{"id":6,"date":"2022-10-10T22:19:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-07-11T11:30:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:30:34","slug":"homelessness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Locked out: Homelessness in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-carousel alignfull portrait-header slides-per-view-5 wpnbpc\" id=\"wp-block-newspack-carousel__1\" data-current-post-id=10 data-slides-per-view=5 data-slide-count=9 data-aspect-ratio=1.7777777777778><div class=\"swiper\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"419\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/james-burnett\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-1110x1508.jpg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"James Burnett\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-1110x1508.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-79x108.jpg 79w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-400x543.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-768x1043.jpg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-1536x2086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-2048x2782.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-1200x1630.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait-1568x2130.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31065921\/James-Burnett-portrait.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/james-burnett\" rel=\"bookmark\">James Burnett<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"397\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/scott-humphrey\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Scott Humphrey\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-162x108.jpg 162w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103414\/scott-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/scott-humphrey\" rel=\"bookmark\">Scott Humphrey<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"395\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/john-dew\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-1024x727.jpg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"John Dew\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-152x108.jpg 152w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-1200x852.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-1568x1113.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-400x284.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-2048x1454.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1-1320x937.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28103418\/John_Dew-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/john-dew\" rel=\"bookmark\">John Dew<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"20\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/valerie-oca\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-1024x670.jpg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Valerie Oca\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-165x108.jpg 165w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-2048x1340.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-1200x785.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-1568x1026.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173238\/0930-Homeless-422-400x262.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/valerie-oca\" rel=\"bookmark\">Valerie Oca<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"18\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/roshni-mercadel\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-1024x586.jpg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roshni Mercadel\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-1024x586.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-189x108.jpg 189w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-1536x879.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-2048x1172.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-1200x687.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-1568x897.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173154\/0930-Homeless-579-400x229.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/roshni-mercadel\" rel=\"bookmark\">Roshni Mercadel<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"16\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/ronnie-maynard\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ronnie Maynard\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-144x108.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173636\/IMG_8353-1-1568x1176.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/ronnie-maynard\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ronnie Maynard<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"14\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/lisa-stover\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-1024x985.jpg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lisa Stover\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-1024x985.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-768x739.jpg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-112x108.jpg 112w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-1536x1478.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-2048x1971.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-1200x1155.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-1568x1509.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18173220\/1003-Lisa-169-e1666140048485-400x385.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/lisa-stover\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lisa Stover<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"12\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/kevin-yarbrough\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-1024x612.jpg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kevin Yarbrough\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-181x108.jpg 181w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-1536x919.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-2048x1225.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-1200x718.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-1568x938.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/18174425\/0928-Mugs-285-400x239.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/kevin-yarbrough\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kevin Yarbrough<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<article data-post-id=\"10\" class=\"post-has-image swiper-slide tag-locked-out category-portraits type-post post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/cynthia-taylor\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-1110x682.jpeg\" class=\"image-fit-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cynthia Taylor\" object-fit=\"cover\" layout=\"fill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-1110x682.jpeg 1110w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-300x184.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-768x472.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-176x108.jpeg 176w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-400x246.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-1536x944.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-2048x1259.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-1200x737.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343-1568x964.