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Council of Economic Advisers 2019
Haven for Hope and centralized models
Homelessness in America
Homelessness is a Housing Problem
San Francisco
San Fransicko notes
charity organization societies
city-county clashes
congregate shelters
count of the homeless
county-homelessness
drugs
enforcement
homeless industrial complex
housing affordability as a factor
housing readiness, housing first
permanent supportive housing
psychological
race ∕ culture as a factor todo0
rapid rehousing
right-to-counsel ∕ eviction defense
tracking where the homeless go
transitional housing

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20260610 Housing First case studies have sample bias: they only include people who are accepted into the program. They fail to account for thousands who languish on housing waitlists until sufficiently vulnerable.rtf
20260610 Houston claims success with Housing First. It reduced overall homelessness by 63% and now has the lowest homeless rate of major U.S. metros. Individuals get permanent housing and services.rtf
20260610 In a 2025 report, the Santa Monica-based RAND Corporation counted significantly more homeless people and dwellings in three LA neighborhoods than the official count revealed.rtf
20260610 Some go further by privatizing public spaces—turning parks or plazas over to conservancies or business improvement districts that can impose stricter rules than municipal governments.rtf
20260610 The most powerful preventative measure is abundant housing. Houston’s low homeless count is mainly due to the permissive regulatory environment for new construction. Prices 20-25% below U.S. median.rtf
20260610 They require of the homeless sobriety, and participation in programs that help them “graduate” to self-sufficiency. They offer job training, addiction recovery, counseling, and parental help.rtf
20260610 a former information officer for the LA Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the organization that conducts the official count, testified that her supervisor instructed her “to do whatever we can to make the mayor look good”.rtf
20260610 homelessness articles read.rtf
20260613 LA Time’s Steve Lopez: It shouldn’t take months, let alone years, to take back control of public spaces, and Pratt’s criticism is warranted, no doubt.rtf
20260613 Ppl who can’t afford rent don’t move to cheaper areas bc: moving is expensive, credit checks and income requirements make a new apt elusive, family & neighborly support’d be gone, cheap areas often lack jobs, ties to services (med,edu).rtf
20260613 Strong, positive relationships with father figures significantly predicted less substance use and less criminal behavior among unhoused youth. Maternal relationships did not show the same statistical effect.rtf
20260613 childhood factors often leading to homeless.rtf
20260613 to say they choose to live on the street, as Pratt has, is to miss the point, to excuse our own complicity, to overlook historic policy failures, and to choose contempt over compassion.rtf
20260614 Because government grants for homelessness services require organizations to adopt the Housing First model, Bales’s refusal to compromise URM’s mission has left the organization entirely cut off from tax $.rtf
20260614 HUD completely suspended federal funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)—the nation's largest homeless services agency—cutting off access to nearly $200 million.rtf
20260614 Homeless ppl with substance use disorders often must navigate a complex array of services that frequently are spread out across the city and may not be well coordinated.rtf
20260614 Housing First forces a cycle of waiting until people are desperate enough to need more services and more dramatic interventions, resulting not only in higher costs to governments (and, ultimately, taxpayers).rtf
20260614 In most places any conflict between a homeless individual and law enforcement officers ends with the police dropping the person off at some random shelter with a spare bed—or putting them in jail.rtf
20260614 Is permanent supportive housing successful?: It is correlated with a very small immediate reduction in the homeless population, but even this effect disappears after one year.rtf
20260614 National Academies of Sciences report - “Overall, except for [...], the committee finds no substantial evidence as yet to demonstrate that PSH improves health outcomes or reduces health care costs.rtf
