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L.A's 'Historic' Plan To Tackle Homelessness

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan

9 April 2006 - 5:00am

Los Angeles County approves a controversial $100-million plan to relocated homeless services currently concentrated in downtown's skid row to five suburban centers.

"Signaling a major shift in its homeless policy, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $100-million plan Tuesday to reduce the concentration of homeless services in skid row by establishing five centers across the county that would provide temporary shelter and social services for transients....The political shift has coincided with a rare rosy moment in the county's finances. The area's hot real estate market has provided an unexpected windfall of property tax revenues, and the county plans to use some of that money to help the homeless."

Full Story: L.A. County OKs 'Historic' Homeless Plan
Source: The Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2006
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If hundreds of people in your community raised reasonable concerns about a planning program you developed, how would you respond? Perhaps you might call a community meeting, or ask community elected officials to reach out to community leaders.
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