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Mar 3 4:43 pm
  • metro a line

Officials to hold forum for Wrigley community on proposed A Line homeless services hub

Jason Ruiz

A Monday night forum at the Wrigley Association’s regular meeting will give residents an opportunity to ask questions as regional officials begin discussions on whether to install a homeless services hub along the A Line in Long Beach.

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Mar 3 1:53 pm
  • homelessness

Long Beach’s mobile homeless service van to pop up in more locations, expand schedule

Kat Schuster

Throughout March, the Mobile Access Center will offer a new intake service schedule, which adds a few new stops and two more days of operation.

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Mar 1 1:22 pm
  • homelessness

Barragán announces Congressional Caucus on Homelessness

Staff Reports

Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán, who represents part of Long Beach, announced this week that she and three other Democrats have established a Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, which will advocate for funding, policy and seek to educate other lawmakers about the issue.

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Feb 28 11:38 am
  • homelessness

City nixes plan to host winter homeless shelter at Silverado Park after community backlash

Kat Schuster and Jeremiah Dobruck

Long Beach will no longer move forward with plans to set up a temporary winter homeless shelter at a community gym within the Westside’s Silverado Park, officials announced Tuesday, after the city received an outpouring of community opposition last week.

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Feb 27 3:20 pm
  • homelessness

How to donate to help homeless residents in Long Beach

Staff Reports

The public can now donate various goods and gift cards to help people who are unhoused at all city library locations and other sites throughout Long Beach. 

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Feb 22 4:20 pm
  • homelessness

Homeless man injured when LBPD quality-of-life officer drives over his hand, police say

Fernando Haro Garcia

The incident happened at around 10:05 a.m. as officers were assisting the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works with outreach, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

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Feb 20 2:05 pm
  • homelessness

Metro to weigh creating homeless services hub along A Line in Long Beach

Jason Ruiz

Los Angeles County Metro officials will decide at their Thursday meeting whether to initiate a discussion with Long Beach and county homeless service providers on creating a homeless service hub in the city along the agency’s A Line route.

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Feb 20 5:01 am
  • homelessness

Long Beach is taking homeless services on the road. Here’s what its new Mobile Access Center offers

Kat Schuster

Instead of requiring homeless people to find their way to a facility on the Westside, the mobile center will park around Downtown, offering help with job applications, tracking down IDs and getting into a shelter.

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Feb 17 9:14 am
  • homelessness

California homelessness: Where are the state’s billions going? Here’s the new, best answer

Ben Christopher, CalMatters

For the first time, a new state report offers a bird-eye view of how much the state has spent to halt homelessness — nearly $10 billion over three years. Of the half-million Californians who made use of those services, more than 40% ended up housed. Which also means the majority did not, or the state lost track of their whereabouts.

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Feb 17 8:00 am
  • homelessness

Long Beach asks the county to help fund its emergency homelessness response

Jason Ruiz

Long Beach currently receives about $13.7 million in the county’s Measure H funding, but the mayor says that number should be closer to $25 million.

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