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10152441\/CYNTHIA_TAYLOR-e1665441813343.jpeg 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/portraits\/cynthia-taylor\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cynthia Taylor<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t<\/div><button class=\"swiper-button swiper-button-prev\" aria-label=\"Previous Slide\" ><\/button><button class=\"swiper-button swiper-button-next\" aria-label=\"Next Slide\" ><\/button><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination-bullets amp-pagination\" ><button option=\"0\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 1\" selected><\/button><button option=\"1\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 2\" ><\/button><button option=\"2\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 3\" ><\/button><button option=\"3\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 4\" ><\/button><button option=\"4\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 5\" ><\/button><button option=\"5\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 6\" ><\/button><button option=\"6\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 7\" ><\/button><button option=\"7\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 8\" ><\/button><button option=\"8\" class=\"swiper-pagination-bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 9\" ><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide series-title\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-locked-out\" style=\"font-size:7rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase\">LOCKED OUT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-homelessness-in-long-beach\" style=\"font-size:3rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Homelessness in Long Beach<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">There has never been a time when more public money is being invested in trying to get people off the streets. Yet the number of unhoused individuals in Long Beach rose by a startling 62% in the last two years. <strong>Why has it been so hard to get people into permanent housing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles featured-story wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-5 is-3 is-portrait mobile-stack featured-story has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"1058\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-election-2024 category-elections type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/politics\/elections\/voter-guide-measure-ac-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/18092841\/Lot-4455-450x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Measure AC: A $990 million bond measure for renovations at Long Beach City College\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/18092841\/Lot-4455-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/18092841\/Lot-4455-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/18092841\/Lot-4455-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/politics\/elections\/voter-guide-measure-ac-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">Measure AC: A $990 million bond measure for renovations at Long Beach City College<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Measure AC would borrow nearly a billion dollars to finance dozens of construction, maintenance and infrastructure projects. The debt would be paid back through higher property taxes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/lizbeth-cortex-gutierrez\/\">Lizbeth Cortex Gutierrez<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/yasmine-poot\/\">Yasmine Poot<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-10-16T11:02:01-07:00\">October 16, 2024<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2024-10-18T07:46:26-07:00\">October 18, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"1002\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/transitional-housing-14-deaths-homeless-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/11174248\/09JAN24-Random-8-450x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"1 converted hotel, 14 deaths: Why workers raised alarms on this homeless housing program\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/11174248\/09JAN24-Random-8-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/11174248\/09JAN24-Random-8-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/11174248\/09JAN24-Random-8-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/transitional-housing-14-deaths-homeless-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">1 converted hotel, 14 deaths: Why workers raised alarms on this homeless housing program<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before pulling out, the nonprofit running one of Long Beach&#8217;s transitional housing facilities warned the city about inadequate staffing, lagging payments and unsanitary conditions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/alicia-robinson\/\">Alicia Robinson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-03-12T04:00:00-07:00\">March 12, 2024<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2024-03-11T18:22:26-07:00\">March 11, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why are so many mentally ill people on the street?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lk7jWAHogSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles featured-story wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-5 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack featured-story has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"953\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homeless-memorial category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/homeless-deaths-memorial-long-beach-how-many-2023\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/12\/22072315\/21DEC23-Homeless-1-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"111 people who died homeless in Long Beach this year honored at memorial\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/12\/22072315\/21DEC23-Homeless-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/12\/22072315\/21DEC23-Homeless-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/12\/22072315\/21DEC23-Homeless-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/12\/22072315\/21DEC23-Homeless-1-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/homeless-deaths-memorial-long-beach-how-many-2023\" rel=\"bookmark\">111 people who died homeless in Long Beach this year honored at memorial<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nobody, one speaker said, wants &#8220;to die alone, on a sidewalk, or in the back of an ambulance \u2014 anonymous, forgotten, unwashed, unwanted.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/alicia-robinson\/\">Alicia Robinson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-12-22T07:22:41-08:00\">December 22, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"894\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/homelessness-libraries-rules-long-beach-mental-illness-billie-jean-king\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/09\/18103113\/29AUG23-Library-2-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Libraries face challenging new chapter in coping with needs of unhoused patrons\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/09\/18103113\/29AUG23-Library-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/09\/18103113\/29AUG23-Library-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/09\/18103113\/29AUG23-Library-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/09\/18103113\/29AUG23-Library-2-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/homelessness-libraries-rules-long-beach-mental-illness-billie-jean-king\" rel=\"bookmark\">Libraries face challenging new chapter in coping with needs of unhoused patrons<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>City officials are moving to strengthen conduct rules to help protect the safety of librarians while keeping the doors open to everyone.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/kat-schuster\/\">Kat Schuster<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-09-24T05:00:00-07:00\">September 24, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-09-22T10:04:56-07:00\">September 22, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center mt-1 has-x-large-font-size\" id=\"h-as-money-flowed-in-numbers-rose-over-the-last-two-years\"><strong>As money flowed in, numbers rose over the last two years<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull fact-grid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There are <strong>3,296<\/strong> homeless individuals in the city, an increase of <strong>62%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The number of people living in encampments or on the street rose <strong>22%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The number of people living in a vehicle rose by <strong>380%<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The number of Homeless Services Bureau staff increased from <strong>25<\/strong> to <strong>80<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The city\u2019s budget for homeless services went from <strong>$10 million<\/strong> to nearly <strong>$80 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Long Beach has received <strong>$81 million<\/strong> in recovery act funds to prevent homelessness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 15vh;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:10vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-this-project\">About this project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Locked Out: Homelessness in Long Beach<\/strong>\u201d is an ongoing project by the Long Beach Post. The series will explore this critical issue through in-depth reporting, interactive graphics, videos, photos\u2014and most importantly through the experiences of people in our city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a news tip, or would like to see a particular issue explored, please email Executive Editor Melissa Evans at <a href=\"mailto:melissa@lbpost.com\">melissa@lbpost.