” Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to call for a state declaration of emergency on California’s homeless crisis.
The county’s homeless population was about 47,000 as of this year’s count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. There were an estimated 115,738 people homeless statewide in 2015. The county resolution introduced by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl passed Tuesday asks state legislative leaders to pass a resolution calling on the governor to make an emergency declaration that would open the door for more state money and resources to be directed to the problem…”
Grace Weltman
June 15, 2016
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