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Jun 24 2021 11:37 am
  • Homeless Court

Long Beach launches Homeless Court program that could expunge convictions, connect people to services

Jason Ruiz

The project is being funded by a $254,000 grant from Los Angeles County and will be run out of the Long Beach Multi-Service Center, potentially through June 2022.

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Jun 17 2021 2:15 pm
  • crime

Veteran’s stabbing death leaves his family and housing community in grief

Alena Maschke

Ricky Rodriguez, a formerly homeless resident of Century Villages at Cabrillo, was a fan of the Denver Broncos, who loved to talk movies and music with his niece. He was also the first person to be killed by another resident at the supportive housing complex since its inception in the 1990s.

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Jun 16 2021 7:50 am
  • Caltrans

Long Beach picks 22 freeway encampments for cleanups in new deal with Caltrans

Jason Ruiz

The city says it now has a plan to clean up many of the homeless encampments along the 405, 710 and 91 freeways over the next year.

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May 18 2021 2:03 pm
  • homelessness

‘People have to know we are human’: Homeless cleared from prominent encampment Downtown

Brandon Richardson

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were making their way down the stretch on Monday morning, talking with residents of the encampment and letting them know they had to leave.

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May 18 2021 12:18 pm
  • homelessness

Pending deal with Caltrans would allow city crews to clean encampments in Long Beach

Jason Ruiz

Caltrans has indicated that it doesn’t have the funding to address cleanups and the city is unlikely to be reimbursed for efforts to keep areas in the state agency’s jurisdiction clean.

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May 11 2021 11:04 am
  • homelessness

California governor proposes $12B to house state’s homeless

The Associated Press

The nation’s most populous state has an estimated 161,000 people experiencing homelessness, which is more than any other state.

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May 10 2021 4:31 pm
  • homelessness

City Council to vote on funding for new Homeless Court pilot program

Anthony Pignataro

The goal behind Homeless Court is to get the City Prosecutor’s office, the City Attorney’s office, service providers and homeless people with pending criminal convictions to work together to ensure that warrants, tickets and other past misdemeanors don’t prevent homeless people from accessing services they need.

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Apr 16 2021 11:42 am
  • crime

Man stabbed to death near homeless encampment in North Long Beach

Alena Maschke

Detectives believe the victim and attacker had an argument, which escalated into the stabbing. The suspect fled the scene before officers arrived.

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Mar 12 2021 11:23 am
  • Housing

Residents to begin moving into former hotel converted to transitional housing on Monday

Alena Maschke

The site is one of three former hotels and motels in Long Beach that was purchased with funds from the state’s Project Homekey program.

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Feb 10 2021 1:57 pm
  • homelessness

As homeless encampments spread, Long Beach may increase efforts to clean them up

Jason Ruiz

Next month the Long Beach City Council will be asked to approve nearly $800,000 to help bolster encampment cleanups across the city.

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