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignwide is-style-default wpnbha is-grid columns-4 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-portrait is-style-default has-text-align-left\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"715\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness category-investigations type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homeless-seniors-spike-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/12145141\/FORMERLY-UNHOUSED_1876-900x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-large size-newspack-article-block-portrait-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aging and unhoused: Long Beach sees spike in older adults without stable housing\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/12145141\/FORMERLY-UNHOUSED_1876-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/12145141\/FORMERLY-UNHOUSED_1876-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/12145141\/FORMERLY-UNHOUSED_1876-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/12145141\/FORMERLY-UNHOUSED_1876-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/12145141\/FORMERLY-UNHOUSED_1876-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homeless-seniors-spike-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">Aging and unhoused: Long Beach sees spike in older adults without stable housing<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/alicia-robinson\/\">Alicia Robinson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-05-14T06:00:30-07:00\">May 14, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-05-12T15:15:32-07:00\">May 12, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"673\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-locked-out tag-mental-health category-homelessness type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/mentall-illness-homeless-conservatorships-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/01134424\/0310-Curtiss-7-1-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium size-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2018The system is designed for people to give up\u2019\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/01134424\/0310-Curtiss-7-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/01134424\/0310-Curtiss-7-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/01134424\/0310-Curtiss-7-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/05\/01134424\/0310-Curtiss-7-1-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/mentall-illness-homeless-conservatorships-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018The system is designed for people to give up\u2019\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/melissa-evans\/\">Melissa Evans<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-05-03T06:05:00-07:00\">May 3, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-05-03T14:59:04-07:00\">May 3, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"623\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/homeless-deaths-soared-meth-fentanyl-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17212626\/HOMELESS_8426-900x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-large size-newspack-article-block-portrait-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Homeless deaths have soared in Long Beach. Meth and fentanyl are largely to blame\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17212626\/HOMELESS_8426-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17212626\/HOMELESS_8426-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17212626\/HOMELESS_8426-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17212626\/HOMELESS_8426-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17212626\/HOMELESS_8426-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/homeless-deaths-soared-meth-fentanyl-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">Homeless deaths have soared in Long Beach. Meth and fentanyl are largely to blame<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/jeremiah-dobruck\/\">Jeremiah Dobruck<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-04-17T05:00:00-07:00\">April 17, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-05-02T14:36:28-07:00\">May 2, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"617\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness tag-locked-out category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/missing-homeless-woman-goddaughter-project-dignity\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17170535\/Project-Dignity-3-900x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-large size-newspack-article-block-portrait-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"They cared for a disabled homeless woman for a year. Then someone took her.\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17170535\/Project-Dignity-3-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17170535\/Project-Dignity-3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17170535\/Project-Dignity-3-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17170535\/Project-Dignity-3-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/17170535\/Project-Dignity-3-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/missing-homeless-woman-goddaughter-project-dignity\" rel=\"bookmark\">They cared for a disabled homeless woman for a year. Then someone took her.<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/jeremiah-dobruck\/\">Jeremiah Dobruck<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-04-03T08:49:46-07:00\">April 3, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:20-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"421\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness tag-locked-out tag-mental-health category-homelessness type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/mental-health-homeless-cycle-jail-hospital-james-burnett\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31070242\/Kimberlie-and-James-450x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"A mother&#8217;s quest to save her homeless son from mental illness is met with a system in crisis\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31070242\/Kimberlie-and-James-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31070242\/Kimberlie-and-James-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/31070242\/Kimberlie-and-James-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/mental-health-homeless-cycle-jail-hospital-james-burnett\" rel=\"bookmark\">A mother&#8217;s quest to save her homeless son from mental illness is met with a system in crisis<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/jeremiah-dobruck\/\">Jeremiah Dobruck<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/melissa-evans\/\">Melissa Evans<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-12-31T13:06:00-08:00\">December 31, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2024-06-21T12:06:46-07:00\">June 21, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"417\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-health-care tag-homeless tag-jackie-rae tag-locked-out tag-mental-health tag-podcast tag-the-word category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/behind-the-scenes-of-our-investigation-locked-out-homeless-in-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07231146\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-9.48.51-PM-450x600.