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L.A. General is closing a mental health clinic. Longtime patients worry about the move
Longtime patients have worried about moving to other sites as the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services prepares to close an outpatient psychiatric clinic at L.A. General Medical Center this summer.
Cities Block Off Streets for Rich Neighborhoods, Not for Bike/Walk Safety – Part 2
Back in 2020, Streetsblog published a short post on how cities, mostly Los Angeles, block off streets to keep drivers from cutting through rich residential neighborhoods. The piece pointed out the double standard that L.A. has commonly closed streets to benefit well-off residents, but generally won't do the same closures to improve bike and pedestrian safety - even in the face of record traffic deaths.
Los Angeles authorities say neighboring cities are taking homeless people to its streets
Los Angeles County authorities have accused neighboring cities of taking homeless people to its streets, with City Council President Paul Krekorian telling NBC News that other jurisdictions "prefer to just push people into Los Angeles rather than addressing the problem themselves." To illustrate the ongoing practice, he said that a...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Launches New "Inside Safe" Initiative to Address Homelessness near MacArthur Park
In an attempt to bolster the ongoing struggle against homelessness, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass revealed a new Inside Safe operation focused around the vicinity of South Union Avenue and West 3rd Street, in collaboration with Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez and the LA County Homeless Initiative, as reported by the Office of the Mayor. The operation aimed to transition more of LA's unhoused population to stable living situations.
LA residents think more coyotes are out and about. But experts have doubts
Across Los Angeles, including in Leimert Park and Mar Vista, people say they’re seeing and hearing more coyotes in their urban neighborhoods than ever. Whether there are actually more coyotes in urban areas than before is unclear — even to experts. “Ever since the pandemic, when people were...
The Los Angeles area has zero no-kill animal shelters, animal rights organization says
It’s no secret that Los Angeles and California as a whole are experiencing an inundation of shelter pets, a problem that is leading towards tens of thousands of “unnecessary” deaths, according to one animal welfare organization. Best Friends Animal Society, which is championing a campaign to end the killing of dogs and cats in American […]
'Just not afraid of humans': Coyotes plague Mar Vista as LA's neighborhood pets disappear
LOS ANGELES — Residents of Mar Vista are certain that they are being watched. And Jennifer Bedolla knows who it is: the pack of coyotes that she often catches lounging in her yard and who leave the carcasses of neighborhood pets around her home. In previous years, the occasional...
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