20260614 Solutions for Change has achieved its positive results on a $6 million annual budget. ... Returning alumni not only allow Solutions for Change to operate with fewer full-time staff members MORE.rtf
20260614 To its critics, the downside of housing readiness is that it imposes barriers to entry, such as sobriety requirements, and “cherry-picks” people who are already willing to help themselves.rtf
20260614 Whenever the city misses a homelessness benchmark deadline like those above, which occurs regularly, officials simply extend the target date and throw more money at the problem; there is no accountability.rtf
20260614 Wraparound services: synonymous with comprehensive psychiatric services, including a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a medical doctor, a social worker, a drug counselor, a vocational rehab therapist, and an occupational therapist.rtf
20260614 single-room occupancy (SRO) units have flooded certain areas with crime and the units can be miles from needed health care providers. This seems innate to Housing First, bc the homeless are scattered.rtf
20260614 what has Mayor Karen Bass done to increase or decrease the supply of housing? MORE.rtf
20260614 what is the housing policy for the homeless of the current Trump admin?: mandatory mental health services, moving $ away from continuum of care, criminalizing public camping, cut harm reduction $, ending fraud.rtf
20260614 “First of all, they don’t care where you need to be, and where they put me in a motel was even farther away from my work,” he explained. “Work, which, by the way, I wasn’t allowed to go to [bc of curfew]".rtf
20260615 Other estimates find that government regulations increase housing prices to roughly double what prices would be in a truly free market.rtf
20260615 Prevailing wage requirements force developers to pay construction workers union wage scales—and generally force them to hire unionized workers—which are significantly more costly than nonunion labor.rtf
20260615 the common law of nuisance already resolves those types of disputes between property owners by, for example, prohibiting a chemical plant or a chicken ranch from being built in the middle of a residential neighborhood.rtf
20260616 PSH is a Housing First principle (NLC): No preconditions (e.g., sobriety, enrollment in mental health services, etc.) to access housing. Homelessness is most efficiently ended by providing housing.rtf
20260616 Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) (HUD): permanent housing in which housing assistance (e.g., long-term leasing or rental assistance) and supportive services are provided to assist households.rtf
20260616 permanent supportive housing (Cal HCD): for persons who are in need of mental health services and are experiencing homelessness, chronic homelessness, or who are at risk of chronic homelessness.rtf
20260617 An instance where “experienced homelessness” is less burdensome bc “were homeless at some point” is maybe even longer: “Only 16% of TAY who leased up with TLS during the enrollment.rtf
20260617 LA has a patchwork for homelessness response? Have not read. todo1.rtf
20260617 LA has an unarmed crisis response system that saves LAPD time for incidents not requiring force while not stepping into the county’s purview of prescribing for mental health.rtf
20260617 Medi-Cal is California’s version of the Federal Medicaid program. Medi-Cal offers no-cost and low-cost health coverage to eligible people who live in California. Your local county office manages most Medi-Cal cases.rtf
20260617 Poor city-county coordination in providing shelter with treatment.rtf
20260617 The Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) employs support staff to document psych patients’ conditions to free up the time for diagnosing and prescribing to scarce MDs.rtf
20260617 defns of emergency shelter, low barrier, high barrier, congregate, semi-congregate, non-congregate, transitional.rtf
20260617 in what share of cases is someone employable only by the county and not the city (a medical doctor or other healthcare worker) necessary to get the homeless on that path? Have not read. todo1.rtf
20260617 the intended purpose of Los Angeles' Bureau of Homelessness and what do city officials think about it? Have not read todo1.rtf
20260617 why is there such a large preference for long-term, single-family housing over indoor shelters for the homeless even in the short term? todo1.rtf
20260620 Encampment resolution: a strategic approach focused on connecting unsheltered individuals to stable housing rather than displacing them through sweeps. Connects ppl with housing. Reduces trauma of displacement.rtf
20260620 In Los Angeles, "Measure A" generally refers to: the countywide half-cent sales tax approved by voters to fund homelessness services, affordable housing, and prevention programs..rtf
20260620 Measure A is an LA County measure, and it sends a portion of the funds to cities and councils of governments.rtf
20260620 Names of existing unarmed crisis response in LA: CIRCLE, UMCR.rtf
20260623 CIRCLE: 24-7 unarmed response for non-urgent LAPD calls related to the homeless. Response Team is supported by mental health counselor and a team that follows up and manages cases. Water snacks clothes Narcan.rtf
20260623 Proposition HHH: todo1.rtf
20260623 The homelessness budget was used to fund many assistance programs, which—according to a 2025 audit commissioned by a federal judge—were carried out with “insufficient financial accountability”.rtf
20260623 United to House LA: todo1.rtf
20260625 Raman voted against no-camping zones but says she wouldn’t prevent council members from approving them as mayor.rtf
20260628 2024 statement from the state of California on the ending of Project Roomkey.rtf
20260628 34:20 Caruso says 94% of people moved into shelter (presumably in a particular instance) do not or did not go back to the street.rtf
20260628 Homekey: acquires hotels, motels, apt bldgs f interim and permanent housing for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless. Funding: state Homekey grants, federal covid relief, local contributions.rtf
20260628 While Project Roomkey is ending, the work it inspired continues. LAHSA is currently overseeing the operation of 1,112 of the Project Homekey units secured by the City and County.rtf
20260630 How does the 17.5% decline in homelessness "for two years in a row" Bass cited compare with what other cities have achieved? todo1.rtf
20260630 estimated total homeless in the city of Los Angeles. Unsheltered homelessness declined by 17.5% from 2023 to 2025. All homelessness declined by 5.5%.rtf
20260701 Bass and Raman claim a 10% decline in street homelessness in “L.A. City” [homelessness count].rtf
20260701 Houston’s building codes ensuring occupant safety, Texas law prohibiting shelters within 1k ft of ea other, neighborhood political pressure make building a single, large homeless shelter hard.rtf
20260701 Howard Jarvis on Upland taxes: special-purpose local taxes placed on the ballot through citizen initiatives (often actually put forward by special interests) requiring only a simple majority.rtf
20260701 June 25, 2026 – The core of the Local Taxpayer Protection Act requires that all local special taxes must have the approval of two-thirds of voters to pass. Now it is on November 2026 ballot.rtf
20260701 LACAHSA: Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency. 60% of funding goes to affordable housing creation, upkeep, and ownership. 30% goes to renter protection and homeless prevention.rtf
20260701 Measure A: a half-percent sales tax funding affordable housing, mental health and addiction treatment, services to the homelessness, and L.A. County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency.rtf
20260701 On June 11, 2026, HUD suspended federal grants to LAHSA “pending an investigation into alleged mismanagement”.  More than 11,000 people are currently housed with those dollars, Mahin said.rtf
20260701 On whether Measure H failed.rtf
20260701 Prop 13: amendment to CA constitution requiring a two-thirds majority for tax increases in state legislature, and to cap property taxes and limit property reassessments to when the property changes ownership.rtf
20260701 The city council’s homelessness committee recommended in April that an analysis be completed by Wednesday on which city programs make sense to shift away from LAHSA and instead be managed MORE.rtf
20260701 Why building large shelters is hard: most U.S. cities - height limits, parking reqs, neighborhood compatibility rules, discretionary approvals. All projects w thousands of units are spread across bldgs.rtf
20260702 15m_32s Pratt says the DEA says that 90% of the homeless in LA have a drug problem.rtf
20260702 Edward Ring - Homeless Industrial Complex todo1.rtf