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Behind the scenes of our investigation &#8216;Locked Out: Homeless in Long Beach&#8217;\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07231146\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-9.48.51-PM-450x600.png 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07231146\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-9.48.51-PM-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/07231146\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-07-at-9.48.51-PM-150x200.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/behind-the-scenes-of-our-investigation-locked-out-homeless-in-long-beach\" rel=\"bookmark\">Behind the scenes of our investigation &#8216;Locked Out: Homeless in Long Beach&#8217;<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/jackie-rae\/\">Jackie Rae<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-12-08T10:21:50-08:00\">December 8, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:22-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"414\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-courts tag-homelessness tag-locked-out category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/in-this-court-prosecutors-seek-to-give-homeless-defendants-a-fresh-start\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17161523\/1116-Court-018-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium size-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"In this court, prosecutors seek to give homeless defendants a fresh start\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17161523\/1116-Court-018-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17161523\/1116-Court-018-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17161523\/1116-Court-018-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17161523\/1116-Court-018-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/in-this-court-prosecutors-seek-to-give-homeless-defendants-a-fresh-start\" rel=\"bookmark\">In this court, prosecutors seek to give homeless defendants a fresh start<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/kelly-puente\/\">Kelly Puente<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/melissa-evans\/\">Melissa Evans<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-12-04T08:00:39-08:00\">December 4, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:23-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"390\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness tag-locked-out tag-motel-vouchers category-homelessness type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/motels-that-house-homeless-are-riddled-with-crime-infested-with-vermin\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22132643\/1122-Hotel-7-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium size-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Motels that house homeless are riddled with crime, infested with vermin\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22132643\/1122-Hotel-7-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22132643\/1122-Hotel-7-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22132643\/1122-Hotel-7-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22132643\/1122-Hotel-7-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/motels-that-house-homeless-are-riddled-with-crime-infested-with-vermin\" rel=\"bookmark\">Motels that house homeless are riddled with crime, infested with vermin<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/melissa-evans\/\">Melissa Evans<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-11-28T11:17:27-08:00\">November 28, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:24-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"403\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness tag-locked-out tag-winter-shelter category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/winter-shelter-searching-site-capacity\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25143346\/0224-Homeless-5-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium size-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"City officials searching for winter shelter site; other shelters near capacity\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25143346\/0224-Homeless-5-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25143346\/0224-Homeless-5-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25143346\/0224-Homeless-5-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25143346\/0224-Homeless-5-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/winter-shelter-searching-site-capacity\" rel=\"bookmark\">City officials searching for winter shelter site; other shelters near capacity<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/melissa-evans\/\">Melissa Evans<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-11-18T07:42:13-08:00\">November 18, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:26-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"402\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-business tag-homelessness tag-locked-out category-news category-tourism type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/long-beach-will-try-to-speed-up-homeless-encampment-sweeps-before-christmas-tree-lighting\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-900x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-large size-newspack-article-block-portrait-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach will try to speed up homeless encampment sweeps before Christmas tree lighting\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-840x1120.jpg 840w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-687x916.jpg 687w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-414x552.jpg 414w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10105036\/P1030773-354x472.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/long-beach-will-try-to-speed-up-homeless-encampment-sweeps-before-christmas-tree-lighting\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach will try to speed up homeless encampment sweeps before Christmas tree lighting<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/jeremiah-dobruck\/\">Jeremiah Dobruck<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-11-17T16:24:20-08:00\">November 17, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:26-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"401\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-jackie-rae tag-locked-out tag-podcast tag-the-word tag-the-word-on-long-beach category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/jeff-levine-of-the-lb-rescue-mission-addressing-homelessness-means-handling-childhood-trauma\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112353\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-15-at-10.56.47-AM-e1668548722944-1-450x600.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jeff Levine of the LB Rescue Mission: Addressing homelessness means handling childhood trauma\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112353\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-15-at-10.56.47-AM-e1668548722944-1-450x600.png 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112353\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-15-at-10.56.47-AM-e1668548722944-1-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112353\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-15-at-10.56.47-AM-e1668548722944-1-150x200.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/jeff-levine-of-the-lb-rescue-mission-addressing-homelessness-means-handling-childhood-trauma\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jeff Levine of the LB Rescue Mission: Addressing homelessness means handling childhood trauma<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/jackie-rae\/\">Jackie Rae<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-11-15T15:34:29-08:00\">November 15, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-07-11T11:28:52-07:00\">July 11, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"400\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-business tag-locked-out category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/prominent-downtown-businesses-say-they-may-close-if-safety-concerns-arent-addressed\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112004\/PROMENADE_2531-900x1200.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-large size-newspack-article-block-portrait-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Prominent Downtown businesses say they may close if safety concerns aren\u2019t addressed\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112004\/PROMENADE_2531-900x1200.