Tents spill onto the sidewalk of 5th and San Pedro streets in downtown Los Angeles in March. A report due out in late May is expected to show little progress in reducing the number of homeless people on L.A.'s streets.
Last year, officials credited new money flowing into the homeless services system with a slight drop in the homelessness count. The city has Proposition HHH, a $1.2-billion voter-approved bond to, while the county funds homeless services through Measure H, including rent subsidies, shelter beds, drug and mental health counseling and other services.
The county’s short-term rental subsidy program, designed to help people get past a temporary financial crisis, sent only half the participants to permanent placements in the first 18 months after Measure H money became available. Just 1 in 5 of those in shelters and interim placements in the second half of last year found permanent housing.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, pointing to double-digit increases in surrounding counties’ homeless numbers, said the crisis was regional and required a broader governmental response. Meanwhile, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties released their 2019 data in late April, when it was due to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs. All three counties experienced double-digit increases in homelessness.Despite the lack of progress in Los Angeles, officials say they’ve had success with some programs.
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A village of tiny homes is in order
GavinNewsom how about you fix this crap?
So 👏🏽 much 👏🏽 Feces👏🏽 on 👏🏽 the 👏🏽 streets! FollowTheMoney typhus LA
Has it mad a difference?!? 😂 Um, NO!
This was written 2 weeks ago by vet who raised $22M in just 2 weeks last Oct. to help build the wall. He's been on our border since then & says $1000 US tax dollars & free plane tickets to all 500,000 illegals in last 7 mths! No money for US citizens on need.
They spent more than that on the illegals, if they would spend it on our own citizens they might have a chance.
Nice job GavinNewsom
Maybe if you didn't encourage illegals to come here?
Hahaha imagine letting people keep their money. That is nearly 2 million per person in this country, someones ass needs to go to jail because this has to have fraud.
You’d think with that kinda money they could’ve fed AND built an entire community of housing WITH BATHROOMS for the homeless !!!!
There's been no progress. It has only grown worse! Let's start with an accounting of how that money was wasted, then look at real solutions. Throwing money in the streets of LA is NOT THE ANSWER! It's the economy, stupid! Start there--& not by welfare either. By job training.
Hey Democrat Brainiacs - deport the 15 million illegals in the State and the housing shortage disappears overnight. It's really that simple.
Can’t imagine why there would be a homeless problem in LA with such affordable home prices.
I'd be curious to know exactly how much of that $619 million actually went to doing something about the homeless problem. My guess is very little.
As long as there is voter fraud in california, these will be issues. Democrats care only about power. Not about people
Wonder what democrat pockets did the money find it's way into?
DUMBASSES
Serious question; where is that money? Can it be accounted for?
I'm sure the progressive solution will be to throw even more money at it. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
_SkyeTrinity_ Civil rights activists threw the little chicks out of the nest and they splatted on the ground. And today they say, 'Why doesn't someone do something?!'
Being woke means going broke.
Seattle and San Francisco are not far behind...
“I went to LA and all I got was lice, dysentery, accosted and taxed!”
Probably a lot of diversity training and conferences to attend overseas.
Try voting red!! You have nothing to lose at this point!
Shocker. Democrats steal your cash and waste it.
Hmmmm. Maybe you should stop voting Democrat for once in your life. Weird how all the worst cities in America are run by liberals.....
Shameful.
Where the fuck did our money go?
It is absolutely terrifying in the downtown area where the apartments are built. Perhaps funding could've went into making more shelters. The issue as well with the homeless is adherence to seeking health services and to maintain it.
smh at the LA officials
As a resident of LA and someone who regularly sees the exact same homeless people in the exact same struggle every single day, I would say absolutely no difference has been made at all. Not sure what they are doing with the money, but it sure as hell isn't caring 4the people
Waste of money.
In Beverly Hills might be, because they are everywhere.
The homeless I see everyday need psychiatric help. I wish mental health was taken more seriously in this country. We need mental hospitals back.
It won't be long before it's doubled or tripled. Take our money away we lose our houses.
Bring back the mental health institutions and take away the rights that ACLu claims that these people have to live this way...
I left to AZ four years ago and I remember driving through skid row. I moved back recently and skid row has turned into the walking dead. It has gotten worse. Please do not drive through skid row. These people are so far gone for your safety do not go to skid row!!
A case 4 further spending in case studies...?
Lol that made me laugh . All they did was push their homeless into other parts of the valley and into another county making it more unsafe . Neighborhood , citizen and next door have shown us an increase of burglaries and property damages to homes (and they’re mostly homeless)
When you’re as corrupt as the City of LA, it does not matter how much money you throw at a problem, it’s not going to fix anything except the lining of a bunch of corrupt politicians, contractors, and unions’ wallets
Follow the money, politicians, donors, and new formed family business and foundations. Remember Los Angeles you voted for the socialist Junta in city hall and they will tax you out of this slightly set back but don’t worry you can blame Washington No Problema more Dinero L.A.
it made a big difference to the government connected people who made off with the 600 million bucks
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Keep electing them Democrats it seems to be working 🤔 suckers cantblamewhitey
Build more prisons then jail them for vagrancy.
