Ambitious Plan Aims To Get LA’s Homeless Veterans Population Off The Streets
Meanwhile, the VA is also exploring temporary housing to more quickly get veterans off the street while developers work to fund and construct more permanent solutions.
KPCC:
Car Camping, Temporary Shelters Mulled As 'urgency' Measures To House West LA Veterans
For decades, the West L.A. VA offered no solutions to Southern California’s mounting homelessness crisis. It took a long legal battle by homeless and disabled veterans, but there are now big changes in the works at the West L.A. VA. (Denkmann, 3/9)
In other news —
Orange County Register:
Advocates Spent 12-Hour Days Helping Homeless People Move From The Santa Ana River. Their Work Isn’t Done
In February, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter brokered an agreement between the county and plaintiffs’ attorneys in a civil rights lawsuit that resulted in giving people at the riverbed temporary motel stays. Several advocates attended the court sessions to share their insights and concerns. They took on the role of watchdogs as the mass exodus unfolded under the eye of Orange County sheriff’s deputies. (Walker, 3/8)
Orange County Register:
Thousands Of Pounds Of Human Waste, Close To 14,000 Hypodermic Needles Cleaned Out From Santa Ana River Homeless Encampments
Orange County Public Works released eye-popping figures Thursday, March 8, on the total amount of debris, needles and hazardous waste removed when crews cleaned up the area along the Santa Ana River Trail once populated by the encampments of homeless people. (Walker, 3/8)