Los Angeles continues to take important steps toward ending homelessness. I posted an overview of the release of “Home for Good,” an action plan to end chronic and veteran homelessness in LA over at the Funders Together blog: “Seeding systems change, innovation and a plan to end homelessness in Los Angeles.”
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On hiatus
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted to this blog, due simply to having too many things to do over the couple months. I’m hoping to get back to the blog more regularly in the near future. In the meantime, you may want to check out a post I did recently over at the Funders TogetherContinue reading “On hiatus”
Good News/Bad News
I have a confession to make: I fight with my daughter almost every morning. Well, “fight” might be a strong word, but part of our morning ritual is to tussle over who gets the Business section of the paper. She is the household meteorologist (a word she learned in her first grade section on “communityContinue reading “Good News/Bad News”
Evidence from Los Angeles that housing the homeless saves money
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) today released a study by the Economic Roundtable that provides even more evidence that providing permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless can ultimately provide public cost savings. These savings have been documented in research in cities across the nation, with the early work being done by DennisContinue reading “Evidence from Los Angeles that housing the homeless saves money”
New Homeless Numbers for L.A. What did we expect?
We’ve been suffering through the worst economic recession since the Great Depression over the past year, leading many of us to assume that social conditions have been worsening. Poverty and unemployment, and foreclosures have clearly been on the rise, and certainly we’ve expected that homelessness – the most extreme expression of poverty and insecurity –Continue reading “New Homeless Numbers for L.A. What did we expect?”
Providing housing for the homeless saves money
more about “How to Save Tax Dollars: Give the Hom…“, posted with vodpod It shouldn’t be a surprise, but to many people it is. It turns out that instead of letting people suffer on the street or in shelters, we should be working to provide housing for them. Not only is it better for themContinue reading “Providing housing for the homeless saves money”
Humanizing homelessness
The Los Angeles Times is largely a shell of its former self, part of an overall downturn in the quantity and quality of newspapers. However, the paper is developing quite a niche in reporting on homelessness (which I guess makes sense because Los Angeles is home to more homeless persons than any other city inContinue reading “Humanizing homelessness”
Los Angeles Foreclosures
We hear nearly everyday about the growing number of foreclosures in our country, particularly in boom-and-bust markets like Los Angeles. This chart provides a historical picture that shows what a unique moment we are in. In the last LA housing bust during the early 1990s, foreclosures doubled from under 15,000 in 1992 to over 33,000Continue reading “Los Angeles Foreclosures”
Skid Row on the silver screen
With some trepidation I finally saw “The Soloist” movie last week. Knowing that it was based on a true story and book I really liked and would be a visual representation of complicated issues and problems that are easy to stereotype and over-simplify, I was prepared to not like this movie. My verdict? I giveContinue reading “Skid Row on the silver screen”
Consequences of unemployment
We’re familiar with the normal consequences of layoffs and unemployment: lost income, health insurance and increased stress and anxiety. The LA Times had an interesting article this week highlighting how “California’s rising unemployment rate is driving a steep increase in child support cases, as the newly jobless appeal for increases in monthly payments or argueContinue reading “Consequences of unemployment”
Bill Pitkin 