Homelessness and Poverty Committee

L.A. City Councilman Wants to Appoint Homeless People to Advisory Commission

City News ServiceSeptember 6, 2019

A Los Angeles City Councilman proposed a new approach to addressing the city’s homeless crisis, suggesting the city create an advisory board composed of the very people affected by the issue — the currently or recently homeless.

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Koreatown Homeless Shelter Approved by L.A. City Council Committee

City News Service May 24, 2018

A Los Angeles City Council committee today approved a Koreatown parking lot as a potential site for a temporary homeless shelter during a raucous early morning meeting attended by hundreds of people who filled the council chamber to capacity.