homelessness

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Raman says L.A. needs new leadership to address housing affordability and homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 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

His office’s investigation into a homelessness service provider, he said, became a catalyst for federal wire fraud charges in January amid allegations a man took $23 million in public funds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Deirdre Canavan from homelessness charity Depaul called for "radical action" to address what she called a deepening crisis.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The dismissed men, Burnham knew, faced homelessness and poverty; their families confronted the real prospect of starvation.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson