Thousands are housed as L.A. County makes progress on Skid Row
Mike Juma sat at the end of the bed in his ninth-floor one-bedroom apartment in downtown Los Angeles, staring at the mountains visible from his...
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American flag flies again, legally, at California Camping World
San Joaquin County officials are flagging what one supervisor is calling a savvy marketing campaign cloaked as patriotism by recreational-vehicle giant Camping World. The nation’s...
Newsom threatens to take money from counties over homelessness
With television cameras rolling and traffic on a busy San Fernando Valley freeway humming in the background, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened on Thursday to take...
Phoning for Medi-Cal help? You may face hourlong waits and hang-ups
When Californians phone for help with their Medicaid coverage, they routinely face waits of nearly an hour — and are regularly disconnected without reaching anyone,...
Sonoma dispensary owner gets grant via program he called anti-white
A California county has awarded $40,000 in cannabis equity grant funding to a local dispensary operator just months after he slammed that same program for...
‘Pendulum has swung’: Supervisors signal shift on Men’s Central Jail
In the summer of 2019, justice reformers celebrated because the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors scrapped a controversial $1.7-billion plan to replace the county’s...
Los Angeles County agrees to buy downtown skyscraper
The county of Los Angeles has tentatively agreed to buy the Gas Company Tower, a prominent office skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, for $215 million...
L.A. County reaffirms policy against jailing homeless people
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to support a motion affirming that its jails won’t be used to hold homeless...