Los Angeles Mayor Wants $1.3bln for Homeless Crisis, Hotels for Housing

 Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, who was elected in November after promising to take on the city’s out-of-control homeless crisis, announced Monday she would recommend spending what she called a record $1.3 billion next year to get unhoused people into shelter and treatment programs.

Los Angeles County Declares State of Emergency over Homeless Crisis

 

Officials in Los Angeles County Tuesday approved a motion to declare a state of emergency over the region's homeless crisis. 

Paris Counts 3,000 in First-Ever Homeless Census

At least 3,000 people sleep rough on the streets of Paris, according to figures from the city's first ever homelessness census which authorities warned Wednesday were likely a serious underestimate.