Suzan Filipek · July 31, 2025
Homelessness has dropped two years in a row, according to the results of the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count released last month. The latest count “gives us something we […]
Suzan Filipek · September 2, 2020
Homelessness is on the rise. People are living on the streets, in tents and in their cars more than ever before. We don’t need data and statistics to know the […]
Helene Seifer · July 29, 2020
As former congressman and seminal civil rights leader John Lewis said, “When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say […]
Sondi Sepenuk · December 4, 2019
Angela Sanchez was 16, a junior in high school, when she and her father experienced homelessness. The memories are sharp: it was the beginning of the 2008 recession, one week […]
Billy Taylor · August 1, 2019
Allison Schallert is a woman on a mission to curb homelessness in Los Angeles. The citizen activist was born and raised in Illinois, studied at DePaul University in Chicago, and […]
Suzan Filipek · August 1, 2019
Stories can speak volumes. Just ask Marilyn Wells, an advocate for the homeless with impressive academic credentials. Wells was so moved by one woman’s talk that she started a formidable […]