No it hasn’t
Liberals think by spending money they can solve a problem. Just look at education. Give teachers the power to KICK out trouble makers & you will see education benefit students. Homelessness can be solved by fixing our mental illness system. Local & state governments created this
Homelessness and the lack of universal health care go hand and ✋
It doesn’t look like it... how many really got off streets permanently? Likely zero. Drugs, alcohol, insufficient education, mental illness, low self worth and rent $$ all to blame!
Until jobs pay enough to live , this will always be a problem. We need laborers as much as we need executives
The state of California is a Homelessness camp. 😂
Illegal aliens 👏 TheDemocrats OpenBorders
What is the incentive for people who work to eradicate homelessness to end it?
Might until time, these homeless population died a little more, and they can deducted these out frm the list. That was reason they invite more homeless population frm other states to join in to get more fund.
Democrab and Governor used the name of homeless people to get $ Frm FED & taxpayers, now they are in need of more time to calculate the administration cost first before they can proceed the project.
Maybe raise taxes and that will fix it
Apparently not.tent city? Check Poop on the side walk? Check Druggies? Check Homelessness? Check Wasted tax dollars? Check
ChuckDeVore Really embarassing. The more you give, the more who need pile into one place. It's a conundrum, isn't it?
Keep voting Democrat they are doing the right thing for California bankruptcy
.MayorOfLA what do you have to say about this waste of tax dollars?
if the city would focus on drug, alcohol addiction and mental health instead 'high cost of living' that might work.
Well... doesn’t that mean that JerryBrownGov and GavinNewsom now qualify for a TheDemocrats PHD in FiscalMismanagement GrossNegligence & Incompetence?
Who is keeping the $$$
I’d laugh at the stupidity, but that’s our money that was pissed away.
No way! An expensive govt program that doesn’t work? Who would’ve thought it!
Wow, you don’t say........ almost as if the LA politicians are all talk.
This is America 😢
Democrats are the problem
ChuckDeVore America's most pathetic excuse for a newspaper commits accidental journalism.
What a shock? Any mention of the millions wasted on Prop 63?
Where has the money gone? I see no change
dillonliam Unbelievable. Is that 6% of the budget?
LA city officials keep paying for surveys and consultants that are probably family members. oh yeah and that one time they cleaned the streets.
Who made the money?
Absolutely Not!
Shocking
Imagine that ? California liberal legislators. That ruined this state. Give illegals housing. It is time for a change In Sacramento get the libs out of ca capital!
LA is getting more expensive. That will feed the homeless poplulation endlessly. Nobody wants to face the reality: we must either heavily deregulate construction industry so that they start building like crazy or we should remove homeless to cheaper communities outside of LA.
Bring back the mental health asylums and the streets will get cleaned up.
Trying to help a homeless friend... there is NO housing or shelters available
Big money for directors of homeless programs, no money for those who need it. We need a three step program for homeless 1 fire everyone 2 build hostels 3 offer counseling
Holy cow, that’s a lot of $$$$s! Where did it go?
😂What good did it do? Nada. Put that money into schools and healthcare.
The only people kept from being homeless with that $619 million were politicians and the homeless industrial complex employees.
Trump needs to send about 50,000 Migrants from the border there
That’s less than $10K per homeless person. Do you think that would make a dent? We need to build a permanent cash flow for the homeless vs. spending that has corruption built in. mcuban Benioff RealKidPoker I have a permanent solution if you are interested.
Nope! LA is the richest 3rd world country in the world. Disgusting place to live. The 619 million dollars allows them to stay homeless, not being them out of it.
city forces them too, and the people who run this city just don't have the backbone to do that. they sure can spend money though.
nothing will change. i do uber and see tons of (under the 101 on alvarado, on olive coming out of silver lake, of course skid row, etc.) with tents and outhouses and sinks (installed there by the city, ironically) and furniture. they're dug in, and are not leaving unless the....
unless the city of LA is going to empower someone (LAPD, Sheriffs, someone) to physically take people off the streets and into all of the swell transitional housing, drug/alcohol/addiction counseling, mental health evals, etc. (and battle lawyers when doing that goes to court)..
Rules Of L.A. City Government 1. Keep the money coming 2. Don't ask questions 3. See 1 and 2
Where did the money go? The problem is worsening. For the safety and welfare of every LA citizen, this needs to be effectively resolved. Now.
California Government... corrupt, ineffective, grossly expensive.
How does one spend over half a billion dollars on such a large problem?! If one wishes to fix systemwide problems such as homelessness, then one ought to examine its root causes and propose a solution that would rectify it. And THEN ask for money.
More taxpayer money down the rat hole!