20260702 Gemini on San Francisco Mayor Lurie's homelessness policy (read more about it todo1).rtf
20260702 Los Angeles County’s “Homeless Initiative” manages Measure H, the voter-approved homeless tax.rtf
20260702 Pratt says that Mayor Lurie of San Francisco has done a good job with the homeless, jailing them, I think todo1.rtf
20260702 capacities of individual jails in the Los Angeles area and their percent occupied.rtf
20260702 ~25m Pratt says the directive to LAPD to do nothing about the homeless comes from Mayor Bass todo1.rtf
20260702 ~25m0s Pratt says that the new SB 43 will help because you can jail the homeless for 72 hours. If they still seem crazy [need to re-watch to get his words correct], the duration can extend to a few weeks todo1.rtf
20260704 Marbut has argued for stronger behavioral expectations, stabilization before permanent housing, more structured shelter & transitional programs. His approach has influenced some cities but is controversial.rtf
20260705 A supportive housing program in Denver cost $12,078–$15,484 per person per year, but saved $6,876 in other public services, more than half of which was attributed to jail, courts, police, public safety, and prison.rtf
20260705 After the Supreme Court decision, Grants Pass partially revised its homelessness laws and it designated certain locations for temporary camping while continuing to prohibit camping in many other public areas.rtf
20260705 Debt due to legal fines prolonged homelessness by nearly two years among survey respondents in Seattle37 and can threaten future housing stability.21.rtf
20260705 Does the left believe shelter resistance is a myth? Does Raman? Does Bass? todo1.rtf
20260705 Even if people are offered temporary shelter, they often return to the streets in a week or less.rtf
20260705 How Asian countries handle homelessness.rtf
20260705 Independent.org: with the “enforcement model” – preventing the homeless from living on the streets – "crackdowns become a game of whack-a-mole—moving people from one city to another".rtf
20260705 Jobs for felons with physical disabilities and no skills.rtf
20260705 Long-term shelters ∕ hospital-like ∕ jail-like facilities for the homeless are difficult to find. Most long-term units are PSH-type.rtf
20260705 Los Angeles' harm reduction programs.rtf
20260705 Mac Donald homelessness fiction #2: Homelessness is an involuntary condition caused by a lack of housing.rtf
20260705 Mac Donald homelessness fiction #3: “shelter resistance” is a myth invented by conservative critics of compassionate policy.rtf
20260705 Picture of a shelter interior. Room full of bunk beds. Presbyterian Night Shelter.rtf
20260705 Pratt says Bass' admin gives drug paraphernalia.rtf
20260705 Pratt says shelters prohibit drug use, so users stay on the streets.rtf
20260705 Somebody recently messaged me to say “I was a fentanyl addict…going to jail was the best thing that ever happened to me”.rtf
20260705 Why doesn’t Los Angeles level a few blocks and designate them as areas permitted for outdoor camping? todo1.rtf
20260705 triage centers – Avoids jail and ER. Operate 24∕7 and host individuals for short windows—ranging from 23 hours to a few days. Clients freq in jail or ER prioritized for supportive housing. Guests can stay 24∕7.rtf
20260705 vagrant (noun): 1a usually disparaging : someone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support. 1b someone whose conduct constitutes vagrancy.rtf
20260706 CNN on Skid Row.rtf
20260706 Cato - Another possibility is that the coordinating entity in Houston, Coalition for the Homeless, is more effective because it is a nonprofit rather than a government agency.rtf
20260706 Cato - Reforms that eliminate zoning, improve permitting speed, legalize greater housing density, and remove barriers to housing innovations (co-living units, tiny homes, mfd. homes) are part of a winning homeless strategy.rtf
20260706 Continuum of Care: HUD awards HAP funding through CoCs, regional ∕ local planning bodies that coordinate housing and services funding. Outreach, intake, emergency shelter, transitional housing, PSH.rtf
20260706 Independent’s causes of homelessness - housing policies, economic policies that make it difficult to earn a living, the loss of a job, mental illness, substance abuse, sudden health emergencies, vagabond lifestyle, MORE.rtf
20260706 On episode #1798 with Shellenberger, Rogan mentions an effort in Brentwood to create a large tent area that failed todo1.rtf
