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Supportive Housing Set to Replace Westside City-Owned Parking Lot

December 12, 2019

December 12, 2019

50 units slated for lot on Santa Monica Boulevard By Sam Catanzaro Over a year after Los Angeles City Councilmember...

City of LA to Deploy Mobile Showers Near Venice Blvd Homeless Encampment Today

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019

All-day operation Friday By Sam Catanzaro The City of Los Angeles will be deploying mobile showers starting at 9:00 a.m....

Meth Use Continues to Rise Among in Westside Homeless

April 1, 2019

April 1, 2019

By Sam Catanzaro The City of Santa Monica has released the results of their 2019 Homeless Count, and while homeless...

Homeless Housing Vies MTA Lot

June 27, 2018

June 27, 2018

The old Metro Transit Authority (MTA) bus yard on Main Street looks like any other empty lot, but despite its...

Homeless “Safe Parking” For Veterans in West L.A.

April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018

A groundbreaking program offering “safe parking” for homeless people – many of whom are seniors – living in their vehicles,...

Homeless Action: Committees Present Their Findings- Will Action Follow?

March 9, 2018

March 9, 2018

By Jennifer Eden As the hum of community voices escalated at Wednesday night’s March 7 Homelessness Steering Committee meeting held...

SMa.r.t.-Homeless Crisis: Toward Solutions

January 19, 2018

January 19, 2018

By Samuel Tolkin for SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) Although we all know that the issue of...

Homeless Count Wednesday Night

January 19, 2018

January 19, 2018

The City of Santa Monica is holding its annual street-by-street homeless count Wednesday evening from 10.30 p.m. The City is...

Westside Beat: The Voices of Our City Choir

December 26, 2017

December 26, 2017

Chella is on location at the Santa Monica Public Library as San Diego-based group Voices of Our City Choir takes...

Mayor Kicks Off the Giving Spirit’s Winter Homeless Outreach Event in Brentwood

December 13, 2017

December 13, 2017

Mayor Eric Garcetti, a loyal supporter of The Giving Spirit and a strong, vocal advocate for the homeless, will speak and answer...