homelessness

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Bass has been defending her record, pointing to a 17.5% decrease in “unsheltered” homelessness — the number of people living outside or in their vehicles — over a two-year stretch.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The devastating 2025 wildfires, along with enduring problems of homelessness, declining city infrastructure and traffic, have exacerbated discontent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Now he could well become L.A.’s first homeless mayor—fittingly, in a city where homelessness is the greatest civic obsession as well as the greatest civic bane.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Deirdre Canavan from homelessness charity Depaul called for "radical action" to address what she called a deepening crisis.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

In that lonely place Frodo for the first time fully realized his homelessness and danger.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien