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LA is reopening its Section 8 housing voucher waitlist for the first time in five years

City officials anticipate that about 365,000 households will apply for just 30,000 available spots; applicants will have a less than 1-in-12 chance of getting picked

Rick Caruso makes campaign stop in Boyle Heights

The mayoral candidate greeted supporters Monday night at La Parrilla Restaurant

LA City Council passes ban on homeless encampments near schools and daycares

The measure expanding the city’s anti-camping law passed with an 11-3 vote despite strong opposition from activists for the unhoused

LA city encampment ban moves closer to adding 3500 additional sites

If council ordinance is approved, the gatherings will be forbidden within 500 feet of all schools and daycares

LA’s art deco General Hospital on track to be turned into affordable housing

The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to advance plans to overhaul the historic, mostly vacant County building

New recall effort launched against Kevin de León

Notice filed Tuesday complained about councilman’s handling of homelessness crisis

Community shows support for Boyle Heights restaurant owner assaulted by homeless man

Fundraiser campaign seeks to help man and pay for a security system at Velarde’s Fruits on César Chávez

Man killed Friday near Whittier and Spence

Police were investigating the homicide, the second reported this month in Boyle Height

Long-stalled housing project at First and Lorena readies to begin construction

Abandoned oil well in vacant lot is being capped to allow for Lorena Plaza to go up next to El Mercado in Boyle Heights

LA City Council approves an ordinance that bans unhoused people from camping on sidewalks and near schools and public property

Thirteen councilmembers voted in favor of the measure, including CD 14 councilman Kevin de León

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