The city of Santa Clarita’s homeless population increased from 156 people in 2018 to 256 people in 2019, according to city-level data from the 2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count released Friday by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Although the number of people experiencing homelessness...

By Martin Macias Jr. LOS ANGELES – A disproportionate number of black residents of Los Angeles are homeless because of discriminatory housing and employment policies, structural racism in policing and unconscious bias in homeless services, according to a study issued Monday. Black residents make up...

Volunteers are needed to help count Santa Clarita Valley’s homeless population on Tuesday, Jan. 22, starting at 7 p.m. as part of the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The homeless count is organized annually by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Volunteers are needed to assist with a...

Just as Bridge to Home officially took ownership of its shelter properties on Drayton Street in Saugus last week, the nonprofit Santa Clarita Valley homeless services provider was informed it would not receive the government funds it had applied for to begin year-around operations. Bridge to Home, Los...

Volunteers are needed to help count the Santa Clarita Valley’s homeless population on Tuesday, January 23, at 7 p.m. as part of the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The homeless count is organized annually by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Volunteers are needed to assist with a point-in-time...

The homeless crisis and transportation improvements are among the issues on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors starting at 9:30 a.m. Other highlights include: Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) Educator of the Year awardees honored Children’s...

The homeless population in Los Angeles County jumped by nearly a quarter, according to results of the county’s annual homeless count. The number of homeless residents in L.A. County is nearly 58,000, up about 23 percent from 2016, according to the 2017 Homeless Count by the Los Angeles County Services...

Staff recommendation before the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015:     The recommended action will allow for a one-time allocation of up to $886,075 in available Homeless Prevention Initiative  funds to increase the number of winter shelter beds in the County from 600 to 861, for...

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is calling for 6,000 volunteers to assist with the 2015 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, which will take place countywide over three nights from January 27 to 29. The Santa Clarita Valley count will take place the evening of Jan. 29. Volunteers should register...

More single men and women and families have checked into the Santa Clarita Valley’s Bridge to Home winter shelter in the first two weeks than in any of its previous 14 years, and the nonprofit shelter’s Board of Directors met Thursday night to develop a plan to bridge an impending budget...