We need triage here. Not polished politicking.
They should have spent it on jobs to clean up the streets.
Homelessness is a consequence, the disease of a broken system. People who are working can be a paycheck away from being homeless. Help should come before people become homeless because if we wait, it’s costly and too late.
Hahahahaha! The funny thing is the citizens will pass another tax and still ask the ? of why there are so many homeless around.
Did you give each of them a million
Here’s a concept: Independent Audit now!
Ahahahahahahah
Liberals. Throw money at something then say 'see what we did for the homeless.'
How, Sway?
As per usual, our government’s only area of efficiency is in wasting our money.
$619 million.....utter failure jeezus.
Govt control is the cause not the solution
$619 Million could have bought over 12,000 people homes in the midwest and it would have reduced our homeless issue by 20%
Where did that 619 Million Go? Salaries, Bonuses, Expense Accounts? Vehicles? Bagels? How many homeless are in LA? 619 Million?
where do you think that money went.. want some guesses?
Move all healthy homeless to Invaded lands of Afghanistan, Iraq and lybia to rebuild those countries .either they will become useful citizens or ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Where did that money go?
DO NOT feed the pigeons!! Rule no 1 !!!!!!
Give them homes.
POTUS realDonaldTrump GOPChairwoman CAGOP As a PROUD fire RAVAGED but STILL beau 'La Côte d'Bu' (Malibu) resident, I'll REPEAT what I told SheilaKuehl GavinNewsom HenrySternCA via Twitter B4: X 2 CREATE a DHLS (Dept. of Homeless Servs.) in CA! Lucho, Ltn Jzz Voc.&Comp.
Another prime example of government inefficiencies, it doesn’t matter how much money they throw at the problem, our government can’t figure things out. And now you people like Bernie and Warren wanting government run healthcare, we are doomed.
Can't throw mismanaged money at the problem and expect it to go away, have to get to the root of the problem, many must be treated for mental disorders and drug abuses. Most if not all were spent paying for pensions of retired city works, teachers, firemen, policemen.
If rent keeps rising and the pay wages remain stagnant there will be more homeless people in LA. Do the math.
Shocking.
It’s very simple, it’s called miss management, i work at a hotel that works with the county, I see everyday homeless customers trying just to cash the 2 party checks the county issues to help them pay for rooms. It’s sad there is no supervision.
It’s like the money just disappears 🤔. Kinda like Venezuela...
Problem solving candidate AndrewYang wants to give citizens $1000 a month, no strings attached. Homeless people in Seattle were asked what they would do with the money in this video YangGang Yang2020 election2020
More proof that MayorOfLA has been the worst thing that has happened to this once great city.
Los Angeles has the worst homeless problem, because we have the best weather. The more we house, the more they come. Homelessness is a national and global problem.
Some to raise gas prices
Goes into the “administrative costs”
What do you expect in a sanctuary city overrun by illegal aliens and ran by radical socialist democrats?
c’mon cali...pay your fair share until this is fixed!
How much went into the pockets of Democrat politicians?
Wonder how much of the $619 million was diverted to the sanctuary city illegal immigrants
Can hardly wait to review report. SeeingIsBelieving
And the governor is spending more this year for no progress.
And the undocumented unvaccinated “migrants” keep pouring in.
What? Surely they didn't really think that they could accomplish anything?
Don’t need a report for this. Just walk in downtown.
When you have NowhereMan for MayorOfLA you get a legacy of ineptitude. We Angelenos deserve better, our unhoused neighbors most of all. affordablehousing homelessness
dillonliam DionDwyer OMG!! All you have to do is drive in LA to see no significant impact has been made...but by all means let’s wait for the report to decide.
You can thank illegal immigration and BS birth right citizenship for all of the homeless.
$619 million? Where? The homeless problem has gotten worse. LA is quickly catching up to San Francisco as the homeless capital of the world.
Make homelessness in LA unattractive and you will get less of it. Magic.
Why not spend the $619M by buying them all homes in Ridgecrest CA
That would be because practically all of the $619 million went toward actually subsidizing, enabling, and encouraging homelessness.
For every person who gets off the streets, two more replace him. Within a decade gangs of homeless will form and parts of LA will be like Syria. All by design. All paid for by the hardworking middle class -who’s personal savings have plummeted.
Just as a point of curiosity, why would you write a story like this without knowing what's in the report?
One wonders where the $619M went🤪
this does not surprise me RT L.A. officials are bracing for the release of a report that’s likely to show little or no progress in reining in homelessness, despite the $619 million they spent last year to grapple with the crisis.
Until the safety net of this country isn't restituted, nothing will resolve homelessness. ItStartedWithReagonomics
Keep on taxing on 🤣🤣🤣
We will never solve this problem. It’s the weather stupid. For everyone we help off the street, two more come here because of our weather.
It’s getting worse 🤬
Ridiculous all that money and they still can’t figure this out!
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