20260707 Grok describes Safer Cities Initiative.rtf
20260707 Is California a net sink or source of Federal funds? todo1.rtf
20260707 shelters with sleeping quarters for individuals (non-congregate shelters).rtf
20260708 Second Trump admin attempting again to steer money away from Housing First and getting sued repeatedly in the process.rtf
20260708 “Competitive funding” of CoCs means CoCs compete with ea other for HUD bucks. HUD uses its scoring criteria to rank CoCs nationally, thereby steering national homeless policy.rtf
20260709 Cameras in public places to identify homeless new to the area and send them back.rtf
20260709 Harvard sociologist wrote, “those who see the homeless as passive victims of circumstances beyond their control often react to [the evidence of service refusal] with a mixture of fury and disbelief.”.rtf
20260709 It could be enlightening for viewers to read commentary from charity organization society member(s) on how much attitude to tolerate from the homeless todo1.rtf
20260717 Chatgpt can’t find utilization rates for any congregate shelters in LA.rtf
20260717 San Antonio as a model for homelessness treatment todo0 ***.rtf
20260717 The number of people placed into PSH in Los Angeles can vastly exceed the number of PSH units built each year.rtf
20260717 The percentage of homeless who are sheltered in Los Angeles has risen. Long-term data on utilization of homeless housing is not available. It wasn’t tracked.rtf
20260717 The rates of return to homelessness within six months of “permanent placements” (rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing) are small (single-digits) according to Los Angeles County data [shelter resistance, PSH] ***.rtf
20260717 Understanding how so many can be placed into PSH each year while the numbers of homeless doesn’t change much ***.rtf
20260719 Bridge Housing: emergency shelter with enhanced services to help people quickly exit to permanent housing. Includes beds for individuals, families … Includes non-congregate interim housing such as tiny homes.rtf
20260719 ChatGPT – Buildings of Skid Row are largely not abandoned. They consist of SRO hotels, low-income housing, PSH, shelters, nonprofits, warehouses, light industrial, businesses.rtf
20260719 Few formal declarations of emergency but plenty of descriptions of "crises" of homelessness in Los Angeles City∕County going back to late seventies∕early eighties.rtf
20260719 Find articles from the 70s and 80s calling the homelessness situation in LA a crisis todo0.rtf
20260719 Incentives favoring Housing First in California ***.rtf
20260719 The Bay Area project Beyond Homeless is creating privately-funded housing vouchers using a legal mechanism called “donor-advised funds”.rtf
20260720 A parcel of 10 acres or more in central Los Angeles for a shelter site seems attainable.rtf
20260720 Requirements for admission to interim housing.rtf
20260723 Homekey is no longer taking applications. It has been replaced by Homekey+. Description of Homekey+.rtf
20260723 all of the programs LA relies on to buy and build PSH todo0 ***.rtf
20260724 Does San Antonio clear encampments? Knowing that they do would make the argument for LA doing the same a lot easier. todo0 ***.rtf
20260724 In 2006, 9th Court of Appeals ruled that in absence of sufficient shelter beds, arrests for resting or sleeping on sidewalks constituted “cruel and unusual punishment.” Almost immediately, tents mushroomed on streets of L.A..rtf
20260724 LA Times article on homelessness todo1 ***.rtf
20260724 Programs Houston, Texas relies on to purchase or build permanent supportive housing for the homeless.rtf
20260724 Programs San Antonion, Texas relies on to purchase or build permanent supportive housing for the homeless.rtf
20260724 Programs Springfield relies on to purchase or build permanent supportive housing for the homeless.rtf
20260724 coordinated entry: a streamlined, community-wide process used to assess, prioritize, and match people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to housing and services. ... standardized assessment, coordinated referrals ....rtf
20260724 history of LA mayors and homelessness.rtf
20260724 researchers have also found evidence that homelessness itself can cause or substantially worsen mental illness in at least some people. The relationship is now generally understood to be bidirectional.rtf
