11/15/2023

Getting everybody housed requires multiple systems to work together, tapping the collective power of state, local and federal policymakers supported by the faith community, the business sector and philanthropy.

10/31/2023

The fact is the police have no role in solving homelessness. Police officers are not service providers. Police budgets don’t pay for long-term housing.

09/18/2023

After being kicked out of their apartment, Brooks Roberts' family lived in an RV camper, moving from trailhead to trailhead on public lands for the past three years. They were living in a national forest in May when the U.S. Forest Service and a barrage of law enforcement tried to arrest the family for camping on public land longer than allowed. Roberts was shot and the injury left him paralyzed from the waist down.

09/06/2023

Before U.S. Forest Service police repeatedly shot Brooks Roberts in May, he was already disabled and required the use of a wheelchair. Now, at 39 years old, Brooks is unlikely to ever walk again: He is paralyzed from the waist down, has limited use of his right arm, and cannot control his bowels. Such is the punishment for being unhoused in America.

05/12/2023

Simply rehashing the problem does more harm than good. Instead, state and local leaders must help citizens see how solutions to homelessness benefit all of us.

11/15/2022

To achieve stable housing and economic security, young people need comprehensive, career-building support, not just a minimum wage job.

10/13/2022

Measure ULA is about investing back into our communities, and our people in order to address the number one issue on most Angelenos’ minds — housing.

07/22/2022

We know that stable, safe and affordable housing breaks the cycle of generational poverty imposed on Black people by a legacy of discrimination.

06/15/2022

What homeless Point in Time (PIT) counts do not show are the successful efforts to prevent and end homelessness for thousands — and how much worse the problem would otherwise be.

06/02/2022

Some advocates and nonprofit leaders in Orange County are concerned that recent data showing a decrease in the number of homeless people in the county may be inaccurate and provide a misleading picture of the countywide housing crisis.