Tag: Homelessness

Finding homes, shelter is key to solution, says councilmember

Finding homes, shelter is key to solution, says councilmember

| August 31, 2023 | 0 Comments

•Street safety is also on Yaroslavsky’s agenda The Chronicle recently spoke with CD5 Councilwoman Katy Young Yaroslavsky about her first eight months in office. Here are excerpts from that interview. Yaroslavsky told us that she and her team have been hard at work on both homelessness and street safety. The councilwoman said that Mayor Bass’ […]

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Ratkovich is focusing on homelessness

Ratkovich is focusing on homelessness

| June 29, 2023 | 0 Comments

• ‘Distiguished Citizen’ At a recent Rotary Club of Los Angeles (Rotary 5) special luncheon held at the Jonathan Club in Downtown Los Angeles on June 9, Rotary 5 presented Wayne Ratkovich, of Windsor Square, with its Distinguished Citizen Award. The recognition is for an Angeleno who leads the community in the spirit of Rotary’s […]

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Bass, Caruso will work to end homelessness — differently

Bass, Caruso will work to end homelessness — differently

| October 4, 2022 | 0 Comments

One is a congresswoman who has worked with the underserved. The other is a billionaire businessman who builds tony properties. Both have ambitious plans to end or at least make a huge dent in the number of people living on the street. Caruso’s is more ambitious, and expensive. Bass would fine tune and expand the […]

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Process versus litigation in city attorney’s race

Process versus litigation in city attorney’s race

| September 29, 2022 | 0 Comments

Hydee Feldstein Soto and Faisal Gill took very different paths to becoming candidates for the position of city attorney, and they express different approaches to the job. They are running to replace termed-out Mike Feuer. Feldstein Soto: the accidental candidate Hydee Feldstein Soto retired ten years ago from her legal practice as a partner in […]

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It took a village, but Giorgio is finally getting some help

It took a village, but Giorgio is finally getting some help

| June 2, 2022 | 0 Comments

Driving down Larchmont Boulevard, I can’t help but glance in the direction of the newsstand and Peet’s Coffee, places where unhoused Larchmont regular Giorgio used to stand with his shopping cart, waiting for gifts of money, food and Advil. However, as the Larchmont Chronicle reported in the May 2022 issue, the Los Angeles County Department […]

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Housing solutions are on a fast track, says leader at PATH

Housing solutions are on a fast track, says leader at PATH

| September 2, 2021 | 0 Comments

Housing-forward, person-centered solutions to homelessness have been Tessa Madden Storms’s work for the past decade. Madden Storms, who lives in Windsor Village, is the senior director of philanthropy at PATH (People Assisting The Homeless) and the regional director of PATH Santa Barbara. “Certainly, the geographical change of pace of going on up to Santa Barbara […]

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