20260725 Do people put into interim shelters not get wraparound services? todo0.rtf
20260725 Find arguments people make as to why the cost of housing is not a factor in homelessness todo0.rtf
20260725 L.A.’s efforts to turn the remaining Skid Row SROs into supportive housing have been under threat todo1.rtf
20260725 prepare the argument that studies showing PSH is more likely to “keep people indoors”, as the epic LA Times article claims, is false or misleading todo0.rtf
20260725 virtually all the cities in the country with high rates of homelessness have high housing costs. Those with lower homeless rates tend to have much lower rents todo1.rtf
20260725 “Too much of the new housing has been temporary, mostly shelters and does not lead to lasting change” – Landsberg & Holland. todo0.rtf
20260727 Congregate shelters can be traumatizing to people who’ve been traumatized before, but high-quality congregate shelters with sleeping pods or semi-private cubicles can reduce anxiety.rtf
20260727 community or social housing: developed with public funding. Owned ∕ operated by government, non-profits, or co-operatives (source: Haven for Hope's Blueprint document, p 131).rtf
20260727 interim housing: Temporary housing for people transitioning from shelters to permanent housing  (source: Haven for Hope's Blueprint document, p 131). But LAHSA includes crisis shelters in interim's defn.rtf
20260727 long-term homelessness was most strongly associated with substance use disorders, low social support networks, early onset of homelessness, and prior durations of homelessness.rtf
20260728 Congregate shelters may be harder, at least without modifications, for the traumatized, but motel rooms can "leave people feeling lonely and isolated".rtf
20260729 I don't have a good understanding of the different paths to shelter (permanent or temporary) in Los Angeles todo0.rtf
20260729 Is there any data indicating which of the Housing First and Housing Readiness models results in a greater percentage of people transitioning to un-subsidized housing?.rtf
20260729 LAHSA defines interim housing, crisis housing, bridge housing, transitional housing.rtf
20260729 LAHSA estimates the homeless population living unsheltered on Skid Row to be 2,037 + ∕ - 99 and 826 + ∕ - 124 of those have substance use disorder.rtf
20260729 Look into New Orleans and why it's so successful with homelessness todo0.rtf
20260729 Possible reasons why New Orleans ranked #1 in 2018 and 2019 on HUD's system performance measures.rtf
20260729 Pratt - 30% or more of the 45,000-plus street addicts in LA are from out of state. [is this any different from other cities?] todo1.rtf
20260729 Pratt claims that cities bus their homeless to LA and NGOs and pharma companies profit from the homeless problem todo0.rtf
20260729 Safe Haven: for the homeless who reside on the streets or places not meant for human habitation and who have severe and persistent mental illness.rtf
20260729 Time-limited subsidy recipients are not considered homeless by LA County [rapid re-housing].rtf
20260730 AEI.org - Median Days Homeless - HUD System Performance Measure (SPM) 1b. Reducing median days is the fastest lever a community has to reduce the total burden of homelessness.rtf
20260730 Alabama at Birmingham - multi-decade study on intensive housing and treatment programs for the homeless. Cherry-picked result - 44 percent of men were stably housed and 53 percent were stably employed.rtf
20260730 Pew - Homelessness increased in areas where rents soared. Homelessness is far higher in areas where rents are higher.rtf
20260730 “Homelessness is a Housing Problem” -  Regional variation in homelessness rates is almost entirely predicted by rental costs and low vacancy rates.rtf
20260730 “Homelessness is a Housing Problem” - High substance use, low housing costs - low homelessness. High housing costs, regardless of substance abuse – high homelessness.rtf
20260730 “Homelessness is a Housing Problem” – Aldern writes for left-wing publications.rtf
20260801 Colburn, Aldern - High rates of serious mental illness, modest levels of homelessness - Utah, Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Wisconsin, Kentucky, West Virginia, Vermont. Oregon is an exception.rtf
20260801 Colburn, Aldern - The homelessness crisis in coastal cities cannot be explained by disproportionate levels of drug use, mental illness, or poverty.rtf
