HOMELESS TO JAIL, FOSTER HOMES, HOSPITALS? : THAT's WHERE THEY JUST LEFT!

LA TIMES HOMELESS TO JAIL, FOSTER HOMES HOSPITALS?  full article

The homeless services institutions cannot effectively combat much less eradicate homelessness" in the face of the enormous in-flow, said Phil Ansell, a top social services administrator heading the county's homeless initiative.

Thursday's meeting was one of 18 the county has called to develop a plan to fight homelessness, which increased 12% countywide over the last two years, encompassing 44,000 people living in rattletrap vans and unsightly encampments across the region.

The city of Los Angeles recently announced plans to declare a state of shelter emergency. The county's plan, due in February, is being developed in concert with the city, which has its own blueprint process underway.