LA TIMES - A LASTING TOLL - ALEXANDRA ZAVIS REPORTS ON FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING - ALMOST

Linking to the article from the 9/25/2011 Sunday edition. These families have lost everything - almost. Of course we feel for the family with children who were reduced from a house, to an apartment, to a room with a friend - who got evicted.

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UNION RESCUE MISSION LACKING MILLIONS IN FUNDS FROM GOVERNMENT : LOS ANGELES SHELTERS DOWNTOWN ONLY YEAR AROUND SHELTERS

Watching the hits we get by post we know that our SYLMAR SHELTER information is one of the most frequently read posts - even though it's summer and that shelter and all the cold weather shelters in the county are not open. THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF SHELTERS NOW - IN THE SUMMER!

Contact us (leave a comment!) if you know of shelters that are opened ALL YEAR ROUND in Los Angeles County besides the downtown "skid row" shelters. AND AS USUAL WE ARE LOOKING FOR HONEST TESTIMONIALS.

We are linking to the latest news in the LA times about Union Rescue Mission."Union Rescue Mission, faced with a $1.3-million shortfall, says the government doesn't cover all the programs' costs or is slow to pay."

LA TIMES- LOS ANGELES SUPERVISORS WILL HELP THE STREET HOMELESS

48,000 HOMELESS IN LOS ANGELES

"Los Angeles County supervisors agreed Tuesday to give priority to the most hard-core street dwellers when allocating housing and other homeless services..."


Link to article by Alexandra Zavis published the other day.