating that we have to consider

Homelessness in Los Angeles skyrocketed over the last year, increasing by 10% in L.A. County and 9% in the city, leaving more than 75,000 people living on the streets of the county in an epic setback for local leaders.

Nolte: San Francisco residents were forced to fundraise $25,000 to purchase planters to keep the homeless out of their neighborhood.
