LATIMES - NO HOMELESS SHELTER IN GLENDALE
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"The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which funds the shelter program, didn't support another alternative — operating a smaller shelter at Ascencia's own access center, Komuro said.
The lack of winter shelter will have no impact on any of Ascencia's existing operations, which include providing housing and other support services for the homeless.
For more than a decade, a roughly 150-bed shelter was made available each year at the Glendale National Guard Armory on Colorado Boulevard.
But the influx of homeless drew complaints from patrons at the Glendale Central Library, the Adult Recreation Center and nearby retailers.
To minimize the impact, Glendale broke from the county program in 2011 and spent roughly $150,000 in combination with the city of Burbank to run a smaller shelter, which was limited to local transients."
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If you're reading this searching for a cold weather shelter, please see our recent post about those shelters funded by County of LA...http://lahsa.org/winter_shelter_program.asp
2 comments:
It's a sad day for the closure of Winter Shelter. People at the Winter Shelter needs more help compared to those at Asencia shelter.
I stayed at the Burbank Armory about 2008 and it was a step into another shelter and a long time later permanent housing. If that Armory were not open I would have been on the street sleeping behind a post office, the only woman. Please, those of you who have houses, stop making a big fucking deal about homeless people staying at the closest armory or in the library. Do you want people to die? S.
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