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The Homeless and LA's High Cost of Housing
LA's super-high cost of housing is driving low-income families onto the streets -- a major reason that homelessness is on the rise. Tomorrow, LA Supervisors will decide whether low-cost housing should be subsidized to get some people off the streets and protect others from going there.
By Warren Olney • • 25m ListenLA's super-high cost of housing is driving low-income families onto the streets -- a major reason that homelessness is on the rise. Tomorrow, LA Supervisors will decide whether low-cost housing should be subsidized to get some people off the streets and protect others from going there.
Later in the program, LA City's Mobility Plan could mean bad news for LA's car culture, but good news for mass transit and commuters who need bicycles to get around town.
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2 storiesLA County and Homes for the Homeless
LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl calls it an "unprecedented financial commitment" — if she and Mark Ridley Thomas can get one of their three other colleagues to go along.
Read the story13 minLA's Transportation Masterplan and a Tale of Two Neighborhoods
Mobility 2035 is designed to get drivers out of their cars and into buses and public transit, not to mention making way for commuters on bicycles. It would mean very disruptive changes on hundreds of miles of streets now devoted to automobiles. KCRW’s Saul Gonzalez found very different reactions in two different neighborhoods.
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