20260803 Meta-analysis of individual-level predictors for becoming homeless with many, many factors identified (Nilsson et al).rtf
20260803 platform theory: stable housing provides the “platform” from which people can begin to recover from issues such as substance abuse and mental illness.rtf
20260804 There are locations in LA where it is currently illegal to block the right-of-way, and section 56.08 says that “public access to streets and sidewalks … cannot be blocked”.rtf
20260804 There are not enough interim shelters in Los Angeles [transitional, housing readiness].rtf
20260805 Pratt claims PATH is corrupt todo1.rtf
20260805 body brokering: shipping people from other states or cities to Los Angeles [Greyhound therapy, homeless dumping].rtf
20260806 A Bridge Home: "interim housing beds" in Los Angeles.rtf
20260813 David O. Carter is the judge who presided over the LA Alliance for Human Rights case, the settlement for which committed Los Angeles to creating 12,915 housing∕shelter things and 9,800 fewer encampments.rtf
20260813 LA Alliance for Human Rights – Create shelters, housing. Provide treatment. Get the homeless and their encampments off the streets, making public spaces safer. Hold city and county accountable for spending.rtf
20260813 creation of LAHSA enabled a cycle of blame-shifting. When data inconsistencies or compliance issues arise, City points to LAHSA. LAHSA attributes its problems to a lack of info or cooperation fr City.rtf
20260813 federal court review faulted LAHSA for losing track of billions in taxpayer funds while failing to address the region's homelessness crisis. An audit showed LAHSA couldn’t account for tens of millions of dollars.rtf
20260815 Grok on cities reducing the number of departments addressing homelessness todo0.rtf
20260815 a better alternative might be to send cash to an agency that assists homeless people. The chances are much higher the money will be used to assist the homeless and not spent in a way that could exacerbate the problems.rtf
20260822 Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said he does not enforce the anti-camping law in his 8th Council District, which encompasses South Los Angeles neighborhoods.rtf
20260822 Los Angeles 41.18 online map [gis].rtf
20260824 Are kids not walking outside on their own anywhere else besides within 500 ft of schools? If they’re walking to school, they’re possibly passing encampments. If they’re bused, it’s not a worry [500 ft].rtf
20260824 Bass 2022 housing-the-homeless plan.rtf
20260824 Caruso’s housing-the-homeless plan: tiny homes on surplus government land and sleeping pods in underutilized commercial and industrial or government buildings.rtf
20260824 Creative ways around the infrastructure and site-readiness bottlenecks to creating tiny-home villages faster [regulations, red tape].rtf
20260824 Denver warned new migrants that local jobs, resources, and opportunities had already been taken by earlier arrivals.rtf
20260824 It’s strange to think that homelessness is largely a housing problem, to acknowledge that a person was housing him ∕ herself independently before he ∕ she became homeless, and then to give up immediately MORE.rtf
20260824 LA has installed Sprung shelters in the past.rtf
20260824 Musk agrees that homelessness is not due to a housing crisis.rtf
20260824 No anti-homelessness insurance.rtf
20260824 Remaining red tape preventing faster creation of homeless housing [regulations].rtf
20260824 San Antonio uses time-limited subsidies.rtf
20260824 Ship ∕ bus ∕ transport the willing homeless to cheaper counties.rtf
20260824 What are the regulatory barriers to putting up ADUs? Could a charity acquire single-families as they come on the market, split the parcel, install an ADU on the parcel, then sell the house? todo0.rtf
20260824 st vincent’s 800 beds fr sherman oaks second debate todo0.rtf
20260824 still leave layers of utility coordination, contracts, and procedural steps todo0.rtf
20260825 16,982 “homeless or encampment related” fires responded to by LAFD in 2025.rtf
20260827 Nick Shirley writes, “it has been proposed to have government funded sex and masturbation clinics for the homeless”, but it was just a comment by a private citizen, something Shirley doesn’t mention.rtf
20260906 LA’s budget for FY 2024–25 allocated $100 million more to homeless initiatives than to its fire department. In FY 2023–24 the city’s homelessness budget was $400 million more than the fire department’s $869 million.rtf