homelessness

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Travers also said that “anybody involved in politics in Los Angeles” seems to always talk about homelessness “more than anything else” and that Bass “seems to be trying to maybe do something about it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“People lost their homes, people died. We need to be able to take accountability for this,” said Sidenfaden, who said his main goal as supervisor would be to tackle homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Now he could well become L.A.’s first homeless mayor—fittingly, in a city where homelessness is the greatest civic obsession as well as the greatest civic bane.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Canavan said failure to adequately handle the problem of homelessness will have knock-on impacts for health and social care.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

I guess getting out of homelessness doesn’t happen all at once, either.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate