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Author Archives: Melissa Evans

Melissa Evans is the Chief Executive Officer of the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal. Reach her at [email protected], @melissaevansLBP or 562-512-6354.

A woman looks out of a window on a rainy day.
Posted inHomelessness

‘The system is designed for people to give up’ 

Avatar photo by Melissa Evans May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

With mental illness rising on the streets, is it time to loosen rules for involuntary conservatorships? 

Posted inHomelessness

A mother’s quest to save her homeless son from mental illness is met with a system in crisis

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jeremiah Dobruck and Melissa Evans December 31, 2022June 21, 2024
Posted inNews

In this court, prosecutors seek to give homeless defendants a fresh start

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kelly Puente and Melissa Evans December 4, 2022April 25, 2023
Posted inHomelessness

Motels that house homeless are riddled with crime, infested with vermin

Avatar photo by Melissa Evans November 28, 2022April 25, 2023
Posted inNews

City officials searching for winter shelter site; other shelters near capacity

Avatar photo by Melissa Evans November 18, 2022April 25, 2023
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In Long Beach, $8.5M in homeless funding withheld as governor demands cities ‘step up’

Avatar photo by Melissa Evans November 4, 2022April 25, 2023
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Housing vouchers were seen as a golden ticket; recipients say they’re ‘no more useful than toilet paper’ 

Avatar photo by Melissa Evans October 19, 2022April 25, 2023

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