Class action lawsuit claims San Diego officials who cleared out encampments violated constitutional rights of the homeless
San Diego officials are accused of violating homeless people’s constitutional rights in a federal class action lawsuit. They left They left the camp and abandoned their possessions. “They just want to keep kicking people when they’re down… It’s really awful.” The lawsuit alleges that the encampment sweeps violate the homeless’ due process rights and equal […]
19-Year-Old USC Student Arrested For Allegedly Stabbing Homeless Man
A 19-year-old University of Southern California (USC) student has been arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for the stabbing death of a homeless man on Monday night, authorities confirmed. The Los Angeles Police Department posted a press release online announcing that authorities arrested 19-year-old Ivan Gallegos and charged him with murder following an […]
USC fraternity student stabs homeless man to death on Greek Row
A University of Southern California student is accused of stabbing and killing a homeless man after catching him breaking into a car on the school’s Greek Street side Monday night, police said. Ivan Gallegos, 19, confronted the man in the parking lot of an off-campus housing building around 8:15 p.m., pulled out a knife and […]
19-year-old student stabs and kills homeless man who was breaking into cars near USC, police say
California police say a 19-year-old college student stabbed and killed a homeless man who was trying to steal his car outside the University of Southern California. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon on West 28th Street around 8:15 p.m. […]
Former homeless man sounds alarm on California’s policies
Jared Krickstein, a formerly homeless man, said California’s approach to homelessness has failed and that the current system is a job-finding program for liberal arts graduates. Krickstein experienced the horrors of San Francisco’s street camps firsthand, having lived there for years as a homeless, drug-addicted man who should have benefited from California’s extremely generous policies […]
$165 Million Luxury Apartment Building to Open for Los Angeles Homeless Population
A taxpayer-funded luxury apartment complex is reportedly opening in Los Angeles’ Skid Row neighborhood and will provide housing and luxury amenities for hundreds of homeless people. The 278-unit, 19-storey tower is due to open within the next few weeks and will be a “self-contained environment that will isolate formerly homeless residents from the devastation and […]
Taxpayer-funded new high-rise for homeless features gym, cafe — and apartments with skyline views
A luxury new high-rise taxpayer-funded homeless shelter with apartments with skyline views, a gym and a cafe is set to open in Los Angeles — and it looks more like a hipster haven than public housing. The 19-story tower will consist of 228 studio and 50 one-bedroom apartments, costing about $600,000 each to build. It […]
Councilman Paul Krekorian Claims Police Left Homeless Man Outside His Office, Shows Video Proof
According to TMZ, City Councilman Paul Krekorian filed the motion on Friday, accusing the Burbank Police Department of improperly treating a homeless person and leaving him outside the councilman’s office. The incident was recorded on surveillance cameras. share By Matthew Seedorf, FOX 11 reporter. The video shows two Burbank Police Department officers removing a visibly […]
Youth support worker jailed after sex with homeless girl
A Salvation Army Salvos youth support worker has been sentenced to a minimum of six months in prison for having sex with a 17-year-old girl who was staying at the homeless shelter where he worked. On Friday Frederick Jeremiah, 35, pleaded guilty to having sexual intercourse with a minor aged between 17 and 18 who […]
Oakland faces blowback for treatment of homeless after shutting down 500 encampments
Officials in the city of Oakland, California, have shut down more than 500 homeless camps in the past three years, but the crackdown has sparked backlash from some residents. At the City Council “Life Improvement Committee” meeting on May 28th meetingOne speaker spoke about the city’s encampment management. “Don’t you all see us when we […]