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For two years straight, we drove down homelessness by historic margins, but as expected, last year our efforts ultimately couldn’t keep up with policies and funding cuts at the federal and state levels that pushed more people onto the streets.
The Trump Administration has driven up the cost of gas, groceries, and rent, pushing more families to the edge, and slashed critical safety-net funding. And, last year’s 50% cut in state HHAP funding from $1 billion to $500 million — resulting in a $70 million hit to L.A. city alone — severely impacted our work to keep people housed and get more Angelenos off the streets.
We raised philanthropic dollars to help supplement the cuts, and this year I fought alongside other mayors to reverse these cuts, restoring it to $900 million.
The lack of adequate services provided by L.A. County continues to be a real problem and a contributing factor to people cycling in and out of homelessness.
Despite these headwinds, we have reduced homelessness in Los Angeles by 11% since 2023, placing tens of thousands of Angelenos in interim housing, moving 6,000 people off the streets through Inside Safe, and housing more than 1,000 homeless Veterans.
We declared a homelessness state of emergency on day one, addressed 130 encampments, and helped keep 85,000 people in their homes through eviction defense. We’re doubling down on what works.
But we also have to be clear-eyed about what’s not working. For thirty years, this city has run its homeless response through LAHSA — and audits and the courts have now made plain what too many Angelenos already saw: the money wasn’t tracked, providers went unpaid, and public trust eroded. I’m not going to defend a broken system. The City must build something better results-driven, transparent, and centered around the people we’re trying to help, not the bureaucracy.
This crisis was ignored by city leaders for decades, it’s only now that we’ve seen a historic decline. I will never stop fighting until we end street homelessness, because no Angeleno should be sleeping on the street.
"Reacher" star Alan Ritchson calls President Trump a "f**king rapist" in a tirade about the Epstein files.
"That b*tch has the keys to the nuclear codes. He's, like, all up into 13-year-olds. Like, dude, what? Go to jail.”
#Supergirl stands to lose $100 million after opening to just $68 million worldwide.
The DC Studios tentpole cost $170 million to produce and roughly $120 million to market. A source close to “Supergirl” says the movie would need to gross $300 million to break even at the box office. Some project the film's losses will be closer to $80 million if ticket sales can manage to hit $200 million.
“This was always going to be a tough hurdle for DC and Warner Bros. because Supergirl isn’t a character that has ever created an event-level blockbuster,” says analyst Jeff Bock of Exhibitor Relations. “Audience perception of ‘Supergirl’ was not good. This is just a case of the film wasn’t good enough to become an event.”
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It shouldn’t matter. Belgium should want to best the best team. Otherwise they would have been known as the team that one only because it’s best player was benched.
I know this will rub #USMNT fans wrong way, but this reported decision is bullshit.
If you receive a red — controversial or not — you’re suspended for next game.
Suspending the suspension is laughable and automatically puts into question integrity of competition.
#FIFAWorldCup
@GavinNewsom You are such a hypocrite. You’re the first one to pull power from the people. You’re such a tool. How does anyone believe you. One look at you and you’re exposed.