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112004\/PROMENADE_2531-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112004\/PROMENADE_2531-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112004\/PROMENADE_2531-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/28112004\/PROMENADE_2531-150x200.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/prominent-downtown-businesses-say-they-may-close-if-safety-concerns-arent-addressed\" rel=\"bookmark\">Prominent Downtown businesses say they may close if safety concerns aren\u2019t addressed<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/brandon-richardson\/\">Brandon Richardson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-11-09T15:41:58-08:00\">November 9, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:28-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"387\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness tag-locked-out category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/newsom-homeless-funding-freeze-grant-step-up\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09165308\/HOMELESS_8434-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium size-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"In Long Beach, $8.5M in homeless funding withheld as governor demands cities &#8216;step up&#8217;\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09165308\/HOMELESS_8434-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09165308\/HOMELESS_8434-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09165308\/HOMELESS_8434-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09165308\/HOMELESS_8434-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/newsom-homeless-funding-freeze-grant-step-up\" rel=\"bookmark\">In Long Beach, $8.5M in homeless funding withheld as governor demands cities &#8216;step up&#8217;<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/melissa-evans\/\">Melissa Evans<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-11-04T15:58:43-07:00\">November 4, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:28-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"256\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-locked-out category-homelessness type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/we-all-carry-pepper-spray-downtown-residents-say-theyre-overwhelmed-with-rising-crime-and-homelessness\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19110155\/IMG_2-1-300x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-small size-newspack-article-block-portrait-small wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2018We all carry pepper spray\u2019: Downtown residents say they\u2019re overwhelmed with rising crime and homelessness\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19110155\/IMG_2-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19110155\/IMG_2-1-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/we-all-carry-pepper-spray-downtown-residents-say-theyre-overwhelmed-with-rising-crime-and-homelessness\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018We all carry pepper spray\u2019: Downtown residents say they\u2019re overwhelmed with rising crime and homelessness\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/kelly-puente\/\">Kelly Puente<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-10-19T14:01:00-07:00\">October 19, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:29-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"231\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-locked-out category-homelessness type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/housing-vouchers-were-seen-as-a-golden-ticket-recipients-say-theyre-no-more-useful-than-toilet-paper\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19110042\/0914-Lisa-5-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium size-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Housing vouchers were seen as a golden ticket; recipients say they\u2019re \u2018no more useful than toilet paper\u2019\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19110042\/0914-Lisa-5-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19110042\/0914-Lisa-5-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19110042\/0914-Lisa-5-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19110042\/0914-Lisa-5-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/homelessness\/housing-vouchers-were-seen-as-a-golden-ticket-recipients-say-theyre-no-more-useful-than-toilet-paper\" rel=\"bookmark\">Housing vouchers were seen as a golden ticket; recipients say they\u2019re \u2018no more useful than toilet paper\u2019\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/melissa-evans\/\">Melissa Evans<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-10-19T14:00:00-07:00\">October 19, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:30-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"356\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homelessness tag-locked-out category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/long-beach-asks-metro-to-evaluate-policy-of-forcing-people-off-the-a-line-at-its-terminus-downtown\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19132311\/IMG_9274-scaled-e1666210703681-1-900x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-large size-newspack-article-block-portrait-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach asks Metro to evaluate policy of forcing people off the A-Line at its terminus Downtown\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19132311\/IMG_9274-scaled-e1666210703681-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19132311\/IMG_9274-scaled-e1666210703681-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19132311\/IMG_9274-scaled-e1666210703681-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19132311\/IMG_9274-scaled-e1666210703681-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19132311\/IMG_9274-scaled-e1666210703681-1-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/long-beach-asks-metro-to-evaluate-policy-of-forcing-people-off-the-a-line-at-its-terminus-downtown\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach asks Metro to evaluate policy of forcing people off the A-Line at its terminus Downtown<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/jason-ruiz\/\">Jason Ruiz<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-10-05T12:32:10-07:00\">October 5, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:35-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"94\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-locked-out category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/high-anxiety-homeless-project-roomkey-ending-days-inn\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11155906\/0909-Tide-7-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium size-newspack-article-block-portrait-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"High anxiety at the Days Inn as homeless residents face &#8216;terrifying&#8217; uncertainties\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11155906\/0909-Tide-7-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11155906\/0909-Tide-7-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11155906\/0909-Tide-7-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/11155906\/0909-Tide-7-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/high-anxiety-homeless-project-roomkey-ending-days-inn\" rel=\"bookmark\">High anxiety at the Days Inn as homeless residents face &#8216;terrifying&#8217; uncertainties<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/kelly-puente\/\">Kelly Puente<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-09-29T18:49:29-07:00\">September 29, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T15:00:35-07:00\">April 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"355\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homeless-count tag-locked-out category-news type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19132524\/0224-Homeless-7-2-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/news\/homelessness-increased-by-62-in-long-beach-since-2020-according-to-city-data\" rel=\"bookmark\">Homelessness increased by 62% in Long Beach since 2020<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/investigations\/author\/jason-ruiz\/\">Jason Ruiz<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time 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