Last week, in his State of the State speech to the legislature, Gov. Newsom announced that he issued an executive order to offer 286 properties to local governments at no cost so that cities and counties can submit housing and shelter proposals for emergency housing.
Angelenos answered the social call for action to combat homelessness with local support on Saturday, February 15. A well-orchestrated community event launched the Safe Landing project. The city of Los Angeles naturally responded to the terrible epidemic of homelessness by generously donating food, house appliances, and physical labor to construct ten temporary housing arrangements for displaced families. Found on 85th and Broadway, is the active Safe Landing community. This was a public and private partnership raising awareness and finding immediate solutions to the challenge homelessness living in Los Angeles. According to the Homeless Services Authority’s count, between 2018
When Coleen Sykes Ray started an organization with her daughter in 2015 to help homeless women, the Stockton, California resident had no idea she, too, would be homeless four years later.